﻿INTRODUCTORY 
  STATEMENT. 
  9 
  

  

  cious 
  flavor 
  resembling 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  loquat, 
  the 
  Chopo 
  (No. 
  33206), 
  a 
  

   striking, 
  rapidly 
  growing 
  species 
  of 
  poplar 
  almost 
  completely 
  devoid 
  

   of 
  lateral 
  branches 
  and 
  therefore 
  suited 
  for 
  close 
  planting 
  and 
  for 
  

   pole 
  production, 
  a 
  shipping 
  pear 
  (No. 
  33209), 
  of 
  good 
  quality, 
  called 
  

   ''Pera 
  de 
  Aragon," 
  a 
  delicious 
  winter 
  apple 
  (No. 
  33210) 
  called 
  

   '' 
  Pero 
  Blanco 
  de 
  Ronda," 
  which 
  ripens 
  in 
  January, 
  and 
  an 
  especially 
  

   hardy 
  almond 
  (No. 
  33218), 
  which 
  has 
  flowers 
  that 
  hang 
  down 
  and 
  are 
  

   thus 
  protected 
  from 
  frost 
  injury 
  and 
  in 
  this 
  way 
  insure 
  its 
  fertility 
  

   when 
  other 
  varieties 
  lose 
  their 
  crops; 
  Nos. 
  32708 
  to 
  32712 
  and 
  33250 
  

   to 
  33255, 
  11 
  named 
  varieties 
  of 
  udo 
  from 
  Yokohama, 
  Kyoto, 
  and 
  

   Tokyo, 
  including 
  early, 
  midsummer, 
  and 
  late 
  varieties, 
  for 
  com- 
  

   parison 
  with 
  the 
  seedling 
  sorts 
  now 
  being 
  experimented 
  with 
  in 
  

   America; 
  No. 
  33256, 
  an 
  elephant 
  grass 
  of 
  India, 
  Typha 
  elephantina 
  

   a 
  species 
  related 
  to 
  our 
  cat-tail 
  flag 
  but 
  having 
  leaves 
  13 
  feet 
  long; 
  

   the 
  yam 
  bean 
  of 
  Jamaica 
  (Cacara 
  erosa, 
  No. 
  33258), 
  which, 
  according 
  

   to 
  the 
  introducer, 
  ought 
  to 
  supersede 
  the 
  arrowroot 
  in 
  cultivation, 
  

   being 
  a 
  much 
  larger 
  yielder, 
  and 
  the 
  young 
  pods 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  recom- 
  

   mended 
  as 
  " 
  string 
  beans/' 
  having 
  absolutely 
  no 
  fiber 
  and 
  being 
  

   excellent 
  when 
  cooked; 
  No. 
  33263, 
  a 
  cucumberlike 
  vine 
  from 
  the 
  

   Director 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  of 
  Zanzibar, 
  bearing 
  fruits 
  weighing 
  60 
  

   pounds, 
  from 
  the 
  seeds 
  of 
  which 
  a 
  culinary 
  oil 
  is 
  expressed 
  by 
  the 
  

   natives; 
  and 
  No. 
  33277, 
  seeds 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  strains 
  of 
  winter 
  melons 
  of 
  

   Valencia, 
  which 
  are 
  famous 
  in 
  Spain, 
  15,000 
  tons 
  being 
  exported 
  

   annually. 
  

  

  A 
  special 
  publication 
  is 
  in 
  process 
  of 
  preparation 
  covering 
  the 
  

   Egyptian 
  expedition 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Aaron 
  Aaronsohn, 
  which 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  

   search 
  of 
  the 
  Wahi 
  date 
  and 
  which 
  resulted 
  in 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  

   date 
  suckers 
  of 
  13 
  promising 
  varieties 
  (Nos. 
  32713 
  to 
  32725). 
  

  

  As 
  heretofore, 
  the 
  manuscript 
  for 
  this 
  inventory 
  has 
  been 
  prepared 
  

   by 
  Miss 
  Mary 
  A. 
  Austin, 
  the 
  botanical 
  determinations 
  have 
  been 
  

   made, 
  the 
  notes 
  on 
  geographic 
  distribution 
  compiled, 
  and 
  the 
  notes 
  

   on 
  nomenclature 
  prepared 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  C. 
  Skeels, 
  under 
  the 
  supervision 
  

   of 
  Mr. 
  Frederick 
  V. 
  Coville, 
  of 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Taxonomic 
  and 
  Range 
  

   Investigations, 
  while 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  C. 
  Stuntz 
  has 
  had 
  general 
  supervision 
  

   of 
  this 
  inventory, 
  as 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Foreign 
  

   Seed 
  and 
  Plant 
  Introduction. 
  

  

  David 
  Fairchild, 
  

   Agricultural 
  Explorer 
  in 
  Charge. 
  

  

  Office 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Seed 
  and 
  Plant 
  Introduction. 
  

  

  Washington, 
  D. 
  C., 
  August 
  29, 
  1912. 
  

  

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