UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



INVENTORY No. 119 



Washington, D. C. V Issued October 1936 



PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE DIVISION OF PLANT EX- 

 PLORATION AND INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, 

 APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1934 (Nos. 105036-105932) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introductory statement 1 



Inventory 3 



Index of common and scientific names 35 



INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 



The present inventory, no. 119, is a record of the plant introduc- 

 tions (nos. 105036-105932) received by the Division of Plant Ex- 

 ploration and Introduction during the period from April 1 to June 

 30, 1934. 



Conspicuous among the introductions listed are several large ship- 

 ments of scions and plants of deciduous fruit varieties, chiefly from 

 Europe; these will be grown for comparison with our present com- 

 mercial varieties, in continuation of a plan inaugurated by this 

 Division a few years ago. The countries of origin are Norway, 

 Lithuania, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Italy, Spain, 

 and Australia; and the kinds of fruit included are apples, pears, 

 peaches, nectarines, cherries, apricots, grapes, figs, and olives. 



Pathologists working with potato diseases will be interested in 

 a lot of tubers of reputedly wart-immune potato varieties (nos. 

 105478-105482) presented by the Norwegian Agricultural High 

 School at Aas, Norway. The introduction from Turkey of two lots 

 of seeds of native vegetable varieties (nos. 105258-105268, 105442- 

 105447) and another lot of similar nature from China (nos. 105332- 

 105347) indicates a growing interest in the testing of locally 

 developed foreign vegetable varieties in the United States. These 

 three lots include onions, beets, celery, carrots, tomatoes, and 

 peppers. 



From central and western China there is recorded a shipment of 

 seeds of hardy plants (nos. 105311-105331), including relatives of 

 several of our well-known American trees and shrubs, such as hack- 

 berries, hollies, etc. These will be tested in the moderately cold sec- 

 tions of the country. Two shipments of somewhat similar nature 



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