INVENTORY 

 254695. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Seeds collected by Charles Barber, 

 Foreign Agricultural Service, Washington, D.C. Received Jan. 2, 1959. 



Irrigated region, Vaksch Valley, Tadjikistan. Fruits to 18 inches across; skin 

 netted, yellow; flavor similar to honey dew. 



254696 and 254697. 



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

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

 Jan. 2, 1959. 



254696. Quercus arizoxicus Sarg. Fagaceae. 



Col. No. 17661. Cedros Range, Sonora. Elevation 2,700 feet. Deciduous 

 white oak; acorns sweet, edible. 



254697. Quercus sp. 



Col. No. 17667. Sierra de Yecora, Sonora. Elevation 4,000 feet. Tree 

 small to medium-size; crown open. 



254698 to 254710. Sesamum indicum L. Pedaliaceae. Sesame. 



From various sources. Seeds presented by the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical 

 College, College Station, Tex. Received Jan. 2, 1959. 



254698. No. 1. From South America. Presented by the Rubber Corporation 

 of America, New York, N.Y. 



254699. No. 2. 'Precoz'. From Nicaragua. 



254700. No. 3. From Houston, Tex. 



254701 to 254704. From the Unidad Agricola Juren, Estado Portuguesa, 

 Venezuela. 



254701. No. 4. 'Familia 37'. Plants average six feet high, mature in 85 

 days; stems weak; capsules long, begin to form one foot above ground, 

 shatter unless cut when leaves are yellow; seeds yield more oil than 

 'Acarigua'. 



254702. No. 5. 'Acarigua'. Plants average six feet high, mature in 

 85-90 days; stems strong; capsules begin to form one foot above ground. 

 Heavy producer on good soil, yielding up to 1,500 kg. per hectare. 



254703. No. 6. 'Acarigua Selection'. Plant heavy producer, stalk appears 

 strong. Resistant to common Venezuelan sesame diseases. 



254704. No. 7. 'African' or 'Sudanes'. Plants branch about three inches 

 above ground; limb entanglement prevents cutting with binder; oil content 

 low; flavor bitter. Yield about 700 kgs. per hectare. 



254705. No. 8. 34C. Very early maturing. 



254706. No. 9. 35C. May be resistant to Alternaria stem spot. 



254707. No. 10. 172. Very early maturing; strain uniform; moderately 

 resistant to bacterial leaf spot. 



254708. No. 11. 224. Very early maturing; capsule tetra-carpellate. 



254709. No. 12. 'Japan 251'. Strain uniform; three capsules per leaf axil. 



254710. No. 13. Sesa-Kraft Co., Paris, Texas, from Argentina. 



254711 and 254712. Solanum tuberosum L. Solanaceae. Potato. 



From Haiti. Tubers presented bv Luc Timmer, Port-au-Prince. Received 

 Jan. 2, 1959. 



254711. 'Haitowa'. A variety developed by selection of a large number of 

 tubers highly resistant to late blight. 



254712. 'No. 7 Mexico'. 



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