JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1944 



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149689 to 149709. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Convolvulaceae. 



Sweetpotato. 



From Maryland. Roots obtained from the Division of Fruit and Vegetable 

 Crops and Diseases, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural 

 Engineering, Beltsville. Received October 30, 1944. 



149689. 



Big Stem, Jersey. 





149700. 



B-219. 



149690. 



Nancy Hall. 





149701. 



Big Stem Jersey. 



149691. 



Norton. 





149702. 



Nancy Hall. 



149692. 



Porto Rico. 





149703. 



Porto Rico. 



149693. 



Southern Queen. 





149704. 



Red Jersey. 



149694. 



Triumph (green s 



tern). 



149705. 



Southern Queen. 



149695. 



Big Stem Jersey. 





149706. 



Triumph. 



149696. 



Maryland Golden. 





149707. 



Vineland Bush. 



149697. 



Nancy Hall. 





149708. 



Yellow Jersey. 



149698. 



Porto Rico. 





149709. 



Yellow Strasburg. 



149699. 



Triumph. 









19710 to 149712. Saccharum. 



Poaceae 



Sugarcane 



From the British Indies. Cuttings presented by the Central Sugarcane Breed- 

 ing Station, Department of Science and Agriculture, Barbados. Received 

 October 31, 1944. 



149710. Barbados No. B-4098. 



149711. B-37161. 



149712. B-38155. 



149713 and 149714. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From Columbia. Seeds presented by H. V. Geib, Agricultural Adviser, 

 American Embassy, Bogota. Received October 31, 1944. 



149713. Starchy, soft corn. From low country south of Popoyan. 



149714. Hard corn. From a few miles south of Cartago, Valle. 



149715. Ipomoea crassicaulis (Benth.) Rob. Convolvulaceae. 



From Maryland. Cuttings obtained from the Division of Rubber Investiga- 

 tions, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 

 Beltsville. Received October 31, 1944. 



Grown from seed sent in by J. T. Baldwin, Jr., from Corumba, Mato Grosso, 

 Brazil. 



149716. GOSSYPIUM. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From the British West Indies. Seeds presented by the Cotton Research 

 Station, Trinidad. Received October 31, 1944. 



149717 to 149723. Fragaria. Rosaceae. Strawberry. 



From New Jersey. Plants presented by J. H. Clark, Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, New Brunswick. Received October 30, 1944. 



149717. No. 380. 149721. No. 1074. 



149718. No. 943. 149722. Pathfinder. 



149719. No. 947. 149723. Sparkle. 



149720. No. 1051. 



149724. Malus. Malaceae. 



From Maryland. Plant growing at the United States Plant Introduction 

 Garden, Glenn Dale. Numbered November 3, 1944. 

 A crabapple of unknown origin. It bears late-maturing, bitter-sharp fruits, 

 and is of interest because of the fruits developing generally with four carpels. 



