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255946 to 255960— Continued 



255950 to 255953— Continued 



255952. G7409. 'Maine Monoecious Oblong'. Breeding line from Uni- 

 versity of Maine, Orono. Plants very early, vigorous, homozygous for 

 monoecious flowers; fruit oval to oblong, 6.5 by 5 inches, orange, ribbed, 

 well netted; flesh orange; flavor good. Fruits crack at stem end on 

 ripening. 



255953. G7410. 'Maine Monoeeious Globe'. Breeding line from Univer- 

 sity of Maine, Orono. Valuable crossover breaking linkage between 

 monoecious flowers and elongate fruit. Plant vigorous, very early; 

 homozygous for monoecious flowers; vine long; fruit globose, 6 by 5 

 inches, orange, ribbed, well-netted. 



255954. Cucurbita moschata Duchesne Cucurbitaceae. Cushaw. 



G5321. 'Hyuga No. 14'. Commercial variety from Japan. Plant late 

 maturing, runner, moschata leaf pattern; fruit flat globose, 4.5 by 6.75 inches, 

 very dark green, rough, to 20 deep forked grooves, light green warts. Free 

 of mosaic. 



255955. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



G5317. 'Piovano'. From breeding tests at the University of Mendoza, 

 Argentina. Plant indeterminate, medium vigor, late maturity, to three fruits 

 per cluster; fruit 2 by 3 inches, flat globose, to 7 locules, red; flesh sweet. 



255956 and 255957. Phaseolus coccineus L. Fabaceae. 



Scarlet runner bean. 



255956. G6753. 'Mayan White Runner'. From Guatemala. Plant vig- 

 orous, climber; flowers white, large; pods five by 0.6 inches, green, round; 

 seeds large, white, round. 



255957. G6754. 'Carters Prize Winner'. From England. Plant very 

 vigorous, climber; flowers scarlet; pods 7.1 by 0.8 inches, green, flat; 

 seeds large, light purple. 



255958 to 255960. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Common bean. 



255958. G2213. 'Scarlet Beauty Dwarf. From Cornwall, England. Bush- 

 half runner, vigorous; flowers white; pod 6 by 0.5 inches, green, round; 

 seed medium-size, red to dark brown, kidney shape. 



255959. G2214. 'Topnotch Dwarf French Wax'. From Cornwall, Eng- 

 land. Bush, poor vigor, flowers white; pods 3 by 0.6 inches, wax, flat; 

 seed medium-size, plump, oval, white with brown eye. 



255960. G5327. 'Fratelli Ingegnoli'. From Italy. Plant vigorous, climber; 

 flowers purple; pods 8 by 0.7 inches, green, striped-purple, round; seed 

 large, kidney-shaped, grey, striped-black. 



255961. Lotus tetragonolobtjs L. Fabaceae. 



From Great Britain. Seeds presented by Kathleen Hunter and Wheal Frances, 

 Callestick, Cornwall, England. Received Mar. 18, 1959. 



G2212. Annual, prostrate, only fair vigor, to eight inches high, spread 29 

 inches, hirsute; leaflets elliptic, to one inch long; flowers one or two, purplish- 

 red; pod to three inches long, 4-angled, 4- winged; seeds globose-oblong, smooth, 

 brown, 2 mm. in diameter. 



255962. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 



From Canada. Seeds presented by the Forage Crops Laboratory, Saskatoon, 

 Saskatchewan. Received Mar. 18, 1959. 



G5379. 'Rambler'. Strong creeping root characteristic; compares favorably 

 with well-known alfalfa varieties in yield, winter hardiness and drought resistance. 

 Plant medium vigor, to 28 inches high and 72 inches wide, very leafy, variable 

 in habit and leaf characteristics, poor aftergrowth, spreading underground from 

 root proliferations. Tolerant of black stem. 



