﻿INVENTORY. 
  

  

  32369. 
  Phytelephas 
  sp. 
  Ivory-nut 
  palm. 
  

  

  From 
  an 
  island 
  near 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  Panama 
  (?). 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  B. 
  

   Shantz, 
  Rochester, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Received 
  January 
  2, 
  1912. 
  

   "The 
  button 
  industry 
  uses 
  a 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  vegetable 
  ivory. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  fruit 
  of 
  a 
  

   species 
  of 
  palm 
  growing 
  wild 
  in 
  South 
  America, 
  principally 
  in 
  the 
  republics 
  of 
  Ecuador 
  

   and 
  Colombia. 
  The 
  manufacturers 
  of 
  this 
  city 
  alone 
  use 
  of 
  this 
  material 
  about 
  15 
  tons 
  a 
  

   week, 
  and 
  the 
  question 
  has 
  often 
  arisen 
  as 
  to 
  whether 
  the 
  palm 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  cultivated 
  

   successfully 
  in 
  Florida 
  or 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  Southern 
  States." 
  (Shantz.) 
  

  

  The 
  plants 
  grown 
  from 
  these 
  seeds 
  will 
  be 
  tested 
  for 
  their 
  suitability 
  to 
  conditions 
  

   in 
  southern 
  Florida 
  and 
  southern 
  California. 
  

  

  32370. 
  Capsicum 
  annuum 
  L. 
  Red 
  pepper. 
  

  

  From 
  Barcelona, 
  Spain. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  H. 
  Morgan, 
  American 
  consul 
  

   general. 
  Received 
  January 
  3, 
  1912. 
  

   "Pimiento 
  Marron." 
  See 
  No. 
  30084 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  32371. 
  Sapindus 
  sp. 
  Soapberry. 
  

  

  From 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Omar 
  E. 
  Mueller, 
  American 
  vice 
  consul, 
  Bahia. 
  

  

  Received 
  January 
  3, 
  1912. 
  

  

  "These 
  berries 
  have 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  making 
  a 
  lather 
  with 
  water 
  upon 
  being 
  crushed 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  hands 
  and 
  are 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  in 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  soap. 
  They 
  are 
  the 
  fruit 
  of 
  a 
  

  

  tree 
  known 
  here 
  as 
  Saboneta, 
  which 
  is 
  indigenous 
  to 
  the 
  dry, 
  arid 
  country 
  of 
  Brazil." 
  

  

  (Mueller.) 
  

  

  32372 
  to 
  32380. 
  Amygdalus 
  persica 
  L. 
  Peach. 
  

  

  From 
  San 
  Antonio, 
  Tex. 
  Grown 
  by 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  H. 
  Hastings, 
  superintendent, 
  San 
  

   Antonio 
  Experiment 
  Farm. 
  Numbered 
  January 
  2, 
  1912. 
  

   Mexican 
  seedling 
  peach 
  trees 
  as 
  follows; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hastings. 
  These 
  were 
  

   grown 
  from 
  seeds 
  procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Onderdonk, 
  of 
  Nursery, 
  Tex., 
  while 
  on 
  an 
  

   exploration 
  trip 
  for 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  in 
  Mexico 
  in 
  1902-3. 
  

  

  32372. 
  "(No. 
  C 
  31.) 
  The 
  fruit 
  of 
  this 
  tree 
  closely 
  resembles 
  the 
  Honey 
  

   peach, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  for 
  this 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  China 
  varieties. 
  In 
  

   the 
  season 
  of 
  1910 
  this 
  tree 
  had 
  much 
  more 
  fruit 
  than 
  the 
  Honey 
  peach, 
  the 
  

   fruit 
  was 
  more 
  uniform 
  in 
  size, 
  and 
  had 
  a 
  more 
  uniform 
  ripening 
  period. 
  The 
  

   fruit 
  ripens 
  about 
  the 
  20th 
  of 
  June, 
  and 
  about 
  a 
  week 
  later 
  than 
  the 
  Honey 
  

   peach. 
  The 
  tree 
  is 
  a 
  vigorous 
  grower, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Onderdonk 
  recommends 
  it 
  

   as 
  worthy 
  of 
  propagation." 
  

  

  32373. 
  "(No. 
  E 
  10.) 
  The 
  fruit 
  of 
  this 
  tree 
  resembles 
  the 
  Honey 
  peach 
  in 
  

   shape 
  and 
  flavor 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  freestone. 
  The 
  ripening 
  period 
  is 
  about 
  August 
  18 
  

   to 
  20, 
  or 
  nearly 
  two 
  months 
  later 
  than 
  the 
  Honey 
  variety. 
  Its 
  late-ripening 
  

   period 
  puts 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  valuable 
  class, 
  although 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  not 
  better 
  than 
  the 
  

   fruit 
  of 
  the 
  Honey 
  peach." 
  

  

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