JANUARY 1, 1961 TO DECEMBER 31, 1961 267 
277078. PENNISETUM SPICATUM (L.) Willd. Poaceae. 
Pear] millet. 
From Australia. Seeds presented by the Division of Land Research and 
Regional Survey, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Or- 
ganization, Katherine. Received Oct. 20, 1961. 
) ‘Katherine’. 
277079 and 277080. SORGHUM BICOLOR (L.) Moench. Poaceae. 
From Argentina. Seeds presented by the Semillero “El Pelado” Buenos 
Aires. Received Oct. 20, 1961. 
277079. ‘Granifero Feterita’. Pergamino selection. Seeds predominately 
brown. 
277080. ‘Sugar Sorghum’. Oliveros’ selection. Seeds predominately 
black. 
277081 to 277083. PRUNUS ARMENIACA L. Amygdalaceae. 
‘ Apricot. 
From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Scions presented by the All- 
Union Institute of Plant Industry, Leningrad, March 20, 1961. Num- 
bered Oct. 20, 1961. 
277081. No. 1265. 
277082. No. 95. 
277083. No. N7. 
277084 to 277107. 
From the United States. Plant material collected by J. P. Overcash, Missis- 
sippi State University, State College, Mississippi. Numbered Oct. 20, 
1961. 
277084. CARYA ILLINOINENSIS (Wang.) K. Koch Juglandaceae. Pecan. 
Col. No. Miss. Pecan No. 1. ‘Wright Pecan’. Collected at 1018 Bryant 
Ave., Pascagoula. Tree circumference 108 inches 36 inches above soil. 
Annual yield to 500 pounds, 28 nuts per pound. Nut to 2 inches long. 
Sometimes fills poorly. 
277085. FIcUS sp. Moraceae. 
Col. No. Miss. Fig. No. 2. Collected at 607 Torres St., Moss Point. 
Tree 17 years old and 12 feet high. Bears annually; fruits to 1.5 inches in 
diameter, dark. 
277086. MALUS sp. Malaceae. 
Col. No. Miss. Crab No. 1. Collected at Box 90, Route 3, Gulfport. Tree 
10 to 12 years old, 21 inches in circumference 12 inches above soil line, 31 
foot spread; leaves very healthy; fruit 1 inch in diameter. 
277087. MALUS sp. 
Col. No. Miss. Crab No. 2. Collected at Broadmoor Place, Gulfport. 
Tree 8 feet high, in good condition, under dense shade. 
277088. MALUS sp. 
Col. No. Miss. Apple No. 1. Suckers collected at Box 148, Route 2, Gulf- 
port. Tree less than 10 years old, 12 feet high; no leaf disease present. 
277089. MALUS sp. 
Col. No. Miss. Apple No. 2. Suckers collected at Box 148, Route 2, Gulf- 
port. Tree 10 feet high. 
277090. MALUS sp. 
Col. No. Miss. Apple No. 8. Suckers collected at Box 148, Route 2, Gulf- 
port. Tree 12 feet high. 
