﻿12 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  32372 
  to 
  32380— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  32374. 
  "(No. 
  I 
  16.) 
  The 
  fruit 
  of 
  this 
  tree 
  is 
  a 
  large, 
  yellow 
  cling, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  

   pleasant, 
  subacid 
  flavor. 
  Ripens 
  about 
  September 
  3. 
  This 
  peach 
  would 
  be 
  

   a 
  good 
  shipper. 
  Purely 
  Spanish." 
  

  

  32375. 
  "(No. 
  C 
  32.) 
  Fruit 
  ripens 
  about 
  August 
  23 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  large, 
  light- 
  

   colored 
  cling. 
  Col. 
  G. 
  B. 
  Brackett 
  considers 
  this 
  peach 
  of 
  good 
  quality 
  and 
  

   worthy 
  of 
  further 
  trial." 
  

  

  32376. 
  "(No. 
  E 
  24.) 
  The 
  fruit 
  of 
  this 
  tree 
  ripens 
  about 
  September 
  1 
  to 
  3 
  

   and 
  is 
  a 
  freestone. 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Onderdonk 
  thinks 
  this 
  peach 
  has 
  some 
  South 
  

   China 
  blood. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  subacid 
  flavor. 
  Col. 
  G. 
  B. 
  Brackett 
  considers 
  this 
  

   tree 
  promising." 
  

  

  32377. 
  "(No. 
  H 
  21.) 
  The 
  fruit 
  ripens 
  about 
  September 
  7 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  

   greenish 
  cling; 
  quality 
  good. 
  Col. 
  G. 
  B. 
  Brackett 
  thinks 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  suitable 
  

   for 
  canning." 
  

  

  32378. 
  "(No. 
  H 
  27.) 
  A 
  medium 
  to 
  large 
  yellow 
  cling, 
  probably 
  purely 
  

   Spanish. 
  Fruit 
  of 
  medium 
  to 
  good 
  quality, 
  slightly 
  subacid. 
  Ripens 
  about 
  

   September 
  15." 
  

  

  32379. 
  "(No. 
  A 
  16.) 
  Distinctly 
  a 
  South 
  China 
  peach, 
  resembling 
  the 
  Honey 
  

   peach 
  in 
  all 
  respects, 
  except 
  that 
  it 
  ripens 
  about 
  a 
  month 
  later. 
  Ripening 
  

   period 
  about 
  July 
  25." 
  

  

  32380. 
  "(No. 
  D 
  9.) 
  The 
  fruit 
  of 
  this 
  tree 
  resembles 
  the 
  fruit 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  

   China 
  type 
  and 
  from 
  indications 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  cross 
  between 
  the 
  Spanish 
  

   and 
  the 
  South 
  China 
  types. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  freestone 
  and 
  the 
  flavor 
  is 
  good. 
  Ripens 
  

   about 
  August 
  10." 
  

  

  32381. 
  Lucuma 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Clarence 
  A. 
  Miller, 
  American 
  consul, 
  Tampico. 
  

   Received 
  January 
  5, 
  1912. 
  

   "Zapota 
  Manti. 
  This 
  fruit 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  edible, 
  but 
  not 
  especially 
  palatable. 
  Al- 
  

   though 
  the 
  supply 
  is 
  not 
  large 
  this 
  fruit 
  sells 
  in 
  the 
  market 
  at 
  the 
  comparatively 
  low 
  

   price 
  of 
  5 
  cents 
  Mexican 
  each. 
  " 
  (Miller.) 
  

  

  32382. 
  Bromelia 
  pinguin 
  L. 
  Pinguin. 
  

  

  From 
  Tampico, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Clarence 
  A. 
  Miller, 
  American 
  consul. 
  

   Received 
  January 
  5, 
  1912. 
  

  

  "Wild 
  pineapple, 
  or 
  Huapillo. 
  This 
  plant 
  is 
  very 
  prolific 
  in 
  this 
  section. 
  In 
  

   many 
  places 
  it 
  covers 
  thousands 
  of 
  acres, 
  making 
  a 
  thick 
  jungle. 
  The 
  plant 
  propagates 
  

   from 
  the 
  seed 
  and 
  by 
  starting 
  suckers 
  from 
  the 
  root 
  or 
  trunk. 
  It 
  flourishes 
  in 
  the 
  

   lowlands 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  highlands. 
  The 
  plant 
  is 
  drowned 
  out 
  or 
  destroyed 
  if 
  the 
  land 
  is 
  

   flooded 
  for 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  days. 
  

  

  "The 
  leaves 
  contain 
  a 
  fine 
  quality 
  of 
  fiber. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  as 
  a 
  

   vermifuge. 
  The 
  plant 
  itself 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  contain 
  valuable 
  chemical 
  properties. 
  

  

  "These 
  specimens 
  were 
  obtained 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Alexander 
  Smith, 
  of 
  Tampico. 
  " 
  ( 
  Miller.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  Panama 
  and 
  the 
  West 
  Indies, 
  and 
  from 
  Colombia 
  to 
  Guiana 
  in 
  the 
  

   northern 
  part 
  of 
  South 
  America. 
  

  

  32385. 
  Manihot 
  sp. 
  Manigoba 
  rubber. 
  

  

  From 
  Brazil, 
  South 
  America. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Charles 
  W. 
  Jacob 
  & 
  Allison, 
  New 
  

  

  York, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Received 
  January 
  6, 
  1912. 
  

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