﻿INVENTORY. 
  

  

  31371. 
  Xanthosoma 
  sp. 
  Yautia. 
  

  

  From 
  Monte 
  Cristi, 
  Dominican 
  Republic. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Frederick 
  L. 
  Lewton, 
  

   of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry. 
  Received 
  July 
  1, 
  1911. 
  

   " 
  These 
  tubers 
  were 
  obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lewton 
  on 
  the 
  market 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  

   yautia. 
  They 
  are 
  oblong 
  in 
  form, 
  one 
  specimen 
  being 
  6 
  inches 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  2\ 
  

   inches 
  in 
  greatest 
  diameter, 
  with 
  a 
  weight 
  of 
  10 
  ounces. 
  The 
  sprouts 
  are 
  pink 
  or 
  

   reddish. 
  The 
  flesh 
  is 
  white 
  and 
  nonacrid; 
  when 
  cooked 
  it 
  becomes 
  slightly 
  purplish 
  

   and 
  is 
  moderately 
  firm. 
  The 
  flavor 
  is 
  rather 
  inferior." 
  (R. 
  A. 
  Young.) 
  

  

  31372. 
  Xanthosoma 
  sp. 
  Yautia. 
  

  

  From 
  Port 
  au 
  Prince, 
  Haiti. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Frederick 
  L. 
  Lewton, 
  of 
  the 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry. 
  Received 
  July 
  1, 
  1911. 
  

   "The 
  tubers 
  of 
  this 
  variety 
  were 
  obtained 
  on 
  the 
  market 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Malanga 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Lewton. 
  They 
  are 
  roundish 
  in 
  general 
  form, 
  some 
  specimens 
  being 
  about 
  

   2 
  J 
  by 
  3 
  inches 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  weighing 
  5 
  to 
  6 
  ounces. 
  The 
  sprouts 
  are 
  reddish 
  in 
  color. 
  

   The 
  flesh 
  is 
  acrid 
  when 
  raw, 
  but 
  the 
  acridity 
  is 
  destroyed 
  by 
  boiling 
  for 
  35 
  or 
  40 
  

   minutes. 
  The 
  flesh 
  is 
  very 
  firm 
  when 
  cooked 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  fair 
  flavor." 
  (R. 
  A. 
  Young.) 
  

  

  31373. 
  Ipomoea 
  batatas 
  L. 
  Sweet 
  potato. 
  

  

  From 
  Broad 
  wood, 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Harris, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  

   of 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  W. 
  Adams. 
  Received 
  at 
  the 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  Garden, 
  Chico, 
  

   Cal., 
  June 
  28, 
  1911. 
  

   "Kumar 
  as." 
  

  

  31374. 
  Inocarpus 
  edulis 
  Forst. 
  Tahiti- 
  chestnut. 
  

  

  From 
  Tahiti, 
  Society 
  Islands. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  North 
  Winship, 
  American 
  

   consul. 
  Received 
  July 
  1, 
  1911. 
  

   "O 
  'Tahiti-chestnuts 
  come 
  from 
  what 
  is 
  considered 
  the 
  best 
  tree 
  on 
  this 
  island. 
  

   The 
  nut 
  should 
  be 
  planted 
  about 
  4 
  or 
  5 
  inches 
  deep, 
  good 
  loamy 
  soil 
  preferred, 
  in 
  the 
  

   place 
  where 
  the 
  tree 
  is 
  desired. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  slow 
  growth, 
  but 
  makes 
  a 
  beautiful 
  tree, 
  

   growing 
  to 
  great 
  size 
  and 
  yielding 
  abundantly. 
  Keep 
  the 
  seed 
  and 
  the 
  young 
  

   plant 
  damp, 
  but 
  not 
  wet." 
  (Winship.) 
  

  

  "These 
  seeds 
  are 
  much 
  prized 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  as 
  food, 
  being 
  eaten 
  boiled 
  or 
  roasted. 
  

   They 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  less 
  palatable 
  than 
  the 
  chestnut." 
  (Fairchild.) 
  

  

  31375 
  and 
  31376. 
  Persea 
  Americana 
  Miller. 
  Avocado. 
  

  

  From 
  San 
  Jose, 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Carlos 
  Werckle\ 
  Received 
  

   July 
  3, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  31375. 
  "Broad 
  oval." 
  

  

  31376. 
  "Long, 
  but 
  without 
  neck 
  or 
  stem." 
  

  

  "Thege 
  are 
  seeds 
  of 
  large, 
  very 
  thick-fleshed 
  and 
  very 
  good 
  varieties. 
  They 
  are 
  

   about 
  the 
  best 
  that 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  market. 
  Plain 
  green." 
  (Werckle.) 
  

  

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