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248726. Lllium sp. 

 LotB. (Bulbs.) 



248727. Lilium sp. 

 Red. (Seeds.) 



248728. Canna indica L. Cannaceae. 

 Yellow. (Seeds.) 



248729 and 248730. Teiticum aestivum L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



248729. Sel. IS. (Seeds.) 



248730. Sel.3H. (Seeds.) 



248731 to 248733. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Convolvulaceae. 



Sweetpotato. 



From Peru. Tubers collected by Gustavo de la Torre, Lima. Received June 

 18, 1958. 



From Market. 



248731. No. 1. 'Chancleta Blanca'. Stalk blackberry-colored ; leaves green, 

 fan-sbaped; tuber large and irregular; flesb yellow to orange. Used as 

 a source of starch. 



248732. No. 2. 'Amarillo'. Used as a source of starch. 



248733. No. 3. 'Morado'. Skin black-strawberry color. 



248734 to 248738. 



From Spain. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, New Crops 

 Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received 

 June 19, 1958. 



248734. Ceratonia siliqua L. Caesalpiniaceae. Carob. 

 Col. No. 16949. 'Algarroba'. Elche, Alicante. 



248735 to 248737. Prunus amygdalus Batsch Amygdalaceae. Almond. 



248735. Col. No. 16938. 'Marcona'. 



248736. Col. No. 16939. 'Pestana'. 



248737. Col. No. 16940. 'Comuna'. Jijona, Alicante Province. Large flat 

 nut. 



248738. Prunus sp. 



Col. No. 16950. Market, Murcia. Fruits small, like a cross between an 

 apricot and plum. 



248739 and 248740. Rheum rhaponticum L. Polygonaceae. 



Common rhubarb. 



From the Netherlands. Fruits presented by the Institute of Horticultural 

 Plant Breeding, Wageningen. Received June 20, 1958. 



248739. 'Goliath'. 



248740. 'Queen Victoria'. 



248741. Lycopersicox esculentum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



From Colombia. Seed collected by the Vegetables and Ornamentals Research 

 Branch, Beltsville, Md. Received June 20, 1958. 



Rain-resistant strain. 



248742 to 248745. Prunus amygdalus Batsch. Amygdalaceae. 



Almond. 



From Portugal. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, New- 

 Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received 

 June 1958. 



