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261753. Undetermined. 



From South Africa. Unknown donor. Received Dec. 9, 1959. 



261754 to 261763. 



From Belgium. Seeds collected by Elmo Davis, agricultural explorer, New- 

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

 Dec. 10, 1959. 



Collected Sept. 28 to 30, 1959. 



261754. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. Onion. 



Col. No. D-263. Horticultural Experiment Station, Gembloux. Seeds 

 brown. 



261755. Anthriscus cerefolium (L.) Hoffm. Apiaceae. Chervil. 



Col. No. D-261. 'Cerefeuil'. Station Plants Fruiters, Gembloux. Plants 

 green; foliage smooth, single. Resembles parsley. 



261756. Apium graveolens var. rapaceum DC. Apiaceae. Celery. 



Col. No. D-251. Gonthier, Wanze-Huy. Stalks green, not self-blanching: 

 petioles edible. 



261757 and 261758. Brassica oleracea var. capitata L. Brassicaceae. 



Cabbage. 



261757. Col. No. D-249. Gonthier Wanze-Huy. Local Savoy strain. 



261758. Col. No. D-250. Plant red, cold resistant. 



261759. Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera DC. Brussels sprouts. 



Col. No. D-248. Gonthier Wanze-Huy. Green sprouting; no head; leaves 

 eaten after frost. 



261760. CucuMis melo L. Cuburbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



Col. No. D-262. 'Epritel'. Horticultural Station, Gembloux. Fruit 

 smooth, ribbed, weight 2 pounds. Greenhouse grown. 



261761 and 261762. Tragopogon porrifolius L. Cichoriaceae. 



Vegetable-oyster 



261761. Col. No. D-252. Somers, Malines. Roots small in diameter. 



261762. Col. No. D-253. Somers, Malines. Roots black, short, thick, 

 flesh cream or white. 



261763. Valerianella olitoria Pollich. Valerianaceae. Cornsalad 



Col. No. D-209. Gonthier, Wanze-Huy. Leaves golden. 



261764 to 261789. 



From France. Seeds collected by Elmo Davis, agricultural explorer, New 

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

 Dec. 10, 1959. From Vilmorin-Andrieux, Paris. 

 261764 to 261768. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. Onion. 



261764. Col. No. D-140. White Parisian spring type. 



261765. Col. No. D-141. 'Jaune Paille des Vertus'. ('Flat Danvers') 

 Spanish type. 



261766. Col. No. D-142. 'Rouge Pale de Huy'. Pale-red. 



261767. Col. No. D-143. 'Jaune de Mulhouse'. Selestate type. 



261768. Col. No. D-144. 'Rouge Fonce', ('Brunswick'). Blood-red. 



261769 to 261774. Brassica oleracea var. capitata L. Brassicaceae. 



Cabbage. 



261769. Col. No. D-134. 'Chou de Milan de Pontoise', ('January King'). 

 Savoy hardy winter drumhead type. 



