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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  31377. 
  Entelea 
  arborescens 
  R. 
  Br. 
  Whau. 
  

  

  From 
  Tauranga, 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Tauranga 
  Fruit-Testing 
  Sta- 
  

   tion, 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  Received 
  July 
  3, 
  1911. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  30833 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  31378. 
  Artocarpus 
  communis 
  Forst. 
  Breadfruit. 
  

  

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

   consul. 
  Received 
  at 
  the 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  Garden, 
  Chico, 
  Cal., 
  June 
  22, 
  

   1911. 
  Forwarded 
  to 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  and 
  received 
  June 
  27, 
  1911. 
  Num- 
  

   bered 
  July 
  6, 
  1911. 
  

   ''These 
  cuttings 
  should 
  be 
  planted 
  in 
  loamy 
  soil, 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  stalk 
  being 
  closed 
  

   to 
  prevent 
  insects 
  from 
  entering, 
  and 
  the 
  plant 
  should 
  be 
  protected 
  from 
  the 
  midday 
  

   sun 
  until 
  it 
  shows 
  signs 
  of 
  life. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  Tahiti 
  breadfruit, 
  

   being 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  grapefruit 
  and 
  without 
  seed." 
  (Winship.) 
  

  

  31379 
  and 
  31380. 
  Mangifera 
  indica 
  L. 
  Mango. 
  

  

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

   consul. 
  Received 
  at 
  the 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  Garden, 
  Chico, 
  Cal., 
  June 
  22, 
  

   1911. 
  Numbered 
  July 
  6, 
  1911. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  Quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Winship: 
  

  

  31379. 
  li 
  Superba 
  Hook. 
  This 
  gives 
  a 
  fine 
  large 
  fruit, 
  heavy 
  and 
  almost 
  

   round; 
  its 
  color 
  is 
  yellowish 
  golden." 
  

  

  31380. 
  "Altissima 
  Blanco. 
  This 
  is 
  practically 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  preceding, 
  

   possibly 
  longer 
  and 
  more 
  pointed 
  at 
  the 
  bottom; 
  its 
  color 
  is 
  pink 
  or 
  red, 
  

   sometimes 
  with 
  a 
  violet 
  hue." 
  

  

  "Both 
  of 
  these 
  fruits 
  are 
  less 
  fibrous 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  mangos 
  found 
  here, 
  and 
  are 
  

   very 
  luscious. 
  These 
  trees 
  begin 
  to 
  bear 
  with 
  the 
  commencement 
  of 
  the 
  rainy 
  season. 
  

   It 
  is 
  thought 
  that 
  both 
  of 
  these 
  varieties 
  came 
  originally 
  from 
  India." 
  

  

  These 
  two 
  were 
  sent 
  in 
  as 
  Mangifera 
  superba 
  and 
  M. 
  altissima, 
  respectively, 
  though 
  

   they 
  are 
  now 
  considered 
  merely 
  as 
  forms 
  of 
  M. 
  indica. 
  

  

  31381. 
  Perse 
  a 
  Americana 
  Miller. 
  Avocado. 
  

  

  Secured 
  on 
  the 
  market 
  at 
  Laredo, 
  Tex., 
  by 
  Dr. 
  David 
  Griffiths, 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  

   Plant 
  Industry, 
  June, 
  1911. 
  Received 
  July 
  5, 
  1911. 
  

   "A 
  Mexican 
  avocado, 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  kind 
  found. 
  Brownish 
  black 
  in 
  color. 
  

   The 
  outer 
  skin 
  hard, 
  rather 
  brittle, 
  and 
  easily 
  peeled 
  off 
  from 
  the 
  edible 
  flesh. 
  Flavor 
  

   good, 
  flesh 
  firm. 
  " 
  (Griffiths.) 
  

  

  31383. 
  Eollinia 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Piracicaba, 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Clinton 
  D. 
  Smith, 
  Fazenda 
  Modelo 
  

   do 
  Estado 
  de 
  Sao 
  Paulo. 
  Received 
  July 
  7, 
  1911. 
  

   "Variety 
  Cabega 
  de 
  Negro. 
  The 
  natives 
  call 
  this 
  fruit 
  araticu." 
  (Smith.) 
  

  

  31384 
  to 
  31388. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Chungking, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Albert 
  W 
  T 
  . 
  Pontius, 
  

   American 
  consul. 
  Received 
  June 
  27, 
  1911. 
  

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

  

  31384. 
  Hordeum 
  vulgare 
  L. 
  Barley. 
  

   Bearded. 
  

  

  31385. 
  Hordeum 
  vulgare 
  var. 
  Barley. 
  

   " 
  Black. 
  Considered 
  superior. 
  Not 
  raised 
  extensively. 
  " 
  

  

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