306 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 167 



262159 to 262161. 



From Spain. Seeds collected by Elmo Davis, agricultural explorer, New Crops 

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

 Dec. 18, 1959. 



262159 and 262160. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Solanaceae. 



Tomato. 



262159. Col. No. D-110. Metaro, north of Barcelona. Plants medium 

 height; fruits small, 30 cluster, tip at blossom end. Picked green and hung 

 in shed. Resembles L. pimpinellifolium. 



262160. Col. No. D-lll. Metaro, north of Barcelona. Plants medium 

 height; few fruits in cluster, no tip on blossom end. 



262161. Spinacia oleracea L. Chenopodiaceae. Common spinach. 

 Col. No. D-67. 'Monstruosa Viroflay'. Vallodolid. 



262162 to 262165. 



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

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

 Dec. 18, 1959. 



262162. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



Col. No. D-116. 'Cocarde'. Geneva. Greenhouse type; vines small; 

 fruits heavy-set. 



262163 to 262165. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabaceae. Common bean. 



262163. Col. No. D-145. 'Wadenswiler'. Zurich. Plant bush type. 



262164. Col. No. D-145. 'Fruhe Wadenswiler'. Zurich. Early maturing 

 stringless, rust resistant, pole type. 



262165. Col. No. D-147. 'Juli Sel. Wadenswil'. Zurich. Pole type; 

 string pod; partially resistant to local bean viruses. 



262166 to 262170. 



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

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

 Dec. 18, 1959. 



262166. Asparagus officinalis L. Convallariaceae. Garden asparagus. 



Col. No. D-l. 'Asperge de VineviP. St. Claude-Diray (Loir-et-cher) , 

 near Blois. Plant with 5 spears; drought resistant. 



262167. Chaerophyllum sp. Apiaceae. 



Col. No. D-28. Rocky banks and roadsides north of Niort. Plant wild; 

 to one meter high; flowers white; anthers pink, few. Resembles carrot but 

 leaves are larger, broader. 



262168. Chenopodium amaranticolor Coste & Reynier. Chenopodiaceae. 

 Col. No. D-l 13. 'Spinach'. Galytieres, north of Nice. 



262169. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



Col. No. D-l 14. Carpentras. Vines healthy; first fruits round, later 

 elongated, slightly ribbed, weakly netted; exterior color green; flesh deep orange. 



262170. Cucumis melo var. flexuosus (L.) Naud. 



Col. No. D-118. 'Meissonnie'. Farmer's market, Marseille. Fruits 

 round, heavily netted, bright yellow; flesh dark yellow to orange. 



262171 to 262176. 



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

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

 Dec. 18, 1959. 



