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143400 to 143411. Solanum melongena L. Solanaceae. Eggplant. 



Badenjan is the vernacular name for eggplant in Iran. 



143400. No. 7357. From Tabriz, Azerbaijan, October 28, 1940. Long, sub- 

 globose, purple black. 



143401. No. 7430. From Ardebil, Azerbaijan, November 7, 1940. Black 

 purple, 6 inches long and 2 inches in diameter. 



143402. No. 7545. From Maraghe, Azerbaijan, November 28, 1940. 



143403. No. 7610. From Saujbulagh, Azerbaijan, December 4, 1940. 



143404. No. 7635. From Rezaieh, Azerbaijan, December 8, 1940. 



143405. No. 7722. From Khai, Azerbaijan, December 12, 1940. 



143406. No. 7752. From Tabriz, Azerbaijan, December 14, 1940. Fruit sub- 

 globose, 2 inches in diameter, white. 



143407. No. 7779. From Hamadan, December 21, 1940. 



143408. No. 7855. From Kermanshah, December 25, 1940. 



Nos. 143409 and 143410 were collected in Qasrishirin, Kermanshah, December 

 28, 1940. 



143409. No. 7884. Fruit ovoid, red purple, of good quality. 



143410. No. 7903. Fruit pyriform, 8 inches in diameter, yellow, tender, well 

 formed. 



143411. No. 7956. From Brujird, Luristan, January 21, 1941. 



143412 to 143423. Saccharum. Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Colombia. Seeds presented by the Experimental Station, Palmira. Received 

 December 20, 1941. 



143412. Comtin X C.P. 86-156. 



143413. E.P.C. 62-19 X C.P. 86-156. 



143414. E.P.C. 62-59 X C.P. 86-187. 



143415. P.O.J. 27-25 X C.P. 86-156. 



143416. P.O.J. 27-25 X C.P. 36-134. 



143417. P.O.J. 23-64 X E.K. 28. 



143418. P.O.J. 27-25 X C.P. 36-145. 



143419. Rayada X C.P. 36-156. 



143420. Rayada X C.P. 29-137. 



143421. Rayada X P. 33-29. 



143422. Rayada X C.P. 29-103. 



143423. Rayada X C.P. 11-61. 



143424 to 143436. 



From Iran. Seeds collected by Dr. Walter Koelz, Tehran. Received December 17, 

 1941. 



143424 to 143428. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach. 



From Tabriz, Azerbaijan, October 26, 1940. 



143424. No. 7319. Hula. Fruit globose, 3 inches in diameter, pale 3'ellow; flesh 

 yellow white. 



143425. No. 7347. Shaftalu. Fruit subglobose, 2 inches in diameter, green 

 yellow, freestone; flesh white, good. 



143426. No. 7320. Hulu. Fruit subglobose, faintly beaked, 2% inches in di- 

 ameter, faint slit, yellow, freestone; flesh white, juicy; kernel edible. 



