58 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 172 



296118 to 296121. 



From the United Arab Republic (Egypt). Seeds presented by the Irrigation 

 Department, Department of Agriculture, via the United States Embassy, 

 Cairo. Received Mar. 6, 1964. 

 296118 and 296119. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



296118. 'Honey Dew'. 



296119. No varietal name given. 



296120 and 296121. Cucumis sativus L. Cucurbitaceae. Cucumber. 



296120. Fruits long. 



296121. Fruits short, thick. 



296122. Rhododendron tschonoskii Maxim. Ericaceae. 



Tschonoskii azalea. 



From the United States. Plant growing at the United States Plant Introduc- 

 tion Station, Glenn Dale, Md. Numbered Mar. 6, 1964. 



B-53248. From the Arnold Arboretum, April, 1960. 



296123 to296128. 



From Germany. Seeds presented by the Max Planck Institut fur Zuchtungs- 

 forschung, Vogelsang. Numbered Mar. 6, 1964. 



296123. Solanum bukasovii Juz. Solanaceae. 



R 58.1052. EBS 1902. 2n=24, Huaychulo, near Huancayo, Peru. Eleva- 

 tion 3,300 meters. 



296124. Solanum medians Bitt. 

 R 58.1069. EBS 1919. Peru. 



296125. Solanum multi-interruptum Bitter 



R 58.1059. EBS 1909. 2n=24. Dept. Ancash, Rio Fortaleza. Caljacay, 

 Peru. Elevation 2,500 meters. 



296126. Solanum raphanifolium Cardenas & Hawkes. 



R 58.1031. EBS 1881. Cuzco, Sacsahuaman, Peru. Elevation 3,520 

 meters. 



296127. Solanum sparsipilum (Bitter) Juz. & Buk. 



R 58.1004. EBS 1854. 2n=24. La Paz city, Bolivia. 



296128. Solanum sucrense Hawkes. 



R 58.1075. EBS 1849. Between Sucre and Zudanez, Bolivia. Elevation 

 2,750 meters. 



296129 to 296137. 



From the United States. Selections made at the United States Regional Plant 

 Introduction Station, Geneva, N. Y. Numbered Mar. 6, 1964. 



296129. Beta vulgaris L. Chenopodiaceae. Common beet. 



G-10528-B. Selection from P.I. 263865 from Greece. Plant medium 

 vigor, 21 inches high, 30 inches wide; petioles purple; roots red globe 3.25 by 

 4 inches; flesh red and white, medium zoning. 



296130. Brassica oleracea var. botrytis L. Cruciferae. Cauliflower. 



Disease-resistant selection rated on a 0-5 scale, is disease free, 5 is 

 severely diseased. 



G-4468-S. Selection from P.I. 226504 from Iran. Plants vigorous, to 24 

 inches high and 48 inches wide, no summer or fall bolting, very late curding; 

 curds 3 inches. Alternaria leaf spot 4.0; downy mildew 5.0; turnip mosaic 

 2.2; cauliflower mosaic 0.6. 



