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  JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1910. 
  13 
  

  

  26517 
  to 
  26535— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  26525 
  to 
  26531. 
  Grown 
  from 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  23178. 
  

  

  26525. 
  "Tubers 
  medium 
  small, 
  round, 
  uneven; 
  eyes 
  deep, 
  numerous; 
  

   color 
  deep 
  violet." 
  

  

  26526. 
  "Tubers 
  \ 
  to 
  2 
  ounces 
  in 
  weight; 
  shape 
  round 
  to 
  oblong, 
  

   flattened, 
  variable, 
  uneven; 
  eyes 
  many, 
  deep; 
  color 
  varying 
  from 
  

   flesh 
  to 
  light 
  violet." 
  

  

  26527. 
  "Tubers 
  ovoid, 
  uneven, 
  smooth; 
  eyes 
  numerous, 
  deep; 
  color 
  

   purple, 
  yellowish 
  around 
  eyes." 
  

  

  26528. 
  "Tubers 
  round 
  to 
  ovoid, 
  variable 
  and 
  uneven; 
  skin 
  rough; 
  

   eyes 
  numerous, 
  medium; 
  color 
  yellowish 
  white." 
  

  

  26529. 
  "Tubers 
  large, 
  elongated, 
  cylindrical, 
  uneven; 
  eyes 
  many 
  and 
  

   deep; 
  color 
  yellowish 
  with 
  small 
  patches 
  of 
  violet." 
  

  

  26530. 
  "Tubers 
  small 
  to 
  medium; 
  shape 
  round 
  to 
  ovoid; 
  uneven, 
  

   knobby; 
  eyes 
  numerous, 
  shallow; 
  color 
  mottled 
  violet 
  and 
  yellow." 
  

  

  26531. 
  "Medium-small 
  tubers; 
  shape 
  ovoid, 
  flattened, 
  uneven; 
  eyes 
  

   numerous, 
  deep; 
  skin 
  rough; 
  color 
  yellowish, 
  mottled 
  with 
  violet." 
  

  

  26532 
  and 
  26533. 
  Grown 
  from 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  23185. 
  

  

  26532. 
  "Tubers 
  small 
  to 
  medium; 
  oblong, 
  variable; 
  eyes 
  numerous 
  

   and 
  variable; 
  color 
  violet." 
  

  

  26533. 
  "Tubers 
  round, 
  inclined 
  to 
  be 
  flattened 
  at 
  each 
  end; 
  uneven; 
  

   eyes 
  few, 
  variable." 
  

  

  26534 
  and 
  26535. 
  Grown 
  from 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  23194. 
  

  

  26534. 
  "Tubers 
  small, 
  ovoid 
  to 
  oblong, 
  pointed 
  at 
  bud 
  end, 
  uniform; 
  

   smooth; 
  eyes 
  numerous, 
  medium 
  depth; 
  flesh-colored." 
  

  

  26535. 
  "Tubers 
  small; 
  shape 
  variable, 
  ovoid, 
  flattened; 
  skin 
  smooth; 
  

   eyes 
  few, 
  shallow; 
  light 
  yellow 
  mottled 
  with 
  violet." 
  

  

  26536. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  D. 
  S. 
  Elder, 
  El 
  Centro, 
  Imperial 
  Co., 
  Cal., 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  

   J. 
  Brand. 
  Received 
  December, 
  1909. 
  

   "This 
  alfalfa 
  is 
  ordinary 
  American 
  alfalfa 
  and 
  was 
  grown 
  3 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Brawley 
  

   in 
  the 
  Imperial 
  Valley 
  of 
  California 
  from 
  seed 
  secured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Elder 
  from 
  his 
  brother 
  in 
  

   Wyoming. 
  It 
  was 
  grown 
  in 
  a 
  loose, 
  sandy 
  soil 
  on 
  a 
  field 
  which 
  was 
  without 
  water 
  from 
  

   April, 
  1906, 
  until 
  May, 
  1908. 
  The 
  ditch 
  which 
  supplied 
  this 
  field 
  was 
  dry 
  during 
  this 
  

   period 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  Colorado 
  River 
  breaking 
  through 
  its 
  banks 
  and 
  flowing 
  into 
  

   the 
  Salton 
  Sea. 
  No 
  records 
  of 
  rainfall 
  are 
  available 
  for 
  Brawley, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  estimated 
  

   that 
  the 
  precipitation 
  for 
  the 
  two 
  years 
  was 
  about 
  2 
  inches 
  each. 
  Part 
  of 
  this 
  alfalfa 
  

   was 
  cut 
  and 
  part 
  pastured 
  during 
  the 
  time 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  without 
  water. 
  The 
  present 
  

   sample 
  should 
  be 
  of 
  use 
  in 
  selections 
  for 
  drought 
  resistance. 
  ' 
  ' 
  {Brand. 
  ) 
  

  

  26537 
  to 
  26539. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  Sacaton, 
  Ariz. 
  Grown 
  under 
  the 
  supervision 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  J. 
  Brand 
  on 
  

   the 
  Testing 
  and 
  Demonstration 
  Garden 
  in 
  cooperation 
  with 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Indian 
  

   Affairs 
  and 
  received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  William 
  L. 
  Flanery, 
  January, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Brand: 
  

  

  26537. 
  "Mixed 
  seed 
  from 
  a 
  plat 
  in 
  which 
  over 
  100 
  regional 
  strains 
  of 
  alfalfa 
  

   are 
  being 
  grown, 
  intended 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  mass 
  selection 
  work." 
  

  

  26538. 
  "First 
  crop 
  of 
  Peruvian 
  alfalfa, 
  grown 
  in 
  hills 
  2\ 
  feet 
  apart, 
  rows 
  3 
  

   feet 
  apart. 
  It 
  yielded 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  about 
  6 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre. 
  The 
  seed 
  plat 
  

   received 
  only 
  one 
  irrigation 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  cutting 
  the 
  first 
  crop." 
  

  

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