﻿JANUAKY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1911. 
  25 
  

  

  29471. 
  Nicotiana 
  tabacum 
  L. 
  Tobacco. 
  

  

  From 
  Huatusco, 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  A. 
  Purpus, 
  Zacuapam, 
  

   Huatusco, 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  Mexico. 
  Received 
  January 
  28, 
  1911. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  29091 
  for 
  purpose 
  for 
  which 
  introduced. 
  

   29475 
  and 
  29476. 
  Pistacia 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Aintab, 
  central 
  Asiatic 
  Turkey. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Bakkalian, 
  

   secretary 
  to 
  Mrs. 
  F. 
  A. 
  Shepard, 
  January 
  23, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Bakkalian: 
  

  

  29475. 
  Pistacia 
  vera 
  L. 
  Pistache. 
  

   "The 
  common 
  pistache 
  exported 
  from 
  Turkey 
  to 
  America." 
  

  

  29476. 
  Pistacia 
  terebinthus 
  L. 
  Terebinth. 
  

   " 
  Melengish. 
  This 
  is 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  stock. 
  The 
  fruits 
  are 
  white 
  when 
  unripe 
  and 
  

  

  become 
  gradually 
  red. 
  The 
  small 
  tree 
  looks 
  quite 
  showy 
  when 
  covered 
  with 
  

   these 
  red 
  clusters; 
  the 
  bright 
  red 
  becomes 
  darker 
  and 
  darker 
  as 
  the 
  fruit 
  grows 
  

   riper. 
  Some 
  time 
  after 
  it 
  is 
  picked 
  it 
  takes 
  the 
  green 
  color, 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  seen 
  

   on 
  the 
  seeds 
  shipped." 
  

  

  29477 
  to 
  29481. 
  Tobacco. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Municipality 
  of 
  Ray 
  ones, 
  Nuevo 
  Leon, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Lauro 
  Liadas, 
  Director 
  General 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Mexico, 
  who 
  procured 
  them 
  

   from 
  the 
  Governor 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Nuevo 
  Leon. 
  Received 
  January 
  31, 
  1911. 
  

  

  Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29477 
  and 
  29478. 
  Nicotiana 
  tabacum 
  L. 
  Tobacco. 
  

  

  29477. 
  Virginia. 
  29478. 
  Criollo. 
  

  

  29479 
  to 
  29481. 
  Nicotiana 
  trigonophylla 
  Dunal. 
  Wild 
  tobacco. 
  

  

  29479. 
  Cimarron, 
  29481. 
  Tabaquillo. 
  

  

  29480. 
  Tabaco 
  del 
  Monte. 
  

  

  29482 
  and 
  29483. 
  Colocasia 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Canton, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Weidman 
  Groff, 
  Canton 
  Christian 
  

   College. 
  Received 
  December 
  20, 
  1910. 
  

   Tubers 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29482. 
  ' 
  'Paahfu 
  (white). 
  This 
  variety 
  has 
  white 
  flesh 
  and 
  grows 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  

   of 
  about 
  2 
  feet. 
  It 
  is 
  planted 
  in 
  January, 
  and 
  matures 
  very 
  early, 
  which 
  is 
  

   worthy 
  of 
  note 
  from 
  the 
  viewpoint 
  of 
  growing 
  it 
  in 
  America. 
  It 
  is 
  usually 
  

   harvested 
  in 
  June 
  and 
  July. 
  The 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  tuber 
  is 
  round 
  instead 
  of 
  egg 
  

   shaped. 
  This 
  variety 
  is 
  probably 
  more 
  productive 
  than 
  the 
  Hung 
  ngafu." 
  

   (Groff.) 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  entire 
  petiole 
  is 
  light 
  green 
  in 
  color. 
  n 
  (R. 
  A. 
  Young.) 
  

  

  29483. 
  u 
  Hung 
  nga 
  fu 
  (redbud) 
  . 
  This 
  is 
  so 
  called 
  because 
  the 
  inside 
  flesh 
  

   shows 
  signs 
  of 
  red. 
  In 
  very 
  fertile 
  soil 
  it 
  should 
  reach 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  about 
  4 
  

   feet, 
  and 
  the 
  taller 
  the 
  plant 
  the 
  better 
  is 
  the 
  result, 
  as 
  the 
  Chinese 
  state 
  it. 
  

   This 
  variety 
  is 
  good 
  for 
  food, 
  being 
  especially 
  soft 
  when 
  cooked. 
  It 
  is 
  planted 
  

   in 
  January 
  and 
  harvested 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  August. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  nearly 
  so 
  productive 
  

   as 
  the 
  Bun 
  leungfu, 
  yielding 
  a 
  crop 
  perhaps 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  large. 
  " 
  

   (Groff.) 
  

  

  "The 
  basal 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  petiole 
  is 
  mottled 
  with 
  maroon. 
  The 
  margins 
  

   of 
  young 
  leaves 
  are 
  also 
  maroon. 
  " 
  (R. 
  A. 
  Young.) 
  

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