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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



116332 to 116452— Continued. 



116429. Late Color o X Blue Rose, late. 



116430. Lute Caloro X Lady Wright Y 4, 

 late. 



116431. Lencino Y 1776. 



116432. Madagascar Y 2929-2. 



116433. Maratelli Y 760. 



116434. Merlie Y 1367- 



116435. Ngarean Y 2206, late. 



116436. Quart Y 117. 



116437. Precoce Y 2277, early. 



116438. Ranghino Y 2895. 



116439. Red X Caloro Y 1506 "Italian," 

 late. 



116440. Sel Y 2176, midseason. 



116441. Bye Min Y 4269. 



116442. Tavallini Y 2274-1. 



116443. Togohune Y 75-10. 



116444. Texas Prolific Y 1225. 



116445. Tamasari Y 218-5-3. 



116446. Tamasari Y 218-7-3, midseason. 



116447. Tamasari Y 227-1-6-4. 



116448. Z7fow?ai Y 2896. 



116449. Yintula Y 3424. 



116450. Wari Laico Y 2897. 



116451. Selection 2187. 



116452. Late Caloro X Blue Rose. 



116453 to 116554. 



From India. Seeds collected by Walter 

 Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived June 2, 1936. 



Unless otherwise stated, all of this ma- 

 terial was collected at Saharanpur, United 

 Provinces, April 16 to 19, 1936. 



116453 and 118454. Abelmoschus esculen- 

 tus (L.) Moench. Malvaceae. Okra. 



Bhendi. 



116453. No. 628. A native, long green 

 variety. 



116454. No. 639. A native, dwarf white 

 variety. 



116455. Acacia modesta Wall. Mimosa- 

 ceae. 



No. 583. Presented by the Saharanpur 

 Gardens. 



116456. Albizzia proceba (Roxb.) Benth. 

 Mimosaceae. 



No. 560. From the Saharanpur Gar- 

 dens. A tall handsome tree with large 

 compound leaves and terminal panicles of 

 yellow-white flowers. Native to eastern 

 and southern India. 



For previous introduction see 99690. 



116457 and 116458, Allium cepa L. Lilia- 

 ceae. Onion. 



116457. No. 611. Safed pujaz. A white 

 onion. 



116458. No. 612. Lai pujaz. A red 

 onion. 



116453 to 116554— Continued. 



116459. Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br_ 

 Apocynaceae. 



No. 592. Presented by the Saharanpur 

 Gardens. A tropical Indian tree 40 to 90 

 feet high with whorls of four to seven 

 obovate evergreen leaves 8 inches long 

 and cymes of greenish-white flowers. T^e 

 bitter milky sap yields an inferior quality 

 of gutta-percha, and an extract of the 

 bark is used like quinine. 



For previous introduction see 77642. 



116460 to 116465. Brassica Oleracea bo- 

 trytis L. Brassicaceae. Cauliflower. 



Phulgobi A collection of native varie- 

 ties of cauliflower. 



116460. No. 636. A large winter-grow- 

 ing form. 



116461. No. 637. A good winter-grown 

 form. 



116462. No. 638. A good winter-grown 

 form that originated here as L. R. 

 Brothers Selected. 



116463. No. 639. A good winter-grown 

 sort, supposed to be different from 

 636 [116460]. 



116464. No. 640. An early Patna fornv 

 sown here in June. 



116485. No. 641. A quick-growing form, 

 sown here in May. 



116466 to 116468. Brassica rapa L. Bra- 

 sicaceae. Turnip. 



Shelgam. Native varieties of turnip, 

 sown in winter. 



116466. No. 633. A variety with purple 

 top. 



116467. No. 634. An early, large white 

 turnip. 



116468. No. 635. An early white va- 

 riety. 



116469. Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC. 

 Fabaceae. Jackbean. 



No. 618. Sent. A strong perennial 

 climber ; the green beans are said to be 

 of good quality. 



116470 to 116473. Capsicum annuum .u 

 Solanaceae. Common redpepper. 



Mirch. From the market. 



116470. No. 604. Said to be from La- 

 hore. A medium-strong pepper 1 

 foot long, tapering gradually to a 

 blunt tip three-eighths of an linch 

 wide. 



116471. No. 605. A medium-strong yel- 

 low pepper 4 inches long and one- 

 fourth of an inch wide when dry ; 

 locally grown. 



116472. No. 642. Supposed to be the 

 Khalsi Mirch, an extremely pungent 

 variety, much more expensive than 

 any locally grown sorts. Khalsi is a 

 nearby hill town. 



116473. No. 643. A locally grown, long, 

 yellow pepper. 



116474 to 116477. Citrullus vulgaris 

 Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



116474. No. 535. Tendi. From Bikaner, 

 Bikaner State, April 13, 1936. A 



