﻿

  OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1909. 
  17 
  

  

  26120 
  and 
  26121. 
  Feijoa 
  sellowiana 
  Berg. 
  

  

  From 
  Los 
  Angeles, 
  Cal. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Hehre. 
  Received 
  October 
  11, 
  1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26120. 
  "These 
  fruits 
  were 
  raised 
  from 
  a 
  plant 
  imported 
  by 
  me 
  from 
  Europe 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  years 
  ago 
  and 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  bearing 
  regular 
  crops 
  for 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  

   years." 
  (Hehre.) 
  

  

  26121. 
  "These 
  fruits 
  are 
  from 
  a 
  plant 
  originated 
  by 
  me 
  from 
  seed 
  imported 
  

   from 
  Europe; 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  named. 
  Ripens 
  later 
  than 
  the 
  preceding 
  

   variety." 
  (Hehre.) 
  x 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  Feijoa 
  sellowiana 
  is 
  worthy 
  to 
  be 
  mentioned 
  under 
  promising 
  new 
  fruits 
  and 
  

   deserves 
  the 
  widest 
  distribution. 
  The 
  plant 
  stands 
  more 
  cold 
  than 
  the 
  guava, 
  

   is 
  beautiful 
  in 
  bloom, 
  and 
  is 
  evergreen. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  green 
  and 
  when 
  ripe 
  has 
  

   a 
  tinge 
  of 
  yellow. 
  As 
  it 
  blooms 
  for 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  about 
  two 
  months, 
  so 
  does 
  the 
  

   fruit 
  ripen 
  successively 
  for 
  two 
  months; 
  therefore 
  there 
  are 
  all 
  sizes 
  of 
  fruit 
  on 
  

   the 
  plant 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time, 
  which 
  grow 
  at 
  the 
  leaf 
  axil 
  on 
  new 
  wood." 
  (Hehre.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Found 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Rio 
  Grande 
  do 
  Sul, 
  in 
  the 
  southeast- 
  

   ern 
  part 
  of 
  Brazil, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Montevideo, 
  Uruguay; 
  cultivated 
  in 
  

   southern 
  Europe. 
  

  

  26122. 
  Solanum 
  sp. 
  Potato. 
  

  

  From 
  Castle 
  Kennedy, 
  Scotland. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Rev. 
  J. 
  Aikman 
  Paton, 
  Soulseat. 
  

   Received 
  October 
  19, 
  1909. 
  

   "Tubers 
  of 
  Solanum 
  etuberosum 
  (so 
  called; 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  wild 
  hybrid 
  of 
  S. 
  tubero- 
  

   sum, 
  simply), 
  which 
  I 
  used 
  as 
  the 
  parent 
  of 
  my 
  ' 
  Immune 
  ' 
  strain. 
  A 
  certain 
  proportion 
  

   of 
  the 
  ' 
  self 
  ed 
  ' 
  seedlings 
  of 
  it 
  and 
  its 
  hybrids 
  are 
  immune 
  to 
  Phytophthora 
  infestans 
  even 
  

   here." 
  (Paton.) 
  

  

  26123. 
  Citrus 
  bergamia 
  Risso. 
  Bergamot 
  orange. 
  

  

  From 
  Nice, 
  France. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  Robertson 
  Proschowsky. 
  Received 
  

   October 
  20, 
  1909. 
  

   Variety 
  mellarosa 
  plena. 
  (Cuttings.) 
  

  

  26124. 
  Trifolium 
  subrotundum 
  Steud. 
  & 
  Hochst. 
  

  

  From 
  70 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Lake 
  Victoria 
  Nyanza, 
  British 
  East 
  Africa, 
  at 
  about 
  7,500 
  

   feet 
  altitude. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  Blackbun, 
  Salem, 
  Ohio. 
  Received 
  Octo- 
  

   ber 
  19, 
  1909. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  native 
  of 
  Abyssinia, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  cultivated 
  as 
  forage, 
  under 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  Mayad; 
  also 
  native 
  of 
  Upper 
  and 
  Lower 
  Guinea. 
  

  

  26125. 
  Mangifera 
  indica 
  L. 
  Mango. 
  

  

  From 
  Port 
  of 
  Spain, 
  Trinidad, 
  B. 
  W. 
  I. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Evans, 
  Department 
  

   of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  October 
  19, 
  1909. 
  

   Julie. 
  "This 
  plant 
  is 
  grafted 
  upon 
  the 
  common 
  mango, 
  Mangifera 
  indica.' 
  ' 
  (Evans.) 
  

   See 
  No. 
  21515 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  26126 
  to 
  26129. 
  Solanum 
  spp. 
  Potato. 
  

  

  From 
  Bogota, 
  Colombia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Eugene 
  Betts, 
  American 
  vice 
  and 
  

   deputy 
  consul-general. 
  Received 
  October 
  18, 
  1909. 
  

   Tubers 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  received 
  with 
  the 
  shipment: 
  

  

  26126. 
  " 
  Papas 
  Tocanas. 
  Produced 
  on 
  high, 
  broken 
  ground, 
  mountain 
  sides, 
  

  

  high 
  and 
  very 
  cold." 
  

   65739°— 
  Bui. 
  205—11 
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