JANUARY 1, 
271731 to 271745. 
From the United States. 
sociation, Honolulu, Hawaii. 
1961 TO DECEMBER 31, 
SACCHARUM (hybrids). 
13 61 
Poaceae. 
Sugarcane. 
Experiment Station, Hawaii Sugar Planters’ As- 
Received Feb. 15, 1961. 
271731. H. 59-9936. 271739. H. 59-9966. 
271732. H. 59-9957. 271740. H. 59-9968. 
271733. H. 59-9959. 271741. H. 59-9969. 
271734. H. 59-9960. 271742. H. 59-9974. 
271735. H. 59-9961. 271743. H. 59-9983. 
271736. H. 59-9962. 271744. H. 59-9984. 
271737. H. 59-9968. 271745. 4H. 59-9986. 
271738. H. 59-9965. 
271746. FERRARIA Sp. Iridaceae. 
From the Union of South Africa. Roots collected by H. S. Gentry, agricul- 
tural explorer, Crops Research Division, Plant Industry Station, Belts- 
ville, Md. Received Feb. 15, 1961. 
Col. No. 18628. Picketburg Mountain, Cape Province. Collected Oct. 10, 
1960. Perennial herb to 10 inches high; corolla fimbriate. 
271747 to 271749. CITRULLUS LANATUS (Thunb.) Mansf. 
Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 
From Afghanistan. Seeds collected by the United States Operations Mission, 
Lashkar Gah. Received Feb. 16, 1961. 
271747. No. 1. Melon striped, round, weighing about 20 pounds; flesh 
fairly firm and full. 
271748. No. 2. 
pounds. 
271749. No. 3. Melon gray colored, similar to ‘Charleston Gray’, nearly 
round; weighing about 20 pounds. 
271750 to 271752. CITRULLUS LANATUS (Thunb.) Mansf. 
Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 
From Ghana. Seeds presented by the United States Operations Mission, 
Accra. Received Feb. 16, 1961. 
271750. No.1. 
271751. No. 2. 
271752. No. 3. Melon dark and light green, oval and elongated. From 
Aburi and Akotokyi, cape coast. 
271753 and 271754. CUCUMIS SATIVUS L. Cucurbitaceae. 
Cucumber. 
Melon dark green, nearly round, weighing about 20 
From Zuarungu, north Ghana. 
From Zuarungu, north Ghana. 
From the Netherlands. Seeds presented by the Plant Breeding Institute, 
; Wageningen. Received Feb. 16, 1961. 
271753. ‘Baarlose Nietplekkers, Ras Tercken VII’. Pickling cucumber. 
Fruits green to pale green, long, slender, straight, with fine black hairs. 
Very susceptible to mosaic. Resistant to scab races 6 and 7. 
271754. ‘Guntruud’. Dark green pickling cucumber. Cross’ between 
‘Tokyo Long Green’ and ‘Baarlose Nietplekker’. Plant vigorous, later 
than ‘Baarlose Nietplekker’; fruit similar but broader and more dis- 
tinctly furrowed at stem end; surface somewhat warty and fine haired. 
Resistant to scab and highly resistant to mosaic. 
