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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



102688 to 102690. Oryza sativa L. Poa- 

 ceae. Rice. 



From Surinam. Seeds presented by the 

 Department of Agriculture, Paramaribo. 

 Received April 17, 1933. 



A collection of locally grown varieties 

 introduced for the use of Department spe- 

 cialists. 



102688. Bruin Missi. 



102639. Kreteh. 



102690. Witte Wanica. 



102691. Onobrychis vulgaris Hill (O. 

 viciaefolia Scop.). Fabaceae. 



Sanfoin. 



From Hungary. Seeds presented by Rudolf 

 Fleisc 1 maun, director of plant breeding, 

 Kompolf. Received April 18, 1933. 



Persica. A newly developed local variety 

 introduced for the use of Department spe- 

 cial sts. 



102692 to 102694. Caeica papaya L. 

 Papayaceae. Papaya. 



From the West Indies and Central America. 

 Seeds collected by David Fairchild, with 

 the 1933 Allison V. Armour expedition. 

 Received April 15, 1933. 



102692. No. 3100. From the Experiment 

 Garden, Summit, Canal Zone. A small 

 oblong papaya, about 6 inches long 

 and 3 inches through, with deep 

 golden-yellow flesh with the flavor of 

 the Solo variety. 



102693. No. 3146. Purchased in the 

 market at Panama, Panama, March 29, 

 1933. An obovate medium-sized papaya 

 with deep-red, almost salmon-colored 

 flesh of superb quality. 



102694. No. 3147. From Old Providence 

 Island, March 21, 1933. A distinct 

 strain, perhaps originated by isolation 

 on the island. Its texture is mealy 

 with a very sweet agreeable flavor, and 

 although dead ripe, the surface of the 

 fruit, when cut, exudes drops of pa- 

 pain which is not usual with ripe 

 papayas. 



102695. PlSTACIA KHINJUK Stocks. 



AnacarcLaceae. 



From India. Seeds presented by the forest 

 officer in Quetta, Baluchistan. Received 

 April 21, 1933. 



A smooth-barked shrub with unequally 

 pinnate, velvety pubescent leaves consist- 

 ing of 1 or 2 pairs of oblique broadly ovate 

 or oblong leaflets, and small obovate-com- 

 pressed nuts. Native to arid regions in 

 southern and eastern Persia. 



102696 and 102697. Soja max (L.) 

 Piper. Fabaceae. Soybean. 



From tne Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by the Bureau of 

 Introduction, Institute of Plant Industry, 

 Leningrad, at the request of J. W. Pincus, 

 New Brunswick, N. J. Received April 

 20, 1933. 



Wild soybeans, from Tisnikhi, Far East- 

 ern Republic. 



102696. Catalog no. 1018 ; no. 115. 



102697. Catalog no. 971; no. 116. Col- 

 lected along the roadside. 



102698. Cupania cubensis Maza and 

 Molinet. Sapindaceae. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, through F. G. Walsingham. Re- 

 ceived April 18, 1933. 



Ouara comun. An attractive shrub or 

 small tree common in calcareous soil 

 throughout Cuba. It has alternate com- 

 pound leaves with pale-green leaflets and 

 terminal panicles of small whitish flowers. 



102699 to 102727. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds purchased through Dr. K. J. 

 Pangalo. Bureau of Introduction, Insti- 

 tute of Plant Industry, Leningrad. Re- 

 ceived April 25, 1933. 



A collection of seeds grown between 40° 

 and 45° latitude in Turkistan and the Cau- 

 casian regions. Introduced for testing in 

 the north-central Plains region of the United 

 States. 



102699 to 102703. Allium cepa L. Lilia- 

 ceae. Onion. 



102699. No. 122/2, from Turkmenistan. 



102700. No. 123/1, from Samarkand. 



102701. No. 124/1, from Tashkent. 



102702. No. 124/3, from Samarkand. 



102703. No. 124/5, from Ferghana. 



102704 to 102706. Amtgdalus persica L. 

 Amygdalaceae. Peach. 



102704. No. 492. A peach with a 

 sweet kernel ; from the Ferghana 

 Valley. 



102705. No. 501. A peach with a 

 striped kernel ; from Khodjent Kos- 

 tokos. 



102706. No. 510. Variety ferganensis; 

 a seedling peach from Mamangnan, 

 central Asia. 



102707 to 102711. Capsicum annuum L. 

 Solanaceae. Common redpepper. 



102707. No. 503. 

 Samarkand. 



Kalamtyr, from 



102708. No. 565. Purgh, from Asia 

 Minor and Turkistan. 



102709. No. 569. Mestnyz, from Asia 

 Minor and Turkistan. A locally 

 grown variety. 



102710. No. 571. Mestnyz, from Asia 

 Minor and Turkistan. A locally 

 grown variety. 



102711. No. 607. Ghorkiy, 

 variety from Tashkent. 



102712. Daucus carota L. 



a bitter 



No. 257. 

 guar. 



Apiaceae. 

 Carrot. 



A violet carrot from Kanda- 



102713 to 102725. Lycopersicon esculen- 

 tum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



102713. No. 923. Tshndorynka, from 

 Nikolaevsk, a village near Tashjkent. 



From Yanghabad, 



102714. No. 924. 

 near Tashkent. 



102715. No. 926. From the village of 

 Nikolsk, near Tashkent. 



102716. No. 927. From an Uzbek 

 kitchen-garden near Tashkent. 



