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PLANT INVENTORY NO. 167 



255559 to 255,604— Continued 



255600. Pyrus communis L. Malaceae. Pear.. 



'Sensation Red Bartlett'. Similar to 'Bartlett' in habits of growth, flavor and 

 ripening season, but otherwise superior; skin deep red; flesh white, fine-grained. 



255601 to 255604. Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Amygdalaceae. Peach. 



255601. BMQ1; 'Blackburn' X 'May Queen'. Tree vigorous; fruit round, 

 highly colored, yellow ground almost entirely overlaid with crimson, to 

 3.5 inches in diameter; ripens 6.5 weeks ahead of 'Elberta'; flesh firm, 

 yellow; stone semifree. 



255602. HNQ1; 'J. H. Hale' X 'May Queen'. Tree vigorous, fruit yellow, 

 50 percent red overlay, round, to three inches in diameter; flesh firm, 

 yellow, well colored; stone semifree. 



255603. HHMQ1; 'Halehaven' X 'May Queen'. Tree vigorous, fruits 

 highly colored, yellow overlaid with red, to 2.5 inches in diameter; flesh 

 firm, yellow; stone semifree; 8-9 weeks before 'Elberta', 7-10 days before 

 'Mayflower'. 



255604. HHMQ2; 'Halehaven' X 'May Queen'. Tree vigorous; fruit 

 round, deep red, to three inches in diameter; flesh firm, yellow; freestone; 

 ripens 6.5 weeks before 'Elberta'. 



255605 to 255620. Pyrus communis L. Malaceae. Pear. 



From France. Scions presented by the Research Station for Horticulture, Angers. 

 Received Feb. 26, 1959. 



255605. 

 255606. 

 255607. 

 255608. 

 255609. 

 255610. 

 255611. 

 255612. 

 255621. 



'Amiral Gervais'. 

 'Belle Guerandise'. 

 'Beurre Dubuissan'. 

 'Beurre Vauban'. 

 'Bon Chretien d'Hiver'. 

 'Doyonne Flor Aine'. 

 'Favorite Morel'. 

 'Hebe'. 

 Asparagus sprengeri Kegel 



255613. 'Le Nain Vert'. 



255614. 'Madame Boutant'. 



255615. 'Mariette de Millepieds'. 



255616. 'Napoleon'. 



255617. 'Rene Dunan'. 



255618. 'Saigneur Espeien'. 



255619. 'Saint Michel Archange'. 



255620. 'Zephirin Gregoire'. 



Convallariaceae. 



Sprenger asparagus. 



the Federal Experiment Station,. 



From Puerto Rico. Seeds presented by 

 Mayaguez. Received Feb. 26, 1959. 



Vigorous vine to 10 feet high with spiny stems. 

 255622 to 255636. 



From Australia. Seeds collected by G. H. Spalding, agricultural explorer, New 

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

 Feb. 26, 1959. 



255622. Archontophoenix alexandrae (F. Muell.) Wendl. & Drude 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm.. 



Col. No. S-560. Brisbane Botanical Garden, Brisbane, Queensland. 



255623. Boronia ledifolia J. Gay Rutaceae. 



Col. No. S-645. G. W. Althofer, Dripstone, New South Wales. Shrub to 

 three feet high; flowers showy, pink, not fragrant. 



255624. Boronia muelleri Cheel 



Col. No. S-216. Donated by Nigel Quick, Toorak, 

 eight feet high; flowers pink, star shaped. 



255625. Boronia pilosa Labill. 

 Col. No. S-567. Brisbane Botanical Garden. 



Victoria. Shrub to 



