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277799 to 277801—Continued 
277799. ‘Sarah I’. Pink color quite strong in the albedo and section skins, 
but does not appear in the juice. 
277800. ‘Sarah II’. Color is most pronounced in cooler winters. Juice is 
pinkish. 
277801. ‘Sarah’. Mixed seeds of ‘Sarah I’ and ‘Sarah II’. 
277802. PHASEOLUS COCCINEUS L. Fabaceae. 
Scarlet runner bean. 
From Turkey. Seeds held in storage at the United States Regional Introduc- 
tion Station, Pullman, Wash. Numbered Jan. 3, 1962. A dark, variegated 
seeded line selected from the predominantly white seeded P.I. 176672. 
277803 and 277804. MENTHA ARVENSIS var. PIPERASCENS Malinv. 
ex Bailey Menthaceae. Japanese mint. 
From Brazil. Stolons presented by the Instituto de Estado de Sao Paulo, 
Campinas. Received Nov. 9, 1961. Numbered Jan. 3, 1962. 
277803. I.A.C. 701. ‘Campinas’. A seedling selection; plant vigorous, high- 
ly resistant to rust. 
277804. I.A.C. 5250. 
277805 to 277821. 
From Japan. Stolons presented by the Faculty of Agriculture, Laboratory of 
Industrial Crops, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido. Received 
Oct. 25, 1961. Numbered Jan. 3, 1962. 
277805. MENTHA LONGIFOLIA (L.) Huds. Menthaceae. Horsemint. 
“TD” an unidentified variety. 
277806 to 277821. MENTHA (hybrids). 
277806. 1-3. 
277807. 1-4. 
277808. 1-6., 
277809. 1-7. 
277810. 1-10. 
277811. 1-11. 
277812. 1-33. 
277813. 3-2. 
277814. 3-4. Backcross progeny resistant to rust in Japan. 
277815. 3-12. Backcross progeny resistant to rust in Japan. 
277816. 4-9. 
277817. 4nFi. Amphiploid of the Fi hybrid of commercial variety 
‘Hokushin’ (Japanese mint) X Mentha longifolia. 
277818. 5-2. Backcross progeny resistant to rust in Japan. 
277819. 5-8. 
277820. BC-—1. 4nFi X Japanese mint. 
277821. F,. ‘Hokushin’, a commercial variety of Japanese mint crossed 
with a variety of M. longifolia. 
277822 to 277831. ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS L. Convallariaceae. 
Garden asparagus. 
From countries indicated. Seeds presented by the Department of Horticul- 
ture, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Received November 28, 1961. 
Numbered January 3, 1962. 
