﻿OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1910. 
  45 
  

  

  29198 
  to 
  29203— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  29199. 
  Oryza 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Rice. 
  

   "Bolita." 
  From 
  Tucuman 
  Province. 
  

  

  29200. 
  Oryza 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Bice. 
  

   " 
  Negro." 
  From 
  Misiones 
  Province. 
  

  

  29201. 
  Triticum 
  durum 
  Desf. 
  Wheat. 
  

   "Anchuelo." 
  From 
  Entre 
  Rios 
  Province. 
  

  

  29202. 
  Triticum 
  turgidum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

   ' 
  ' 
  Mededh 
  . 
  ' 
  ' 
  From 
  Ju 
  j 
  uy 
  Province 
  . 
  

  

  29203. 
  Triticum 
  durum 
  Desf. 
  Wheat. 
  

   "Candeal." 
  From 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  La 
  Pampa 
  Province. 
  

  

  29206 
  to 
  29208. 
  Chayota 
  edulis 
  Jacq. 
  Cfrayote. 
  

  

  From 
  Kingston, 
  Jamaica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  William 
  Harris, 
  Superintendent 
  

   of 
  Public 
  Gardens, 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  December 
  22, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29206. 
  Black 
  (not 
  black, 
  however, 
  but 
  a 
  dark 
  green). 
  

  

  29207. 
  Green 
  (a 
  light 
  green). 
  

  

  29208. 
  White 
  (milky 
  white). 
  

  

  29209. 
  Cucurbit 
  a 
  pepo 
  L. 
  Pumpkin. 
  

  

  From 
  Florida. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lorenzo 
  D. 
  Creel, 
  United 
  States 
  Indian 
  Service, 
  

   Fort 
  Myers, 
  Fla. 
  Received 
  December 
  22, 
  1910. 
  

   "Seeds 
  of 
  a 
  pumpkin 
  I 
  found 
  the 
  Seminole 
  Indians 
  in 
  the 
  Everglades 
  were 
  growing 
  

   and 
  probably 
  have 
  been 
  growing 
  for 
  a 
  very 
  long 
  time. 
  It 
  is 
  remarkable 
  for 
  its 
  sweet- 
  

   ness 
  and 
  good 
  keeping 
  quality." 
  (Creel.) 
  

  

  29210. 
  Hibiscus 
  sabdariffa 
  L. 
  Roselle. 
  

  

  From 
  Mayaguez, 
  Porto 
  Rico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  F. 
  Kinman, 
  horticulturist, 
  

   Porto 
  Rico 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station. 
  Received 
  December 
  29, 
  1910. 
  

  

  " 
  Roselle 
  does 
  exceeding 
  well 
  here. 
  The 
  plants 
  when 
  set 
  3 
  or 
  4 
  feet 
  apart 
  branch 
  

   freely, 
  grow 
  to 
  be 
  6 
  to 
  9 
  feet 
  tall, 
  and 
  produce 
  200 
  or 
  more 
  fruits. 
  The 
  fruit 
  makes 
  a 
  

   delicious 
  sauce 
  which 
  by 
  one 
  not 
  familiar 
  with 
  roselle 
  is 
  mistaken 
  for 
  cranberry. 
  At 
  

   Thanksgiving 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  in 
  demand 
  here 
  by 
  Americans, 
  but 
  I 
  am 
  surprised 
  at 
  the 
  

   little 
  care 
  they 
  have 
  for 
  it 
  except 
  on 
  that 
  date. 
  The 
  Porto 
  Ricans 
  do 
  not 
  care 
  for 
  so 
  

   tart 
  a 
  fruit, 
  so 
  the 
  market 
  for 
  it 
  here 
  will 
  continue 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  limited. 
  The 
  plants 
  

   require 
  so 
  little 
  attention 
  and 
  are 
  so 
  prolific 
  that 
  quantities 
  of 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  raised 
  were 
  

   there 
  any 
  demand. 
  It 
  can 
  be 
  dried 
  easily, 
  and 
  some 
  experiments 
  indicate 
  that 
  it 
  

   will 
  keep 
  well, 
  making 
  it 
  possible 
  to 
  supply 
  a 
  market 
  at 
  any 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  can 
  only 
  guess 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  this 
  plant 
  in 
  the 
  Southern 
  States 
  where 
  the 
  

   soil 
  is 
  quite 
  sandy 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  places 
  dry, 
  as 
  my 
  experience 
  in 
  growing 
  roselle 
  is 
  limited 
  

   to 
  Porto 
  Rico 
  and 
  Cuba, 
  where 
  the 
  soil 
  is 
  a 
  heavy 
  clay 
  and 
  where 
  the 
  plants 
  do 
  well." 
  

   (Kinman.) 
  

  

  29211. 
  Ananas 
  sativus 
  Schult. 
  f. 
  Pineapple. 
  

  

  From 
  Tjiomas, 
  Java. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Buitenzorg, 
  

   Java. 
  Received 
  December 
  29, 
  1910. 
  

   "A 
  large 
  pineapple, 
  mandaloeng, 
  from 
  Tjiomas. 
  This 
  is 
  less 
  fragrant 
  than 
  the 
  

   common 
  nanas 
  Bogor, 
  also 
  from 
  Tjiomas." 
  (Teysmannia, 
  vol. 
  21, 
  no. 
  3, 
  1910.) 
  

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