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248500 to 248502. Eicinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae. 



Castorbean. 



From Union of South Africa. Seeds presented by Gunson Seeds, Kliprivier, 

 Johannesburg, Transvaal. Received June 3, 1958. 



248500. S.M.F.C. 



248501. S.F.G.R. 



248502. S.M.F.S. 



248503 and 248504. 



From Great Britain. Seeds presented by Wye College, Ashford, Kent, England. 

 Received June 3, 1958. 



248503. Beta vulgaris L. Chenopodiaceae. Sugar beet. 

 'Detroit' — 'Wye Cardinal'. 



248504. Lycopersicojst esculentum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 

 'Victory'. High quality and resistance to "Green Back". 



248505 and 248506. Passiflora edulis Sims Passifloraceae. 



Purple granadilla. 



From Australia. Plants presented by the Passion Fruit Nurseries, Victoria. 

 Received June 4, 1958. 



248505. Grafted plants. Fruits large. 



248506. Grafted plants. Fruits medium. 



248507. Ipomoea nil var. limbata Bailey Convolvulaceae. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by Shidai Nakayama, Miyazak Prefecture, 

 Miyazak. Received June 4, 1958. 



248508. Cogniauxia podolaena Baill. Cucurbit aceae. 



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 June 5, 1958. 



Col. No. 21042. Twenty-five km. southwest of Leopoldville. Flowers yellow ; 

 fruits to 15 cm. long and 7.5 cm. in diameter. 



248509 to 248515. Glycine max (L.) Merr. Fabaceae. Soybean. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by the Northern Utilization Research and Devel- 

 opment Division, Peoria, Illinois. Received June 5, 1958. 



248509. Chinese. 



248510. 'Hagi-Dani'. From near Osaka. 



248511. 'Hakuho'. From northern Honshu. 



248512. 'Hokkaido Akita Variety No. 2'. 



248513. 'Miyagi No. 2'. 



248514. 'Nagano No. 2'. 



248515. 'White Hilum Iwata Variety No. 2\ 



248516 to 248522. Oryza sattva L. Poaceae. Rice. 



From Italy. Seeds presented by the Stazione Sperimentale di Riscoltura, Ver- 

 celli. Received June 6, 1958. 



248516. 'Agortano'. 



248517. 'Ballocco'. 



248518. 'Baraggia'. 



248519. 'Bertone'. 



248520. 'CarnarolT. 



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