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PLANT MATERIAL INTRObuC^D 



121436 to 121ic38. Ltccpersjcon escu- 

 lentum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



From India. Seeds collected by Walter 

 Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 February 15, 1937. 



121436. No. 2115. From Calcutta, Janu- 

 ary 4, 1937. A red fruit, 3 inches across ; 

 possibly disease resistant. 



121437. No. 1918. From Darjeeiing. Ben- 

 gal. December 22, 1936, at 7.000 feet 

 altitude. Fruit red, globose, 2 inches 

 in diameter. 



121438. No. 1148. From Skardo, Baltistan 

 Province, Kashmir, August 14, 1936, at 

 6,500 feet altitude Fruit red. globose, 

 1% to 2 inches in diameter. 



121438 to 121491. 



From Turkey. Seeds collected by H. L. West- 

 over and F. L. Wellman, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received January 16, 1937. 



The material was all collected in 1936. 



121439. Amygdalus sp. Amygdalaceae. 

 No 2258. From 50 km. east of Erzin- 



jan, August 



Seed from a wild tree. 



121440 to 121444. Cortlds Avellana L. 

 Betulaceae. Filbert. 



121440. No. 2511. From between Ordu 

 and Giresun, August 19. 



121441. No. 2384. Along the road be- 

 tween Trabzon and Rize, August 12. 



121442. No. 2419. From a pile of dry- 

 ing filberts at Trabzon, August 14. 



121443. No. 2923. From Giresun. Au- 

 gust 20. 



121444. No. 2550. From the Samsun 

 bazar, August 21, 



121445. Cephalaria sp. Dipsacaceae. 



No 2154. Kanglr. Fr^Qm the Sivas ba- 

 zar, August 5. Fruits eaten green or 

 stewed. 



122443 to 121450. Fraoasia spp. Rosaceae. 

 Strawberry. 



121446 Frag aria sp. 



No. 827. Fror: the ia: ket at Izmir. 

 June 8. 



112447. Fragaria ve 



No. 2307. A \\ st awberry from 

 62 km. north of Gemushane, August 10. 



121448. Fragaria sp. 



No. 2476. From 49 km. south of 

 Giresun, August 17. 



121449. Fragaria sp. 



No. 3314. From the Istanbul bazar, 

 June 16. A common variety of excellent 

 flavor. 



121450. Fragaria sp. 



No. 3327. From the Ankara bazar, 

 June 20. A variety with white flesh. 



121451. Malds sylvestris Mill. Mala- 

 cca e. Apple. 



No. 3050. From the Amasya bazar, Oc- 

 tober 6. 



121452. Morus alba L. Moraceae. 



White mulberry, 



No. 3046. From the Amasya bazar, 

 October 6. 



191439 to 121491— Continued. ' 



121453. MORUS NIGRA L. 



Moraceae. 

 Black mulberry. 



No. 2503. From 30 km. northwest of 

 Susheri, August 18. A delicious mulberry, 

 very sour when green, but sweet and juicy 

 when mature. 



121454 to 121486. Prunus spp. Amygdala- 

 ceae. 



121454 to 121469. Prunus armeniaca L. 



Apricot. 



Nos. 121454 to 121457 were from the 

 Elaziz bazar, July 11 to 13. 



Large, yellow- 



From the Antalya 

 A yellow-fleshed 



121454. No. 1680. 

 fleshed fruit. 



121455. No. 1718. Medium-sized fruit 

 of good quality with reddish skin. 



121456. No. 1732. Medium-sized fruit 

 of poor quality. 



121457. No. 1808. Unusually large 

 fruit but very poor quality. 



121458. No. 1865. From the Malatya 

 bazar, July 16. The famous "Mala- 

 tya apricot" which has the highest 

 sugar content and is the best for 

 drying. 



121459. No. 2452. From Develu Kara- 

 hissan, July 27. 



121460. No. 3331. From the Mugla 

 bazar, June 30. Small fruits with 

 yellow flesh. 



121461. No. 3334. 

 bazar, June 3. 

 apricot. 



121462. No. 3336. From the Antalya 

 bazar, June 3. A yellow-fleshed 

 apricot. 



121463. No. 3338. Sugar money. 

 From a Mediterranean boat, June 4. 



121464. No. 3339. From the Izmir 

 bazar, June 8. A large sweet apri- 

 cot. 



Nos. 121465 to 121469 were received 

 at Gaziantep, June 16, from M. N. 

 Isely. 



121465. No. 3362. A large pulpy, not 

 juicy, freestone variety. 



121466. No. 3363. A small sweet free- 

 stone variety. 



121467. No. 3364. A large freestone 

 variety. 



121468. No. 3366. Sweet. 



121469. No. 3367. Sugar money. 



X21470. Prunus sp. 



No. 1806. From the Elaziz bazar 

 July 14. A small red freestone plum of 

 good quality. 



121471. Prunus sp. 



No. 1911. From the Malatya bazar, 

 July 16. A large round yellow plum 

 with crisp sweet flesh and tough skin. 



121472. Prunus sp. 



No. 2184. A wild plum from 50 km. 

 southeast of Susheri, August 7. 



121473. Prunus sp. 



No. 2380. From the Trabzon bazar, 

 August 11. A blue plum of medium 

 size, and a freestone ; somewhat tart 

 when not completely ripe. 



