﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  3l, 
  l9ll 
  55 
  

  

  32867 
  to 
  32872— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  32868. 
  "Fuyu. 
  Large, 
  sweet 
  variety 
  " 
  

  

  32869. 
  u 
  Mino. 
  Very 
  large, 
  astringent 
  variety. 
  M 
  

  

  32870. 
  "Kubo. 
  Very 
  early, 
  sweet 
  variety." 
  

  

  32871. 
  No 
  label. 
  

  

  32872. 
  No 
  label. 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  These 
  two 
  unlabeled 
  plants 
  are 
  Kubo, 
  listed 
  under 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  32870, 
  

   and 
  Hachiya, 
  a 
  long, 
  astringent 
  variety. 
  They 
  can 
  probably 
  be 
  identified 
  when 
  

   they 
  fruit. 
  

  

  32873. 
  Mauritia 
  vinifera 
  Mart. 
  Buriti. 
  

  

  From 
  Bahia, 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Southard 
  P. 
  Warner, 
  American 
  consul. 
  

   Received 
  February 
  27, 
  1912. 
  

   "A 
  beautiful 
  palm, 
  which 
  I 
  saw 
  in 
  the 
  greatest 
  abundance 
  in 
  the 
  swamps 
  of 
  Piauhy 
  

   and 
  Goyaz; 
  it 
  is 
  called 
  Buriti 
  by 
  the 
  inhabitants, 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  Mauritia 
  vinifera 
  of 
  

   Martius. 
  This 
  plant 
  is 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  most 
  beautiful, 
  but 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  loftiest 
  in 
  the 
  coun- 
  

   try; 
  the 
  leaves 
  are 
  fan 
  shaped 
  and 
  form 
  a 
  large 
  round 
  ball 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  stem, 
  after 
  

   the 
  manner 
  of 
  the 
  Carnahuba. 
  It 
  produces 
  a 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  nuts 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  

   small 
  egg, 
  covered 
  with 
  rhomboidal 
  scales 
  arranged 
  in 
  a 
  spiral 
  manner; 
  between 
  these 
  

   scales 
  and 
  the 
  albuminous 
  substance 
  of 
  the 
  nut 
  there 
  exists 
  an 
  oily 
  pulp 
  of 
  a 
  reddish 
  

   color, 
  which 
  the 
  inhabitans 
  of 
  Crato 
  boil 
  with 
  sugar 
  and 
  make 
  into 
  a 
  sweetmeat. 
  In 
  

   Piauhy 
  they 
  prepare 
  from 
  this 
  pulp 
  an 
  emulsion 
  which, 
  when 
  sweetened 
  with 
  sugar, 
  

   forms 
  a 
  very 
  palatable 
  beverage, 
  but 
  if 
  much 
  used 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  tinge 
  the 
  skin 
  a 
  yellowish 
  

   color. 
  The 
  juice 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  also 
  forms 
  a 
  very 
  agreeable 
  drink, 
  but 
  to 
  obtain 
  it 
  the 
  

   tree 
  must 
  be 
  cut 
  down, 
  when 
  several 
  holes 
  about 
  6 
  inches 
  square, 
  3 
  deep, 
  and 
  about 
  

   6 
  feet 
  apart 
  are 
  cut 
  in 
  the 
  trunk 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  axe, 
  which 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  become 
  filled 
  

   with 
  a 
  reddish 
  colored 
  liquid 
  having 
  much 
  the 
  flavor 
  of 
  sweet 
  wine." 
  {G. 
  Gardner, 
  

   Travels 
  in 
  the 
  Interior 
  of 
  Brazil, 
  p. 
  171-172.) 
  

  

  32874. 
  Persea 
  Americana 
  Miller. 
  Avocado. 
  

   From 
  Guatemala 
  City, 
  Guatemala. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  Billow. 
  Received 
  

  

  February 
  26, 
  1912. 
  

   "Seeds 
  of 
  an 
  avocado 
  stated 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  largest 
  and 
  most 
  deliciously 
  flavored 
  variety 
  

   that 
  is 
  grown 
  in 
  Guatemala. 
  They 
  are 
  now 
  (February 
  22) 
  in 
  season." 
  {Billow.) 
  

  

  32875. 
  Citrus 
  nobilis 
  Lour.(?) 
  Tangerine. 
  

   From 
  Algiers, 
  Algeria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  Trabut. 
  Received 
  February 
  26, 
  

  

  1912. 
  

  

  "Clementine." 
  

   Cuttings. 
  

  

  32877. 
  Triticum 
  durum 
  Desf. 
  Wheat. 
  

  

  From 
  Atbazar, 
  Akmolinsk 
  district, 
  Siberia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  

   Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry. 
  Received 
  February 
  

   27, 
  1912. 
  

   "(No. 
  1745a, 
  November, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  very 
  large 
  hard 
  wheat, 
  called 
  Afrikanski. 
  

   Obtained 
  through 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  H. 
  Brittenham, 
  assistant 
  manager 
  of 
  the 
  Omsk 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  

   International 
  Harvester 
  Co. 
  of 
  America. 
  See 
  No. 
  1631a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  32175) 
  for 
  further 
  

   remarks." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

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