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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOETED. 
  

  

  26509 
  and 
  26510. 
  Mangifera 
  indica 
  L. 
  Mango. 
  

  

  From 
  Kingston, 
  Jamaica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Aston 
  W. 
  Gardner, 
  Tangley 
  Fruit 
  

   Company. 
  Received 
  January 
  14, 
  1910. 
  

  

  26509. 
  Maharajah. 
  "Cuttings 
  from 
  a 
  tree 
  grown 
  in 
  my 
  orchard. 
  This 
  

   special 
  fruit 
  has 
  realized 
  very 
  high 
  prices 
  in 
  London 
  and 
  New 
  York." 
  

   (Gardner.) 
  

  

  26510. 
  Mangalore. 
  (Cuttings.) 
  

  

  26511. 
  Punic 
  a 
  protopunica 
  Balf. 
  f. 
  

  

  From 
  Edinburgh, 
  Scotland. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Isaac 
  Bayley 
  Balfour, 
  director, 
  

   Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  January 
  17, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  tree 
  which 
  grows 
  in 
  abundance 
  over 
  the 
  plateau 
  sloping 
  southward 
  

   from 
  the 
  Haghier 
  peaks. 
  In 
  general 
  habit 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  unlike 
  the 
  pomegranate, 
  but 
  its 
  

   leaves 
  are 
  larger 
  and 
  coarser 
  and 
  it 
  lacks 
  the 
  delicate 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  foliage 
  of 
  that 
  

   species. 
  The 
  flowers, 
  too, 
  are 
  somewhat 
  smaller 
  and 
  their 
  turbinate 
  base 
  is 
  more 
  

   angular 
  ; 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  smaller 
  in 
  size. 
  ' 
  ' 
  (Balfour, 
  Botany 
  of 
  Socotra, 
  1888, 
  PL 
  

   25, 
  p. 
  96.) 
  

  

  "It 
  was 
  considered 
  desirable 
  to 
  introduce 
  this 
  plant, 
  which, 
  aside 
  from 
  the 
  ordinary 
  

   pomegranate, 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Punica 
  and 
  is 
  possibly 
  the 
  ancestral 
  form 
  

   of 
  the 
  cultivated 
  pomegranate, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  test 
  its 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  drought-resistant 
  stock 
  

   upon 
  which 
  to 
  graft 
  pomegranates 
  in 
  the 
  hottest 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Southwest." 
  (T. 
  H. 
  

   Kearney.) 
  (Cuttings.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Known 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Socotra, 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  of 
  Africa. 
  

  

  26517 
  to 
  26535. 
  Solanum 
  spp. 
  Potato. 
  

  

  Grown 
  at 
  Arlington 
  Experimental 
  Farm, 
  Virginia, 
  under 
  the 
  supervision 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   W. 
  V. 
  Shear, 
  Office 
  of 
  the 
  Horticulturist. 
  Turned 
  over 
  to 
  this 
  office 
  for 
  distribu- 
  

   tion 
  January, 
  1910. 
  

   Tubers 
  of 
  Chilean 
  potatoes, 
  first 
  generation 
  grown 
  from 
  seed 
  as 
  follows; 
  notes 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Shear: 
  

  

  26517. 
  Grown 
  from 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  23167. 
  "Small 
  tubers, 
  round 
  to 
  oblong; 
  

   skin 
  smooth; 
  eyes 
  few 
  and 
  shallow; 
  color 
  yellowish 
  white." 
  

  

  26518. 
  Grown 
  from 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  23173. 
  "Elongated, 
  cylindrical, 
  somewhat 
  

   flattened, 
  uniform 
  tubers; 
  eyes 
  numerous, 
  shallow; 
  skin 
  smooth, 
  flesh- 
  

   colored; 
  size 
  variable, 
  small 
  to 
  medium." 
  

  

  26519. 
  Grown 
  from 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  23184. 
  "Tubers 
  roundish, 
  flattened 
  at 
  the 
  

   ends, 
  uniform; 
  size 
  small; 
  skin 
  smooth; 
  eyes 
  few, 
  medium 
  in 
  depth; 
  color 
  

   violet." 
  

  

  26520. 
  Grown 
  from 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  23191. 
  "Small 
  to 
  medium-sized 
  tubers; 
  

   shape 
  round 
  to 
  oblong, 
  uneven; 
  eyes 
  numerous 
  and 
  deep; 
  color 
  purple." 
  

  

  26521 
  to 
  26524. 
  Grown 
  from 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  23168. 
  

  

  26521. 
  "Small 
  tubers, 
  ovoid, 
  flattened; 
  eyes 
  medium 
  depth; 
  color 
  

   flesh." 
  

  

  26522. 
  "Small 
  tubers, 
  oblong, 
  slightly 
  flattened; 
  eyes 
  many 
  and 
  deep; 
  

   color 
  variable, 
  yellowish 
  to 
  violet." 
  

  

  26523. 
  "Tubers 
  oblong, 
  cylindrical, 
  variable; 
  eyes 
  medium 
  depth, 
  

   uniform; 
  color 
  yellowish 
  splotched 
  with 
  violet.' 
  ' 
  

  

  26524. 
  "Tubers 
  small, 
  oblong, 
  pointed 
  at 
  bud 
  end; 
  shape 
  uniform, 
  

   slightly 
  flattened; 
  eyes 
  shallow; 
  color 
  yellowish 
  with 
  slight 
  tinge 
  of 
  

   violet." 
  

  

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