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210689. Gossypium. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Costa Rica. Seeds collected by J. T. Presley, Division of Cotton and 

 Other Fiber Crops and Diseases, Beltsville, Md. Received Nov. 5, 1953. 



One mile from Sara Camp, Batan. Oct. 16, 1953. Plant 15 to 18 feet 

 high. Bolls about 3 inches long. 



210690 to 210695. 



From Southern Rhodesia. Seeds presented by the Grasslands Research Sta- 

 tion, Marandellas. Received Nov. 9, 1953. 



210690 and 210691. Chloris gayana Kunth. Poaceae. Rhodes grass. 



210690. Katambora, strain O.W. 3219. 



210691. Zongala, strain O.W. 3217. 



210692. Panicum makarikariense (Goos.) Van Rensb. Poaceae. 



Bambatsi strain O.W. 3172. 

 210693 to 210695. Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link. Poaceae. 



210693. Chipinga strain. 



210694. Manzimnyama strain. 



210695. Sebungwe strain. 



210696. Desmodium nicaraguense Benth. & Oerst. Fabaceae. 



From El Salvador. Seeds presented by the Soil Conservation Section, United 

 States Department of Agriculture, Santa Tecla. Nov. 9, 1953. 



210697 and 210698. 



From Peru and Honduras. Plants growing at the United States Plant Intro- 

 duction Garden, Glenn Dale, Md. Numbered Nov. 9, 1953. 



210697. Xanthosoma sp. Araceae. 



From Felipe Garcia Velasquez, Tarepoto, Peru. 



210698. Xanthosoma sp. 



From O. W. Norvell, Santa Marta, Honduras. Corms collected in 1951. 



210699 to 210706. 



From England. Plants and cuttings presented by the Royal Horticultural 

 Society Gardens, Wisley, Ripley, Surrey. Received Nov. 9, 1953. 



210699 and 210700. Fragaria. Rosaceae. Strawberry. 



210699. Black Prince. 



210700. Sir Joseph Paxton. 



210701 to 210706. Ribes uva-crisfa L. Saxifragaceae. Gooseberry. 



210701. Careless; Bunyard. Fruit very large, roundish oval, pale milky 

 green or white; skin transparent; flavor very good. One of the earliest 

 large fruits to ripen and therefore valued for market culture. 



210702. Lancashire Lad. Fruit large, oblong-oval, dark claret red; skin 

 hairy with thin scattered down; flavor fair only during midseason. 

 Very fertile. One of the most popular market gooseberries; resistant 

 to American mildew. 



210703. Lancer. Fruit medium in size, roundish oval, pale green with 

 slight yellow tinge; skin thin, transparent, markedly downy; flavor 

 excellent. Season rather late; extremely fertile. The best all-round 

 pale-green variety. 



210704. Leveller. Fruit large, oblong, green; flavor very good. Mid- 

 season ; extraordinarily prolific. A very valuable fruit which combines 

 excellent quality with great fertility. 



