﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1911. 
  

  

  31 
  

  

  , 
  Canal 
  Zone. 
  

  

  31625. 
  

  

  Kidney. 
  

  

  31628. 
  

  

  Round. 
  

  

  31627. 
  

  

  Soft, 
  sweet. 
  

  

  31628. 
  

  

  Common 
  quality. 
  

  

  31629. 
  

  

  Pineapple. 
  

  

  31630. 
  

  

  Assorted 
  mangos. 
  

  

  

  Avocado. 
  

  

  Husbands, 
  

  

  Limavida, 
  via 
  Molina, 
  

  

  31618 
  to 
  31630— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  31619. 
  Garcinia 
  sp. 
  "Monkey-fruit." 
  

  

  "A 
  beautiful 
  evergreen 
  tree, 
  the 
  fruit 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  boys 
  like 
  very 
  much. 
  

   The 
  seeds 
  are 
  enveloped 
  and 
  the 
  inner 
  shell 
  lined 
  with 
  a 
  milky 
  white 
  pulp, 
  

   which 
  is 
  chewed 
  and 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  peculiar 
  sweet, 
  acid 
  taste. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  larger 
  

   variety 
  of 
  this 
  fruit 
  that 
  is 
  still 
  better, 
  but 
  the 
  crop 
  has 
  already 
  passed. 
  I 
  

   brought 
  these 
  plants 
  from 
  the 
  Cordilleras 
  about 
  10 
  years 
  ago, 
  in 
  seeds, 
  and 
  

   they 
  have 
  begun 
  to 
  bear 
  now. 
  They 
  are 
  not 
  found 
  near 
  the 
  surroundings 
  of 
  

   the 
  town, 
  but 
  out 
  on 
  the 
  mountains." 
  (Arias- 
  Feraud.) 
  

  

  31620 
  to 
  31630. 
  Mangifera 
  indica 
  L. 
  Mango. 
  

  

  From 
  ' 
  k 
  El 
  Carmen" 
  orchard, 
  Las 
  Sabanas, 
  

  

  31620. 
  Green. 
  

  

  31621. 
  Quality 
  No. 
  2. 
  

  

  31622. 
  Red 
  Apple. 
  

  

  31623. 
  Pico 
  de 
  Pajaro. 
  

  

  (Bird's 
  Beak.) 
  

  

  31624. 
  Thick 
  skin. 
  

  

  31631. 
  Persea 
  Americana 
  Miller. 
  

  

  From 
  Chile. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Jose 
  D. 
  '. 
  

   Chile, 
  August 
  14, 
  1911. 
  

   Probably 
  Mr. 
  Husbands' 
  No. 
  1325 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  says: 
  

  

  "Paltas. 
  These 
  seeds 
  are 
  from 
  fruits 
  selected 
  from 
  among 
  all 
  the 
  best 
  varieties 
  

   growing 
  in 
  Quillota 
  as 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  all, 
  having 
  smaller 
  seeds, 
  thicker 
  flesh, 
  and 
  the 
  

   most 
  delicious 
  flavor 
  of 
  any. 
  Trees 
  grown 
  from 
  seed 
  fruit 
  in 
  five 
  years. 
  Believed 
  

   to 
  come 
  true 
  from 
  seed, 
  but 
  nothing 
  is 
  scientifically 
  known 
  about 
  it." 
  (Husbands.) 
  

  

  31633 
  and 
  31634. 
  

  

  From 
  Peradeniya, 
  Ceylon. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  John 
  C. 
  Willis, 
  director, 
  Royal 
  

   Botanic 
  Gardens, 
  Peradeniya. 
  Received 
  August 
  14, 
  1911. 
  

  

  Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  31633. 
  Mangifera 
  zeylanica 
  (Blume) 
  Hook. 
  f. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  tree 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Ceylon 
  up 
  to 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  

   3,000 
  feet. 
  

  

  31634. 
  Spondias 
  pinnata 
  (L.) 
  Kurz. 
  

  

  See 
  Nos. 
  30491 
  and 
  30827 
  for 
  previous 
  introductions. 
  

  

  31635 
  to 
  31637. 
  

  

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

   Received 
  August 
  14, 
  1911. 
  

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

  

  31635. 
  Bomarea 
  sp. 
  

  

  "Papa 
  de 
  venado 
  (Dear 
  potato). 
  Edible 
  roots. 
  Quite 
  productive. 
  Grows 
  

   near 
  frost 
  line." 
  

  

  31636. 
  Coccolobis 
  uvifera 
  L. 
  Sea-grape. 
  

   " 
  Papaturros. 
  Improved 
  large-fruited. 
  For 
  crossing 
  with 
  the 
  carrocaliente^ 
  

  

  (See 
  No. 
  31931, 
  Coccolobis 
  sp.). 
  

  

  31637. 
  Couepia 
  polyandra 
  (H. 
  B. 
  K.) 
  Rose. 
  Yellow 
  sapote. 
  

   "The 
  famed 
  sapotilla 
  de 
  olor." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  tree, 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  rose 
  family, 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   Acapulco 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  of 
  southern 
  Mexico. 
  

  

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