﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1911. 
  75 
  

  

  31229 
  to 
  31231— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  31230 
  and 
  31231— 
  Continued. 
  

   31230— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  pressed, 
  purple. 
  Eyebrows 
  prominent 
  to 
  inconspicuous, 
  short 
  to 
  long, 
  

   curved. 
  Flesh 
  fine, 
  firm, 
  juicy 
  to 
  dry, 
  white 
  to 
  yellow." 
  

   31231. 
  ''Tubers 
  uniform 
  and 
  medium 
  in 
  size. 
  Shape 
  uniform, 
  elon- 
  

   gated, 
  regular. 
  Surface 
  smooth. 
  Distal 
  end 
  round. 
  Bud-eye 
  cluster 
  

   small 
  to 
  large, 
  a 
  little 
  depressed, 
  central. 
  Proximal 
  end 
  round. 
  Stem 
  

   small, 
  deciduous, 
  central. 
  Cavity, 
  none. 
  Skin 
  thick, 
  tough, 
  not 
  easily 
  

   bruised, 
  dull, 
  purple 
  with 
  coppery 
  cast, 
  uniform. 
  Eyes 
  many, 
  single, 
  

   large, 
  deep, 
  compound, 
  regular, 
  compressed, 
  purple. 
  Eyebrows 
  promi- 
  

   nent 
  to 
  inconspicuous, 
  short 
  to 
  long, 
  straight 
  to 
  curved. 
  Flesh 
  fine, 
  

   firm, 
  juicy 
  to 
  dry, 
  white 
  to 
  yellow." 
  (William 
  Stuart.) 
  

   ''These 
  potatoes 
  are 
  grown 
  in 
  a 
  place 
  called 
  Huasahuasi, 
  which 
  is 
  10,000 
  

   feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level, 
  by 
  Hill 
  Indians. 
  They 
  are 
  called 
  Papas 
  de 
  Mesa, 
  and 
  

   are 
  much 
  esteemed 
  by 
  the 
  natives. 
  For 
  sowing 
  them 
  the 
  ground 
  is 
  broken 
  

   by 
  the 
  primitive 
  wooden 
  plow. 
  After 
  it 
  is 
  crossed 
  and 
  drilled 
  for 
  the 
  reception 
  

   of 
  the 
  seed 
  potatoes 
  they 
  are 
  sown 
  by 
  hand, 
  and 
  after 
  they 
  appear 
  above 
  ground 
  

   are 
  cultivated 
  by 
  hand 
  hoes 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  primitive 
  pattern, 
  having 
  a 
  wooden 
  

   handle 
  about 
  18 
  inches 
  long. 
  A 
  fine 
  tool 
  to 
  break 
  the 
  backs 
  of 
  any 
  people 
  but 
  

   Hill 
  Indians." 
  (Furlong.) 
  

  

  31236 
  to 
  31240. 
  

  

  From 
  Peru. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  A. 
  Furlong, 
  Perene. 
  Received 
  June 
  5, 
  1911. 
  

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

  

  31236. 
  Triticum 
  aestivum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

   ' 
  ' 
  From 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Jauja, 
  department 
  of 
  Junin, 
  grown 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  

  

  about 
  12,000 
  feet 
  in 
  very 
  poor, 
  stony 
  soil, 
  worked 
  with 
  the 
  primitive 
  wooden 
  

   plows 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  about 
  4 
  inches. 
  Is 
  usually 
  sown 
  in 
  drills." 
  

  

  31237. 
  Phaseolus 
  vulgaris 
  L. 
  Bean. 
  

   "Frijoles 
  blancos 
  (white 
  Lima 
  beans). 
  Grow 
  well 
  in 
  almost 
  any 
  kind 
  of 
  soil 
  

  

  when 
  sown 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  These 
  are 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  Perene, 
  eleva- 
  

   tion 
  2,100 
  feet." 
  

  

  31238. 
  Prosopis 
  juliflora 
  (Swartz) 
  DC. 
  Algaroba. 
  

   "Algaroba, 
  from 
  Tumbes, 
  department 
  of 
  Piura, 
  Peru. 
  This 
  variety 
  grows 
  

  

  wild 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  department 
  and 
  forms 
  the 
  principal 
  food 
  of 
  goats, 
  horses, 
  and 
  

   horned 
  cattle. 
  The 
  tree 
  is 
  being 
  fast 
  killed 
  out 
  by 
  charcoal 
  burners. 
  This 
  

   seed 
  is 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  50 
  pounds 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  Perene 
  for 
  experimental 
  plant- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  a 
  dry, 
  sandy 
  soil. 
  The 
  nursery 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  horse 
  manure, 
  in 
  which 
  

   the 
  seedlings 
  are 
  coming 
  up 
  fine." 
  

  

  31239. 
  Lycopersicon 
  sp. 
  Tomato. 
  

   "A 
  wild 
  variety 
  found 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  Perene. 
  Soil 
  very 
  sandy; 
  temperature 
  

  

  80° 
  Fahrenheit 
  in 
  the 
  shade. 
  Elevation 
  2, 
  100 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level. 
  The 
  seed 
  

   was 
  without 
  doubt 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  imported 
  and 
  has 
  now 
  deteriorated. 
  The 
  

   tomatoes 
  are 
  used 
  exclusively 
  for 
  food 
  purposes. 
  They 
  are 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  

   large 
  marbles 
  and 
  are 
  very 
  palatable." 
  

  

  31240. 
  Chenopodium 
  quinoa 
  Willd. 
  Quinoa. 
  

   "Grown 
  at 
  12,000 
  feet 
  elevation 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Jauja; 
  is 
  a 
  food 
  much 
  

  

  -esteemed 
  by 
  the 
  Cholo 
  Indians; 
  is 
  sown 
  in 
  drills 
  and 
  very 
  lightly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   earth. 
  It 
  is 
  ready 
  to 
  harvest 
  in 
  about 
  six 
  months, 
  which 
  is 
  done 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  

   rice 
  and 
  replaces 
  that 
  grain 
  in 
  everything." 
  

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