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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  31474 
  and 
  31475. 
  Nicotiana 
  tabacum 
  L. 
  Tobacco. 
  

  

  From 
  Cuba. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  E. 
  F. 
  Cabada, 
  Cienfuegos. 
  Received 
  July 
  21, 
  

   1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  31474. 
  " 
  Vuelta 
  Abajo." 
  From 
  the 
  district 
  immediately 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  

   of 
  Pinar 
  del 
  Rio, 
  province 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  name. 
  

  

  31475. 
  " 
  Remedios." 
  From 
  the 
  district 
  surrounding 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  this 
  name, 
  

   province 
  of 
  Santa 
  Clara. 
  

  

  31476. 
  Brassica 
  oleracea 
  capitata 
  L. 
  Cabbage. 
  

  

  From 
  China. 
  Brought 
  in 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Weidman 
  Groff, 
  of 
  the 
  Canton 
  Christian 
  

   College, 
  July 
  22, 
  1911. 
  

   " 
  Wong 
  nga 
  paak. 
  An 
  excellent 
  Chinese 
  cabbage 
  with 
  very 
  long 
  head, 
  and 
  when 
  

   bleached 
  like 
  celery, 
  of 
  excellent 
  flavor." 
  (Groff.) 
  

  

  31477. 
  Mangifera 
  indica 
  L. 
  Mango. 
  

  

  From 
  Piracicaba, 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Clinton 
  D. 
  Smith, 
  Escola 
  Agricola 
  

   Practica, 
  Luiz 
  de 
  Queiroz. 
  Received 
  July 
  26, 
  1911. 
  

   "Grafts 
  from 
  our 
  best 
  tree. 
  This 
  variety 
  is 
  the 
  Espada 
  and 
  is 
  less 
  stringy 
  than 
  the 
  

   others, 
  also 
  has 
  a 
  larger 
  proportion 
  of 
  pulp 
  to 
  pit." 
  (Smith.) 
  

  

  31478 
  to 
  31481. 
  

  

  From 
  San 
  Jose, 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  Werckle. 
  Received 
  July 
  17, 
  

   1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  31478. 
  Persea 
  Americana 
  Miller. 
  Avocado. 
  

  

  li 
  Palta 
  No. 
  1. 
  Fruit 
  large 
  (390 
  grams 
  [13f 
  oz.]), 
  intense 
  green, 
  shortly 
  pyri- 
  

   lorm-obovate^ 
  thick 
  meat; 
  highest 
  quality. 
  Weight 
  of 
  seed 
  and 
  skin 
  130 
  

   grains 
  [4^ 
  oz.]; 
  meat 
  alone 
  260 
  grams 
  [9 
  oz.]. 
  From 
  Esparta, 
  300 
  to 
  600 
  feet 
  

   above 
  sea 
  level 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Werckle 
  . 
  ) 
  

   31479 
  and 
  31480. 
  Lucuma 
  spp. 
  Sapote. 
  

  

  3 
  1479. 
  " 
  Seed 
  received 
  as 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  variety. 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  see 
  the 
  fruit, 
  

   but 
  know 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  good. 
  It 
  is 
  long 
  and 
  large 
  despite 
  the 
  small 
  

   seed 
  ; 
  gray 
  in 
  color. 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Werckle.) 
  

  

  31480, 
  ''A 
  splendid 
  long 
  sapote. 
  Weighed 
  about 
  1 
  pound; 
  peculiar 
  

   shape 
  ; 
  very 
  highly 
  prized 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Werckle. 
  ) 
  

  

  li 
  A 
  tree 
  30 
  to 
  40 
  feet 
  high, 
  with 
  fulvous 
  or 
  gray 
  branches, 
  and 
  long 
  

   obovate 
  leaves. 
  The 
  cream-colored 
  silky 
  flowers 
  are 
  borne 
  in 
  clusters 
  

   on 
  the 
  stem. 
  Fruit 
  about 
  6 
  inches 
  long, 
  with 
  reddish 
  pulp, 
  containing 
  

   one 
  or 
  more 
  polished 
  seeds. 
  The 
  pulp 
  is 
  sweet 
  and 
  resembles 
  in 
  taste 
  a 
  

   luscious 
  pear. 
  It 
  is 
  made 
  into 
  a 
  marmalade, 
  which 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  not 
  

   unlike 
  good 
  apple 
  preserve." 
  (Macmillan, 
  Handbook 
  of 
  Tropical 
  Gar- 
  

   dening, 
  p. 
  152.) 
  

   31481. 
  Persea 
  Americana 
  Miller. 
  Avocado. 
  

  

  31482. 
  Phytolacca 
  dioica 
  L. 
  Ombu. 
  

  

  From 
  Buenos 
  Aires, 
  Argentina. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Joseph 
  E. 
  Wing, 
  agent 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Tariff 
  Board. 
  Received 
  July 
  26, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "This 
  tree 
  does 
  not 
  withstand 
  much 
  frost. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  common 
  tree 
  of 
  the 
  plains 
  of 
  

  

  Argentina 
  and 
  is 
  seen 
  making 
  a 
  dense 
  green 
  mound 
  of 
  verdure 
  in 
  the 
  very 
  dry 
  soils, 
  

  

  green 
  during 
  the 
  worst 
  droughts. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  them 
  fully 
  12 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter; 
  they 
  

  

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