42 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 152 



148610. Cinchona pitayensis Wedd. Rubiaceae. 



From Colombia. Seeds presented bv Mision de Quina. Bogota. Received 



April 27. 1944. 



Collected in Departamentoe de Cauca and Narino at altitudes ranging 

 from S.500 to 9.500 feet, during February and March 1944. 



148611 to 148615. Gossypium. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Maryland. Seeds obtained from the Division of Cotton and Other Fiber 

 Crops ar.d Diseases. Bureau of Plant Industry. Soils, and Agricultural 

 Engineering. Beltsville. Received May 1. 1944. 



14S611. Co<er 100. 



148612. Del f os 9252. 



148613. Del: ;:. y,r,e 12. 



148614. Stoneville 2-B. 

 14S615. Stone- [lie 7303. 



145616 to 148683. 



From ban. Seeds collected bv Dr. Waltei Koelz. Tehran. Received April 



22, 1044. 



148616. Abelmoschus esculentus iL. i Moerch. Malvaceae. Okra. 



148617 to 14S621. Amygdalus peesica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach. 



Notes on fruits iron: which seeds were taken. 



148617. No. 5285. From Kara,-. August 23. 1943. Fruit subglobose, 4 

 inches in diameter, pale yellow, checkered with crimson, freestone; 

 fiesh white, heavily stained at the pit, very juicy, and of excellent 



flavor. 



148618. No. 8288. From Karaj, August 29. 1943. Fruit pale yellow, 

 checkered with red. 2^4 inches in diameter, freestone; flesh white, 



and of excellent flavor. 



148619. No. 8324. From Karaj, August 25, 1943. Fruit globose, 3^4 



inches in diameter, pale yellow, checkered with crimson, freestone; 



tes'r. white, juicy, and of fine flavor. 



148620. No. 8326. From Rezaieh, Azerbaijan, November 16, 1943. 



148621. No. 832". From Marahgeh, Azerbaijan, November 20, 1943. 



148622 to 148624. Amygdalus peesica var. nectaeina Ait. Amygdala- 

 ceae. Nectarine. 



148622. No. 8276. From Karaj. August 6, 1943. Fruit subglobose, 1% 

 inches in diameter, freestone; flesh white and of good flavor. 



148623. No. 8290. From Karaj, August 31, 1943. Fruit subglobose, 1% 

 inches in diameter, crimson washed yellow, rough skin; flesh white, of 

 fine Savor. 



148624. No. 8292, From Karaj. August 31, 1943. Fruit subglobose, 2 

 inches in diameter, crimson clouded yellow: fiesh heavily stained with 

 crimson, good flavor. 



148623. Beta vulgaris L. Chenopodiaceae. Beet. 



No. 8282. Chaghonda. From Karaj, August 21, 1943. Koot long, red, 

 fiberless, good sugar content. 



148626 to 148635. Capsicum feutescens L. Solanaceae. Redpepper. 



148626. No. 8321. From Karaj, November 7, 1943. Fruits scarlet, 5 

 inches long by 2% inches at base, tapering smoothly to a sharp tip. 



Fiesh sweet: seeds mildly pungent. 



