114 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 166 



247442 to 247444. Malus sylvestris Mill. Malaceae. 



Common apple. 



From Sweden. Scions presented by the Horticultural Research Station, Akarp. 

 Received Apr. 24, 1958. 



247442. 'Alfa 68'. A triploid 'Belle de Boskoop' X diploid 'Filippa' from Al- 

 narp Gardens. Tree vigorous ; branches spreading ; self -fertile, late, bearing 

 even on weak stocks ; fruit large, round-oval, somewhat irregular ; color 

 similar to 'Belle de Boskoop', green-yellow with a grey russet cover with a 

 distinct flush ; flesh cream-colored, firm, brittle, faintly acid with a pleasant 

 flavor ; excellent for cooking. 



247443. 'Mio'. ('Worcester Pearmain' X 'Oranie') made at Akarp in 1932. 

 Tree upright in habit : leaves medium oblong ; flowers mid-season ; pollina- 

 tors 'Cortland', 'Melba', 'James', 'Grieve', 'White', 'Transparente', and 'Saf- 

 staholm' ; fruit medium round, conical, somewhat flattish, fairly regular ; 

 skin thick, green-yellow, with a brilliant red covering most of the fruit ; 

 flesh white, tender, fine texture, faintly acid, juicy, with a pleasant flavor. 



247444. 'Snovit' : ('Stenback' X 'Pfirsichroter Sommerapf el' ) . Selection 

 made in 1946. Tree vigorous, very hardy ; leaves broad, oblong, faintly ac- 

 cuminate ; flowers early ; pollinators 'White Transparente', 'Suislepper, 

 'Early Red Bird' and 'Milba' ; fruit medium size, conical, irregular ; skin 

 thick, white-yellow and carmine-red, highly colored ; flesh white ; flavor good. 

 An early dessert apple. 



247445 and 247446. Coffea arabica L. Kubiaceae. Arabian coffee. 



From Ethiopia. Seeds presented by the United States Operations Mission, Addis 

 Ababa. Received April 24, 1958. 



247445. Wush-Wush, near Bonga, Kaffa Province. Long square-dipped bean. 

 Elevation 1,800 meters. 



247446. 'Zeghie'. Peninsula which juts into Lake Tana. Elevation 1,750 

 meters. Fruit and leaf characteristics indicate an 'Angustifolia' type. 



247447 to 247473. 



From the Belgian Congo. Seeds collected by Louis Williams and Norris Gilbert, 

 agricultural explorers, New Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Divi- 

 sion, Beltsville, Md. Received April 24, 1958. 



Collected in the Belgian Congo unless otherwise noted. 



247447. Acacia decurrens Willd. Mimosaceae. Green wattle. 



Col. No. 21241. Five km. south of Kayna, Nord du Kivu Province. Eleva- 

 tion 5,800 feet. Tree to 15 meters high. 



247448. Acacia macrothyrsa Harms 



Col. No. 21137. In closed savanna, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, about 35 km. 

 north of Aba. Tree about 10 meters high ; foliage feathery and not unlike 

 some Australian species. 



247449. Acacia mollissima Willd. Black wattle. 



Col. No. 21202. Nioka Station of Institut National pour 1-Etude Agrono- 

 mique du Congo. Small trees. 



247450. Angelica sp. Apiaceae. 



Col. No. 21323. In lava field 30 km. south of Rutshuru. Plants to two 

 meters high with abundant seed. 



247451. Bauhinia thonningii Schum. Caesalpiniaceae. 



Col. No. 21110. Dry savanna 20 km. north of Niangara. Small tree, closely 

 related to B. reticulata. 



247452. Bauhinia sp. 



Col. No. 21078. Yangambi Station of Institut National pour l'Etude Agron- 

 omique du Congo. Shrub to four meters high ; flowers yellow. 



