﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1910. 
  49 
  

  

  27937 
  to 
  27946— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  27938. 
  Morado 
  Breve. 
  Average 
  length 
  of 
  ear 
  5 
  inches, 
  average 
  gross 
  weight 
  

   of 
  ear 
  54 
  grams, 
  average 
  weight 
  of 
  cob 
  11 
  grams, 
  average 
  net 
  weight 
  of 
  corn 
  to 
  

   ear 
  43 
  grams. 
  As 
  will 
  be 
  noted 
  by 
  the 
  weights 
  given 
  above, 
  the 
  ears 
  are 
  very- 
  

   small. 
  The 
  grains 
  are 
  also 
  very 
  small 
  and 
  dark 
  purple 
  in 
  color. 
  It 
  is 
  planted 
  

   as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  rains 
  commence 
  in 
  June, 
  and 
  is 
  gathered 
  in 
  forty 
  or 
  fifty 
  days 
  

   from 
  time 
  of 
  planting." 
  

  

  27939. 
  Escorpioncillo 
  . 
  "Average 
  weight 
  per 
  ear, 
  gross, 
  125 
  grams, 
  average 
  

   weight 
  of 
  cob 
  20 
  grams, 
  average 
  net 
  weight 
  of 
  corn 
  to 
  ear 
  105 
  grams, 
  average 
  

   length 
  of 
  ear 
  7 
  inches. 
  This 
  is 
  also 
  an 
  early 
  maturing 
  variety, 
  but 
  requires 
  

   about 
  ten 
  days 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  two 
  preceding." 
  

  

  27940. 
  Zapalote 
  morado 
  or 
  Bandeno. 
  "Average 
  length 
  of 
  ear 
  7A 
  inches, 
  aver- 
  

   age 
  gross 
  weight 
  190 
  grams, 
  average 
  weight 
  of 
  cob 
  33 
  grams, 
  average 
  net 
  weight 
  

   of 
  corn 
  to 
  ear 
  157 
  grams. 
  Matures 
  about 
  seventy 
  days 
  after 
  planting. 
  Makes 
  

   a 
  fine 
  forage 
  crop 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  and 
  size 
  of 
  blades." 
  

  

  27941. 
  Zapalote 
  Blanco. 
  "Average 
  length 
  per 
  ear 
  7 
  inches, 
  average 
  gross 
  

   weight 
  170 
  grams, 
  average 
  weight 
  of 
  cob 
  29 
  grams, 
  average 
  net 
  weight 
  of 
  corn 
  

   to 
  ear 
  141 
  grams. 
  Same 
  as 
  the 
  preceding 
  except 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  somewhat 
  smaller 
  

   ears 
  and 
  fewer 
  blades." 
  

  

  27942. 
  Olote 
  Colorado. 
  "Average 
  length 
  of 
  ear 
  6i 
  inches, 
  average 
  gross 
  

   weight 
  of 
  corn 
  148 
  grams, 
  average 
  weight 
  of 
  cob 
  30 
  grams, 
  average 
  net 
  weight 
  

   of 
  corn 
  to 
  ear 
  118 
  grams. 
  The 
  term 
  'Colorado' 
  (red) 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  

   cob. 
  This 
  variety 
  matures 
  in 
  eighty 
  days 
  after 
  planting." 
  

  

  27943. 
  Olotillo. 
  "Average 
  length 
  of 
  ear 
  6 
  inches, 
  average 
  gross 
  weight 
  of 
  ear 
  

   110 
  grams, 
  average 
  weight 
  of 
  cob 
  15 
  grams, 
  average 
  net 
  weight 
  of 
  corn 
  to 
  ear 
  

   95 
  grams. 
  Matures 
  in 
  ninety 
  days." 
  

  

  27944. 
  Maizon. 
  "Average 
  length 
  of 
  ear 
  7| 
  inches, 
  average 
  gross 
  weight 
  of 
  

   ear 
  150 
  grams, 
  average 
  weight 
  of 
  cob 
  24 
  grams, 
  average 
  net 
  weight 
  of 
  corn 
  to 
  

   ear 
  126 
  grams. 
  Matures 
  in 
  ninety 
  days. 
  Resembles 
  the 
  preceding 
  but 
  give 
  

   a 
  stronger 
  and 
  heavier 
  plant. 
  Yield 
  per 
  plant 
  larger 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  plant 
  

   described." 
  

  

  The 
  preceding 
  numbers 
  were 
  grown 
  on 
  the 
  "La 
  Luz" 
  hacienda, 
  of 
  which 
  

   Urunuela 
  Hermanos 
  of 
  this 
  place 
  are 
  the 
  proprietors. 
  

  

  27945. 
  Magueyano. 
  

  

  27946. 
  Laguneno. 
  

  

  "These 
  two 
  varieties 
  were 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Carlos 
  Miller, 
  Cuajiniquilapa, 
  

   Guerrero, 
  but 
  without 
  any 
  descriptive 
  notes. 
  Mr. 
  Miller 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  

   progressive 
  farmers 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  the 
  two 
  samples 
  submitted 
  doubtless 
  rep- 
  

   resent 
  the 
  best 
  varieties 
  planted 
  on 
  his 
  lands." 
  

  

  27949. 
  Polygonum 
  tinctorium 
  Lour. 
  

  

  From 
  Yokohama, 
  Japan. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Yokohama 
  Nursery 
  Company. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  May 
  16, 
  1910. 
  

   "Introduced 
  for 
  trial 
  as 
  a 
  nectar-producing 
  crop 
  to 
  be 
  grown 
  on 
  waste 
  lands, 
  in 
  

   cooperation 
  with 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology, 
  also 
  for 
  testing 
  as 
  a 
  tannin 
  plant." 
  (R. 
  A. 
  

   Young.) 
  

  

  Distribution— 
  The 
  provinces 
  of 
  Shingking, 
  Szechwan, 
  and 
  Kwangtung, 
  in 
  the 
  

   Chinese 
  Empire; 
  near 
  Seoul 
  in 
  Korea, 
  and 
  commonly 
  cultivated 
  in 
  Japan. 
  

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