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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOETED. 
  

  

  31204. 
  Caryocar 
  villosttm 
  (Aubl.) 
  Persoon. 
  Piquia. 
  

  

  From 
  Para, 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  Fischer, 
  acting 
  director, 
  Campo 
  de 
  

   Cultura 
  Experimental 
  Paraense. 
  Received 
  May 
  26, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "The 
  piquia 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  trees 
  of 
  this 
  vicinity 
  that 
  is 
  highly 
  prized 
  for 
  its 
  

   lumber. 
  The 
  wood 
  is 
  extremely 
  hard 
  and 
  strong, 
  so 
  strong 
  in 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  word 
  

   piquia 
  is 
  almost 
  symbolic 
  for 
  strength; 
  it 
  is 
  white 
  and 
  close 
  grained. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  but 
  

   one 
  tree 
  that 
  stood 
  in 
  the 
  open; 
  in 
  fruit 
  with 
  nearly 
  all 
  of 
  its 
  leaves 
  shed 
  it 
  resembled 
  

   one 
  of 
  our 
  black 
  walnuts 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  boiled 
  before 
  eating. 
  

   After 
  peeling 
  off 
  the 
  thick 
  rind, 
  there 
  remains 
  a 
  fatty 
  layer 
  of 
  one-half 
  inch 
  thickness 
  

   inclosing 
  a 
  rather 
  spiny 
  seed 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  a 
  walnut 
  in 
  the 
  hull. 
  It 
  is 
  this 
  fatty 
  layer 
  

   which 
  is 
  eaten 
  boiled, 
  but 
  the 
  kernel 
  of 
  the 
  seed 
  is 
  eaten 
  raw." 
  {Fischer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  large 
  tree 
  in 
  the 
  forests 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  South 
  America, 
  

   extending 
  from 
  Guiana 
  southward 
  to 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Amazon 
  in 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  31206. 
  Musa 
  sp. 
  Banana. 
  

  

  From 
  Paraguay. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  F. 
  Mead, 
  Villa 
  Encarnacion. 
  Received 
  

  

  June 
  6, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "This 
  sucker 
  came 
  from 
  an 
  especially 
  fine 
  banana 
  plant, 
  one 
  from 
  which 
  I 
  cut 
  a 
  

  

  bunch 
  weighing 
  52 
  kilos 
  (114.64 
  lbs.). 
  The 
  bunch 
  of 
  bananas 
  cost 
  me 
  24 
  cents 
  gold. 
  

  

  This 
  fruit 
  was 
  pronounced 
  by 
  four 
  Argentinians 
  as 
  the 
  finest 
  flavored 
  banana 
  they 
  had 
  

  

  ever 
  eaten 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Mead. 
  ) 
  

  

  31207. 
  Passiflora 
  sp. 
  Passion 
  fruit. 
  

  

  From 
  Montevideo, 
  Uruguay. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Frederick 
  W. 
  Goding, 
  American 
  

   consul. 
  Received 
  June 
  6, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "This 
  fruit, 
  indigenous 
  to 
  Uruguay, 
  is 
  called 
  the 
  Viricuya. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  long, 
  climbing, 
  

   perennial 
  vine, 
  which 
  is 
  found 
  only 
  in 
  forests 
  along 
  the 
  margins 
  of 
  streams. 
  The 
  fruit, 
  

   which 
  is 
  ripe 
  here 
  about 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  April, 
  is 
  similar 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  shape 
  to 
  a 
  lemon. 
  The 
  

   skin 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  lovely 
  orange 
  yellow, 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining. 
  The 
  interior 
  is 
  filled 
  with 
  a 
  

   most 
  luscious 
  siruplike 
  juice 
  with 
  a 
  flavor 
  peculiar 
  to 
  itself 
  but 
  most 
  satisfactory 
  to 
  

   the 
  taste. 
  It 
  contains 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  seeds, 
  resembling 
  those 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  passion 
  

   fruit. 
  

  

  "No 
  seeds 
  are 
  on 
  sale 
  in 
  the 
  seed 
  stores 
  at 
  present, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  vine 
  grows 
  wild 
  in 
  

   unfrequented 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  republic 
  considerable 
  difficulty 
  will 
  be 
  experienced 
  in 
  

   obtaining 
  a 
  supply." 
  (Goding.) 
  

  

  31208 
  and 
  31209. 
  Triticum 
  spp. 
  Wheat. 
  

  

  From 
  Khartum, 
  Egypt. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  Hewison, 
  Assistant 
  Director 
  of 
  

   Agriculture, 
  Sudan 
  Government. 
  Received 
  June 
  7, 
  1911. 
  

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

  

  31208. 
  Dongola. 
  "This 
  wheat 
  is 
  the 
  sort 
  grown 
  by 
  the 
  native 
  cultivators 
  in 
  

   the 
  Dongola 
  Province, 
  but 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  to 
  discover 
  its 
  origin." 
  

  

  31209. 
  Indian. 
  "This 
  was 
  received 
  from 
  Egpyt, 
  where 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  grown. 
  

   The 
  crop 
  from 
  which 
  this 
  sample 
  was 
  taken 
  is 
  the 
  third 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  Sudan 
  

   from 
  the 
  imported 
  seed." 
  

  

  "These 
  two 
  wheats 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  crop 
  that 
  is 
  now 
  being 
  harvested 
  and 
  have 
  been 
  

  

  grown 
  on 
  a 
  commercial 
  scale. 
  They 
  have 
  both 
  been 
  grown 
  under 
  irrigation, 
  were 
  sown 
  

  

  in 
  November 
  and 
  harvested 
  in 
  March, 
  actual 
  period 
  of 
  growth 
  being 
  about 
  four 
  months. 
  

  

  The 
  seed 
  is 
  broadcast 
  on 
  land 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  watered 
  about 
  eight 
  days 
  previously 
  and 
  

  

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