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253923. Theobroma cacao L. Sterculiaceae. Cacao. 



From Costa Rica. Seeds collected by E. P. Imle, collaborator, New Crops Re- 

 search Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received Nov. 24, 

 1958. 



Col. No. A107. Quepos. From open-pollinated clones, United Fruit Company. 



253924 to 253927. Fragaria (hybrids). Eosaceae. Strawberry. 



From Japan. Plants presented by the National Tokai-Kinki Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, Okitsu. Received Nov. 24, 1958. 



253924. 'Koro'. 



253925. 'Nagoya Omi\ 



253926. 'Victoria'. 



253927. 'Yagumd'. 



253928 to 253930. Coffea arabica L. Eubiaceae. Arabian coffee. 



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

 Ababa. Received Dec. 4, 1958. 



253928. 'Ainamba'. Ghimira, Kaffa. Elevation 1,350 meters. 



253929. 'Babbaka'. Ghimira, Kaffa. Elevation 1,200 meters. 



253930. 'Dudduka'. Ghimira, Kaffa. Elevation 1,250 meters. 



253931 to 254010. 



From Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan. Seeds collected by P. F. Knowles, collabo- 

 rator, New Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. 

 Received Nov. 25, 1958. 



253931 and 253932. Helianthus anntjtjs L. Asteraceae. Common sunflower. 



253931. Col. No. K946. Abu Ghraib Experiment Station, west of Baghdad, 

 Iraq. 



253932. Col. No. K1267. Kirkuk bazaar, Iraq. 



253933. Hordeum spontaneum C. Koch Poaceae. 



Col. No. K1197. Salahudin, 127 km. east of Mosul, Iraq. Plants to five dm. 

 high. 



253934. Hordeum vulgare L. Common barley. 



Col. No. K1740. Kabul bazaar, Afghanistan. 



253935. Hordeum sp. 



Col. No. K1138. Damascus bazaar, Syria. 



253936. Hordeum sp. 



Col. No. K1298. Eleven km. southeast of Sulaimaniya, Iraq. 



253937. Hordeum sp. 



Co. No. K1310. Sulaimaniya bazaar, Iraq. 



253938. Hordeum sp. 



Col. No. K1311. Sulaimaniya bazaar, Iraq. 



253939. Hordeum sp. 



Col. No. K1706. Kabul bazaar, Afghanistan. 



253940. Hordeum sp. 



Col. No. K1739. Kabul bazaar, Afghanistan. 



253941. Hordeum sp. 



Col. No. K1745. Kabul bazaar, Afghanistan. 

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