180 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 161 



209064 to 209069. Cucumis sativus L. Cucurbitaceae. 



Cucumber. 



From Iowa Seeds planted at the Regional Plant Introduction Station, Iowa 

 fctate College, Ames. Numbered June 1, 1953. 



209064 to 209068. 



Said to have some tolerance to cucumber virus No. 1. 



209064. M-l. 209067. M-20. 



209065. M-U. 209068. M-2U. 



209066. M-l 6. 



209069. Ohio 31. A selection also mosaic tolerant. 



209070. Dioscorea spiculiflora Hemsl. Dioscoreaceae. 



Froni Mexico. Tubers presented by F. Miranda, Institute Botanico Del 

 Estado, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas. Received June 1, 1953. 



w^TiJ^u *S ™ s V? nse to a request for material corresponding to that col- 

 lected by H. S. Gentry under his No. 12228, in 1952. 



209071 to 209073. Ceratonia siliqua L. Fabaceae. Carob. 



Frorn Spain. Cuttings presented by Don P. Nacher Chanza, Agricultural 



Experiment Station, Burjasot (Valencia). Received June 1, 1953. 



209071. Costelludes. 



209072. Fornay. 



209073. Melera. 



209074 to 209087. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Convolvulaceae. 



Sweetpotato. 



From the Virgin Islands. Roots collected by D. S. Correll, and J. C. Miller, 

 Agricultural Explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agri- 

 cultural Engineering, Beltsville, Md. Received June 2, 1953. 

 From Saint Croix Island. May 27 to 29, 1953. 



209074 No. 573 Peter's Rest. Black Rock or Six Weeks. Skin deep 

 purplish red ; flesh rich cream. 



209075. No. 574. Monbijou. Skin light tan; flesh light cream. 



209076. No. 581. Near Hope. Skin purplish; flesh light cream. 



209077. No. 586. Rattan. Skin reddish brown; flesh orange. 



209078. No. 589. Saint John's. Skin reddish copper; flesh orange. 



209079. No. 591. Whim. Skin red; flesh rich yellow. 

 209080 to 209087. From Slob. 



209080. No. 598. Five Weeks. Skin tan; flesh cream. 



209081. No. 599. Five Fingers. Skin tan-flesh color; flesh very lieht 

 cream. 



209082. No. 600. Renchovr. Skin bright purplish red; flesh light cream. 



209083. No. 601. Stevens. Skin pinkish flesh color; flesh rich cream. 



209084. No. 602. Black Rock. Skin deep purplish red; flesh rich cream. 



209085. No. 603. St. Kitts. Skin reddish pink; flesh orange yellow. 



209086. No. 604. Five Weeks. Skin russet brown; flesh rich cream. 



209087. No. 605. Skin tan; flesh white to cream. 



