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148616 to 148683— Continued 



148665 to 148667. Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. Myrobalan plum. 



148665. No. 8268. From Karaj, June 10, 1943. Fruits subglobose, 1% 

 inches in diameter, downy, pale yellow, heavily cheeked with red; 

 plumlike flesh. A rare variety. 



148666. No. 8293. Karaj, August 31, 1943. Fruits said to be plumlike 

 but dwarfish. 



148667. No. 8298. From Karaj, September 16, 1943. Fruit globose, iy 2 

 inches in diameter, yellow, good. Very late maturing. Seedlings 

 probably useful as rootstocks. 



148668 and 148669. Prunus domestica L. Common plum. 



Notes on fruits from which seeds were taken. 



148668. No. 8269. From Karaj, August 10, 1943. Fruits freestone, 

 elongate, compressed, apricotlike, but completely crimson; flesh color- 

 less, of distinctive flavor; most seeds sterile. 



148669. No. 8287. From Tehran, August 29, 1943. Fruit ovoid, reddish 

 purple, 2 inches in diameter, of excellent flavor. 



148670. Prunus sp. 



No. 8283. From Karaj, August 21, 1943. A wild tree up to 8 feet high, 

 bushy, drought-tolerant, heavy-bearing ; fruit 1 inch in diameter, reddish; 

 ornamental and for possible use as stock. 



148671 to 148683. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Hassk. Fabaceae. Cowpea. 



From Karaj, October 25, 1943. 



Samples from various parts of Iran. 



148671. No. 



8307. 



148678. 



No. 



8314. 



148672. No. 



8308. 



148679. 



No. 



8315. 



148673. No. 



8309. 



148680. 



No. 



8316. 



148674. No. 



8310. 



148681. 



No. 



8317. 



148675. No. 



8311. 



148682. 



No. 



8318. 



148676. No. 



8312. 



148683. 



No. 



8319. 



148677. No. 



8313. 









684. VlTIS. 



Vitaceae. 









Grape. 



From Brazil. Plants presented by Guy L. Bush, Agricultural Attache, 

 American Embassy, Rio de Janeiro. Received June 20, 1944. 



Niagara Rose. 



148685 to 148700. 



From Pennsylvania. Seeds purchased from Henry F. Michell Co., Phila- 

 delphia. Received May 5, 1944. 



148685. Ageratum houstonianum Mill. Asteraceae. 



Dwarf Blue Ball. 



148686 to 148688. Antirrhinum majus L. Scrophulariaceae. Snapdragon. 



148686. Camp fire. 



148687. Swing time. 



148688. New Super-Majestic. 



148689. Callistephus chinensis (L.) Ness. Asteraceae. China-aster. 

 Victory, Giants, mixed. 



148690. Celosia cristata L. Amaranthaceae. Common cockscomb. 

 Royal Velvet. 



