Plant Inventory No. 140 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 Washington, D. C. July 1950 



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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED BY THE DIVISION OF PLANT EX- 

 PLORATION AND INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, 1 

 JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1939 (Nos. 133382 to 134283) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Inventory 1 



Index of common and scientific names 40 



This inventory, No. 140, lists plant material (Nos. 133382 to 134-283) 

 received by the Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction during 

 the period from July 1 to September 30, 1939. It is a historical record 

 of plant material introduced for Department and other specialists, 

 and is not to be considered as a list of plant material for distribution. 



Paul G. Russell, 



Botanist. 

 Plant Industry Station, 

 Beltsville, Md. 



INVENTORY 



133382 to 133385. Musa spp. Musaceae. Banana. 



From Cuba. Plants presented by F. G. Walsingham, Atkins Institution of the 

 Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cienfuegos. Received July 1, 1939. 



133382 to 133384. Musa paradisiaca L. Plantain. 



133382. Burro. A short stubby fruit, coarse in flesh and inferior in quality 

 to both the Macho and Hembra varieties. 



133383. Hembra, This plantain resembles the Macho variety, but is some- 

 what smaller and is inferior in quality. The flesh is said to be harder. 



133384. Macho. This is the largest and best of the plantains, or cooking 

 bananas, and is the standard variety of commerce. The fruits are from 

 9 to 12 inches long. 



133385. Musa paradisiaca var. sapientum (L.) Kuntze. 



Morado. A short, thick fruit with a thinnish red skin. It is best baked 

 when it becomes dry and mealy. 



1 Now Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Agricul- 

 ture Research Administration, United States Department of Agriculture. 



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