JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1960 vet 
266911 to 266915. ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM (L.) A. Rich. Cu- 
curbitaceae. Squirting-cucumber. 
From Great Britain. Seeds presented by J. L. Clucas, Limited, Ormskirk, 
England. Received June 23, 1960. 
266911. No.1. From Thompson & Morgan, Ipswich, England. 
266912. No.2. From Museum of Nat. History, Paris, France. 
266913. No.3. From Messrs. L. Clause, Paris, France. 
266914. No.4. From Monoique, Castelnaudary, France. 
266915. No.5. From Dioique, Tunis, North Africa. 
266916 to 266924. SORGHUM (hybrids). Poaceae. 
From India.. Seeds presented by the Rockefeller Foundation, Indian Agri- 
cultural Program, New Delhi. Received June 28, 1960. 
266916. I.S. 601. ‘Black Amber’. 266921. I.S. 625. 
266917. I.S. 602. ‘Minnesota Amber’. 266922. I.S. 684. 
266918. I.S. 617. ‘Sumac’. 266923. I.S. 687. 
266918. IS. 623. SPI 35038. ‘Sumac’. 266924. LS. 688. S.A. 1759 
266920. I.S. 624. No. 2. ‘Honey’. 
266925 and 266926. 
From Germany. Seeds presented by van Waveren & de Bres Gesellschaft 
mit Beschrankter Haftung, Hann, Munden. Received June 23, 1960. 
266925. CUCURBITA PEPO L. Cucurbitaceae. Pumpkin. 
‘Buscholkurbis’ (‘Olkurb’). Bush type; seed naked. | 
266926. SPINACIA OLERACEA L. Chenopodiaceae. Common spinach. 
‘Universal’. 
266927. SORGHUM BICOLOR (L.) Moench. Poaceae. 
From India. Seeds presented by the Sugarcane Breeding Institute, 
Coimbatore. Received June 23, 1960. 
‘Cholam’. Co. 1. 
266928 to 266950. 
From Japan. Seeds presented by the University of Osaka, Taisen-cho, Sa- 
kai, Osaka Prefecture. Received June 23, 1960. 
266928 to 266938. CUCUMIS MELO L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 
266928. ‘“Kanro’. Grown in northeastern Japan, including Hokkaido. 
Plant vigorous; andromonoecious; fruit oblong, trace of a rib, not 
netted; skin greyish green, juicy. Selfed seed. 
266929. ‘Kiku’. Grown in Kansai area, western Japan. Plant andro- 
monoecious; fruit to 500 grams, rather flat, deeply ribbed, not netted; 
skin white; flesh white, mealy. Selfed seed. 
266930. ‘Kotobuki’. Newest variety on Japanese market. Originated 
in Nara Prefecture. Plant andromonoecious; fruit small, rounded, 
not ribbed or netted, sutures absent; skin golden yellow; flesh white; 
sugar content high; musky odor absent. Selfed seed. 
266931. ‘Nara No. 1’. Old variety originated in Nara Perfecture. 
Plant andromonocious, early maturing; fruit oblong; neither ribbed 
nor netted; skin golden yellow; flesh white, mealy. Selfed seed. 
