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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  30300. 
  Asparagus 
  africanus 
  Lam. 
  Asparagus. 
  

  

  From 
  Cedara, 
  Natal, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  R. 
  Sawer, 
  director, 
  

   Division 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  March 
  28, 
  1911. 
  

   Introduced 
  for 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Truck-Crop 
  Diseases 
  in 
  breeding 
  a 
  

   resistant 
  asparagus, 
  and 
  also 
  various 
  forms 
  for 
  florists' 
  use. 
  

  

  30301. 
  Xicotiaxa 
  tabacum 
  L. 
  Tobacco. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Remedios, 
  Cuba. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Ramon 
  Garcia 
  Oses, 
  

   ' 
  director, 
  Estacion 
  Experimental 
  Agronomica, 
  Santiago 
  de 
  las 
  Vegas, 
  Cuba. 
  

   Received 
  March 
  29, 
  1911. 
  

  

  30302 
  to 
  30306. 
  

  

  From 
  Comendador, 
  Dominican 
  Republic. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  E. 
  Beall. 
  

   Received 
  March 
  27, 
  1911. 
  

   The 
  following 
  material; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Beall: 
  

  

  30302. 
  Xaxthosoma 
  sp. 
  Yautia. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  a 
  much-prized 
  vegetable 
  here, 
  producing 
  large 
  bulbs, 
  white, 
  sweet, 
  

  

  starchy, 
  the 
  best 
  substitute 
  we 
  have 
  for 
  the 
  Irish 
  potato. 
  This 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  hand- 
  

   some 
  foliage 
  plant, 
  giving 
  forth 
  large 
  leaves 
  like 
  the 
  elephant's 
  ears 
  (Caladium 
  

   esculentum) 
  , 
  with 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  habit 
  of 
  growth. 
  In 
  the 
  South, 
  after 
  adorn- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  lawn 
  until 
  fall 
  the 
  folks 
  can 
  eat 
  the 
  bulbs 
  and 
  find 
  them 
  very 
  good." 
  

   Bulbs. 
  

  

  30303. 
  Axacardium 
  occidentale 
  L. 
  Cashew. 
  

   "An 
  acid 
  fruit 
  (two 
  kinds, 
  red 
  and 
  yellow) 
  of 
  very 
  agreeable 
  taste. 
  The 
  

  

  seeds 
  when 
  roasted 
  are 
  better 
  than 
  peanuts, 
  but 
  not 
  as 
  good 
  as 
  chestnuts. 
  

   This 
  may 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  different 
  variety 
  from 
  what 
  you 
  have 
  had. 
  The 
  tree 
  

   grows 
  rapidly 
  and 
  produces 
  much 
  fruit. 
  I 
  make 
  excellent 
  jelly 
  of 
  it." 
  

   Seeds. 
  

  

  30304. 
  Chrysophyllum 
  caixito 
  L. 
  Star-apple. 
  

   " 
  Caimito. 
  A 
  large 
  tree 
  of 
  rather 
  slow 
  growth 
  with 
  a 
  delicious, 
  round, 
  green 
  

  

  fruit 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  an 
  orange. 
  The 
  leaves 
  are 
  dark, 
  glossy 
  green 
  above 
  and 
  

   bronze 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side, 
  ovate 
  in 
  shape. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  good 
  to 
  eat 
  and 
  the 
  

   tree 
  a 
  delight 
  to 
  the 
  eye." 
  

  

  30305. 
  Cucurbita 
  pepo 
  L. 
  Pumpkin. 
  

   "Auyama. 
  A 
  good 
  edible 
  variety, 
  but 
  the 
  vines 
  run 
  over 
  large 
  areas. 
  It 
  

  

  withstands 
  well 
  both 
  wet 
  and 
  dry 
  weather." 
  

  

  30306. 
  Lag 
  en 
  art 
  a 
  vulgaris 
  Ser. 
  Gourd. 
  

   ' 
  ' 
  An 
  immense 
  gourd 
  grown 
  here. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  them 
  half 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  a 
  barrel. 
  

  

  The 
  natives 
  use 
  them 
  with 
  the 
  point 
  cut 
  off 
  for 
  water 
  jars. 
  Cut 
  through 
  from 
  

   top 
  to 
  bottom 
  they 
  are 
  used 
  for 
  dish 
  pans 
  and 
  bathtubs. 
  If 
  they 
  mature 
  in 
  

   the 
  Gulf 
  States 
  they 
  will 
  be 
  valuable 
  to 
  the 
  colored 
  folks, 
  for 
  here 
  they 
  are 
  

   indispensable." 
  

  

  30308 
  to 
  30364. 
  

  

  From 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  X. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  

   explorer, 
  March 
  24, 
  1911. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  30308. 
  Pyeus 
  sp. 
  Pear. 
  

  

  From 
  Khotan, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  804, 
  November 
  25, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

   pear 
  called 
  Amoot. 
  Thi3 
  is 
  of 
  medium 
  size, 
  knobby 
  exterior, 
  yellow 
  color; 
  

   233 
  

  

  