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138965. Saccharum spontaneum var. aegyptiacum Hack. 

 Poaceae. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by the Director, Department of Agriculture, 

 Entebbe, Uganda. Received August 22, 1940. 



From the Ankole District, Uganda. 



138966. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach. 



From Argentina. Seeds collected by Paul E. Yatman, Swift & Co., Mendoza. 

 Received August 21, 1940. 



Seedlings of this peach are considered useful as rootstocks to be planted 

 where more than normal soil moisture conditions are present. 



138967 and 138968. Prunus AVIUM L. Amygdalaceae. 



Sweet cherry. 



From Iran. Seeds collected by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 United States Department of Agriculture. Received August 26, 1940. 



138967. No. 6184. Gelas. From Tehran, June 18, 1940. Fruit yellow, washed 

 with red, 1 inch in diameter; flesh not firm, somewhat acid. 



138968. No. 6225. Gelas. From Tehran, June 25, 1940. Flesh crimson, 

 sweet, firm. 



138969. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach. 



From California. Tree grown at the United States Plant Introduction Garden, 

 Chico. Numbered August 28, 1940. 



A selection (tree 6, row 10, orchard 0) from P. I. 82648. Tree vigorous, 

 healthy; fruit yellow; flesh yellow, thick, firm, of good quality, practically 

 free of red color around pit. 



138970. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. 



From Haiti. Seeds collected by T. A. Fennell, Agricultural Advisor to the 

 Government of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. Received August 24, 1940. 



From the pine forest of Morne des Commissiares, near Savanne Zombi. A 

 bush-type blackberry, with particularly large clusters of large, high quality 

 fruit. The plants bear during more than 2 months. 



138971. Triticum durum Desf. Poaceae. Durum wheat. 



From Guatemala. Seeds presented by Dr. Mariano Pacheco, Director General 

 de Agriculture, Guatemala City. Received August 28, 1940. 



Var. Pellis. Originally from Algeria. 



For previous introduction see 134944. 



138972. Saccharum. Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Australia. Seeds received from Colonial Sugar Refining Co., Ltd., 

 Sydney, New South Wales. Received August 29, 1940. 



No. 37. N. G. 6. 



138973 to 138991. 



From Venezuela. Seeds collected by A. G. Sandoval, Soil Conservation Serv- 

 ice, United States Department of Agriculture. Received August 3, 1940. 



138973. Anthephora hermaphrodita (L.) Kuntze. Poaceae. Grass. 

 No. 6. 



For previous introduction see 74512. 



138974. Axonopus affinis Chase. Poaceae. Grass. 



Grows on sandy soil on the savannas and near river banks; a good soil 

 binder. 



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