﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1911. 
  37 
  

  

  30743. 
  Colocasia 
  sp. 
  Dasheen. 
  

  

  From 
  Mukden, 
  Manchuria. 
  The 
  region 
  of 
  production 
  not 
  exactly 
  known, 
  but 
  

   said 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  Chihli 
  Province, 
  China. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Edward 
  C. 
  Parker, 
  agriculturist, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Industry, 
  and 
  Com- 
  

   merce. 
  Received 
  May 
  3, 
  1911. 
  

   " 
  Taro. 
  Chinese 
  name 
  Yu 
  to." 
  (Parker.) 
  

  

  "The 
  tubers 
  received 
  were 
  small 
  and 
  resembled 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Japanese 
  dasheens. 
  

   They 
  are 
  mucilaginous 
  and 
  lacking 
  in 
  flavor 
  when 
  cooked. 
  The 
  tubers 
  are 
  nonacrid 
  

   even 
  when 
  uncooked." 
  (P. 
  A. 
  Young.) 
  

  

  30744 
  to 
  30748. 
  

  

  From 
  Wulukai, 
  20 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Kirin, 
  the 
  capital 
  of 
  Kirin 
  Province, 
  Manchuria, 
  

   44° 
  north 
  latitude. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Edward 
  C. 
  Parker, 
  agriculturist, 
  Bureau 
  

   of 
  Agriculture, 
  Industry, 
  and 
  Commerce, 
  Mukden, 
  Manchuria. 
  Received 
  

   May 
  3, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Parker: 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  Wulukai 
  is 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  famous 
  and 
  fertile 
  soil 
  areas 
  of 
  north 
  Man- 
  

   churia. 
  The 
  climate 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  great 
  extremes, 
  temperatures 
  ranging 
  from 
  42° 
  below 
  

   zero 
  Fahrenheit 
  to 
  96° 
  above 
  zero. 
  Killing 
  frosts 
  occur 
  occasionally 
  as 
  late 
  as 
  May 
  10 
  

   and 
  may 
  reoccur 
  after 
  September 
  20. 
  This 
  district 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  partially 
  set- 
  

   tled 
  for 
  75 
  years 
  and 
  the 
  varieties 
  of 
  beans 
  are 
  reputed 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  age." 
  

  

  30744 
  to 
  30747. 
  Glycine 
  hispida 
  (Moench) 
  Maxim. 
  Soy 
  bean. 
  

  

  30744. 
  "Black-eyebrow 
  soy 
  bean. 
  Chinese 
  name 
  Hei 
  mei 
  tou. 
  This 
  

   variety 
  is 
  classified 
  by 
  the 
  Chinese 
  as 
  being 
  medium 
  late 
  in 
  date 
  of 
  

   maturity." 
  

  

  30745. 
  Yellow. 
  "White-eyebrow 
  soy 
  bean. 
  Chinese 
  name 
  Pei 
  mei 
  

   tou. 
  This 
  variety 
  is 
  classified 
  by 
  the 
  Chinese 
  as 
  being 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  date 
  

   of 
  maturity." 
  

  

  30746. 
  Yellow. 
  "Compact, 
  round 
  soy 
  bean. 
  Chinese 
  name 
  Chin 
  

   yuan 
  tou. 
  This 
  variety 
  is 
  classified 
  by 
  the 
  Chinese 
  as 
  being 
  late 
  in 
  

   date 
  of 
  maturity." 
  

  

  30747. 
  ' 
  ' 
  Big 
  black 
  soy 
  bean. 
  Chinese 
  name 
  Tah 
  hei 
  lou. 
  This 
  variety 
  

   is 
  classified 
  by 
  the 
  Chinese 
  as 
  being 
  very 
  early 
  in 
  date 
  of 
  maturity. 
  

   It 
  is 
  used 
  principally 
  as 
  a 
  feed 
  for 
  work 
  horses 
  and 
  mules, 
  also 
  for 
  bean 
  

   curd 
  and 
  for 
  oil 
  production." 
  

  

  30748. 
  Phaseolus 
  radiatus 
  L. 
  Mung 
  bean. 
  

  

  "Small 
  green 
  food 
  bean. 
  Chinese 
  name 
  Hsiao 
  liu 
  tou. 
  Classified 
  by 
  the 
  

   Chinese 
  as 
  being 
  medium 
  late 
  in 
  date 
  of 
  maturity. 
  This 
  variety 
  is 
  doubtless 
  

   from 
  the 
  same 
  stock 
  as 
  No. 
  28053. 
  It 
  is 
  grown 
  everywhere 
  in 
  Manchuria 
  for 
  

   human 
  food, 
  being 
  boiled 
  with 
  kowliang 
  or 
  millet 
  and 
  also 
  ground 
  into 
  meal, 
  

   mixed 
  with 
  kowliang 
  meal 
  and 
  made 
  into 
  vermicelli." 
  

  

  30749. 
  Ipomoea 
  batatas 
  (L.) 
  Poir. 
  Sweet 
  potato. 
  

  

  From 
  Auckland, 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Arthur 
  Yates 
  & 
  Co. 
  Received 
  

   May 
  4, 
  1911. 
  

   "The 
  New 
  Zealand 
  kumara 
  has 
  been 
  chiefly 
  grown 
  by 
  our 
  native 
  race, 
  the 
  Maori, 
  

   and 
  consequently 
  any 
  varieties 
  which 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  distinct 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  place 
  have 
  

   long 
  since 
  become 
  crossed 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  row 
  impossible 
  to 
  obtain 
  separate 
  sorts. 
  The 
  

   tubers 
  sent 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  kumara 
  which 
  is 
  known 
  here 
  as 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  red-skinned 
  

   kumara. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  New 
  Zealand 
  variety 
  which 
  is 
  in 
  common 
  use 
  here." 
  ( 
  Yates 
  & 
  

   Co.) 
  

  

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