JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1953 239 



210699 to 210706— Continued 

 210701 to 210706— Continued 



210705. May Duke. Fruit medium to fairly large, roundish oblong, dark 

 crimson; skin slightly downy; flavor fair, good when cooked. Season 

 early. 



210706. Whitesmith. Fruit fairly large, oval, pale green with a yellow 

 tinge ; skin covered with a short dense down ; flavor very good. Mid- 

 season ; extraordinarily fertile. One of the best all-round gooseberries, 

 combining vigor, crop, and good flavor. 



210707 to 210721. 



From Chile. Collected by Earl E. Smith, Agricultural Explorer, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Beltsville, Md. 

 Received Nov. 9, 1953. 



Collected Oct. 25 to 29, 1953; unless otherwise stated, received as tubers. 



210707. Algylia sp. Bignoniaceae. 



Fifty km. south of La Serena, Coquimbo. Plant small; flowers dark 

 velvet-red. 



210708 to 210716. From the National Botanical Garden, Valparaiso. 



210708. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. 

 No. 3. 



210709. Dioscorea sp. 

 No. 4. 



210710. Dioscorea sp. 

 No. 5. 



210711. Dioscorea sp. 

 No. 6. 



210712. Dioscorea sp. 

 No. 8. 



210713. Dioscorea sp. 

 No. 9. 



210714. Dioscorea sp. 

 No. 10. 



210715. Dioscorea aristolochiifolia Poepp. 

 No. 12. 



210716. Dioscorea sp. 

 No. 13. 



210717. Dioscorea sp. 



No. 14. Ninety km. south of Ovalle, Coquimbo. 



210718. Dioscorea sp. 



No. 15. Eighty km. south of Ovalle, Coquimbo. 



210719. Dioscorea sp. 



No. 17. Cerrillo de Tamaya, Ovalle, Coquimbo. 



210720. (Undetermined.) 



No. 16. Eighty km. south of Ovalle, Coquimbo. (Bulbs.) 



210721. (Undetermined.) 



No. 17. Cerrillo de Tamaya, Ovalle, Coquimbo. 



