﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1911. 
  73 
  

  

  plowed 
  in 
  with 
  the 
  Egyptian 
  plow. 
  Five 
  to 
  six 
  waterings 
  are 
  given 
  subsequently 
  and 
  

   our 
  average 
  yield 
  for 
  some 
  50 
  acres 
  will 
  this 
  year 
  amount 
  to 
  about 
  22 
  bushels 
  per 
  acre. 
  

  

  31210 
  to 
  31223. 
  

  

  From 
  Lahore, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  R. 
  Mustoe, 
  superintendent, 
  Govern- 
  

   ment 
  Agri-Horticultural 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  June 
  6, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  31210 
  to 
  31214. 
  Procured 
  from 
  fruits 
  purchased 
  on 
  the 
  open 
  market 
  at 
  the 
  

   request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Booth 
  Tucker, 
  Salvation 
  Army, 
  Simla, 
  India. 
  

  

  31210. 
  Citrus 
  limonum 
  Risso. 
  Lemon. 
  

  

  31211 
  and 
  31212. 
  Citrus 
  limetta 
  Risso. 
  Lime. 
  

  

  31211. 
  Kaghzi. 
  31212. 
  Sour. 
  

  

  31213. 
  Citrus 
  decumana 
  (L.) 
  Murr. 
  Pomelo. 
  

   Chakatra. 
  

  

  31214. 
  Citrus 
  aurantium 
  sinensis 
  L. 
  Orange. 
  

   Nagpore. 
  

  

  31215 
  to 
  31223. 
  Collected 
  from 
  fruit 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  gardens. 
  

  

  31215. 
  Citrus 
  limonum 
  Risso. 
  Lemon. 
  

   Malta. 
  

  

  31216 
  and 
  31217. 
  Citrus 
  limetta 
  Risso. 
  Lime. 
  

  

  31216. 
  Khatta, 
  sour. 
  31217. 
  Large 
  sweet. 
  

  

  31218 
  to 
  31220. 
  Citrus 
  aurantium 
  sinensis 
  L. 
  Orange. 
  

  

  31218. 
  Sangtara. 
  31220. 
  Sylhet. 
  

  

  31219. 
  Kaula. 
  

  

  31221 
  and 
  31222. 
  Citrus 
  decumana 
  (L.) 
  Murr. 
  Pomelo. 
  

  

  31221. 
  31222. 
  Large 
  fruited. 
  

  

  31223. 
  Citrus 
  sp. 
  

   Malta 
  seed. 
  

  

  31224. 
  Diospyros 
  lotus 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Lahore, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  R. 
  Mustoe, 
  superintendent, 
  Govern- 
  

   ment 
  Agri-Horticultural 
  Gardens. 
  Peceived 
  June 
  6, 
  1911. 
  

   Vernacular 
  name 
  Lotos 
  amloh. 
  

  

  31225. 
  Castilla 
  sp. 
  Central 
  American 
  rubber. 
  

  

  From 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  William 
  W. 
  Canada, 
  American 
  

   consul. 
  Received 
  June 
  8, 
  1911. 
  

   Introduced 
  for 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry 
  in 
  encouraging 
  rubber 
  cul- 
  

   ture 
  in 
  Porto 
  Rico, 
  the 
  Canal 
  Zone, 
  and 
  Hawaii. 
  

  

  31226. 
  Cryptocarya 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Chile. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Jose 
  D. 
  Husbands, 
  Limavida, 
  Chile, 
  June 
  9, 
  

   1911. 
  

   "This 
  fruit 
  is 
  edible 
  and 
  sweet 
  with 
  no 
  ill 
  flavor. 
  The 
  ones 
  I 
  send 
  were 
  dried 
  in 
  

   the 
  sun 
  to 
  make 
  them 
  harder, 
  as 
  taken 
  ripe 
  fronrthe 
  tree 
  they 
  baffle 
  description 
  ; 
  the 
  

   skin 
  slides 
  at 
  touch 
  revealing 
  a 
  viscous, 
  slimy, 
  ropy-mucous, 
  soapy-mucilaginous 
  

   jelly, 
  elastic, 
  stringy, 
  and 
  has 
  ways 
  of 
  its 
  own 
  unexampled. 
  It 
  soon 
  dries 
  and 
  shows 
  

   other 
  qualities. 
  This 
  material 
  may 
  be 
  valuable. 
  It 
  reminds 
  one 
  of 
  rubber, 
  when 
  

   dried." 
  (Husbands.) 
  

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