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223341 to 223474— Continued 



223465 to 223473. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



223465. Col. No. 1078. 'Gandom\ Kalifgan, Kataghan. Sept. 17, 1954. 

 Elevation 4,500 feet. Nonirrigated winter type. 



223466. Col. No. 1091. 'Gandom-i-Safadek'. Market, Faizabad, Badakhshan. 

 Sept. 19, 1954. Elevation 4,000 feet. Nonirrigated, spring type. 



223467. Col. No. 1092. 'Gandom-i-Sorkheh'. Market, Faizabad, Badakhshan. 

 Sept. 19, 1954. Red grain. 



223468. Col. No. 1107. 'Gandom-i-Sorkheh' Barak, Badakhshan. Sept, 20, 

 1954. Elevation 5,000 feet, Red type; nonirrigated. 



223469. Col. No. 1119. Gandom-i-Lami. Khash, Jurm, Badakhshan. Sept. 

 21, 1954 Elevation 6,700 feet. Dryland type. 



223470. Col. No. 1136. 'Gandom'. Jurm, Badakhshan. Sept. 22, 1954. Ele- 

 vation 4,800 feet. Nonirrigated, spring type. 



223471. Col. No. 1163. 'Gandom-i-Abi'. Chakaran, Badakhshan. Sept. 23, 

 1954. Elevation 5,200 feet, Irrigated fall type. 



223472. Col. No. 1215. 'Gandom'. Yakatal, Badakhshan. Sept. 27, 1954. 

 Elevation 6,000 feet. Dryland type. 



223473. Col. No. 1227. 'Gandoin-i-Lallmi'. Kishma, Badakhshan. Sept, 28, 

 1954. Elevation 3,000 feet. Nonirrigated spring type. 



223474. (Undetermined.) Menthaceae. 



Col. No. 1252. Kataghan. Sept. 30, 1954. Elevation 7,000 feet. Plants to 3 

 feet high; well browsed. 



223475 to 223479. Prunus amygdalus Batsch Amygdalaceae. 



Almond. 



From Greece. Budwood presented by the University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki. 

 Received Jan. 21, 1955. 



223475. 'Sjimnetrike'. Tree strong, symmetrical; soft-shell variety, 51 percent 

 kernel content, 



223476. 'Retsos'. Soft-shell variety with 48 percent kernel content. 



223477. 'Trusito'. Tree strong; good habit; hard-shell variety of Italian origin 

 with 22 percent kernel content, 



223478. 'Princesse'. Tree medium strong, pendulous; semisoft shell variety of 

 Italian origin with 34.8 percent kernel content. 



223479. 'Dolce a Guscio Tenero'. Tree symmetrical; soft-shell variety of Italian 

 origin with 54 percent of kernel content; susceptible to Monilia. 



223480 and 223481. Melilotus alba Desk Fabaceae. 



White sweetclover. 



From Canada. Seeds presented by the Dominion Forage Corps Laboratory, Uni- 

 versity of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. Received Jan. 24, 1955. 



223480. 'Alpha'. 



223481. 'Arctic'. 



223482 to 223489. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae. Rice. 



From Argentina. Seeds presented by the Estacion Expermental de Arroz, Eva 

 Peron. Received Jan. 24, 1955. 



223482. 'Chacarero' F.A. 223486. 'Precoz' 2 F.A. 



223483. 'Japones Gigante'. 223487. 'Victoria' F.A. 



223484. 'Japonesito' de 3 messes. 223488. 'Victoria Tardio' F.A. Sel. 2. 



Sel. F.A. 



223485. 'Precosur 1 F.A. 223489. 'Yamani'. 



