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278765 to 278780—Continued 
278771. GLYCINE MAX (L.) Merrill Fabaceae. Soybean. 
‘Harman’. From the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, seed collection, proba- 
bly via Harbin, Manchuria. Plant to 38 inches high; leaves prominently 
veined; seeds yellow with black hilum. 
278772. HELIANTHUS ANNUUS L. Asteraceae. Sunflower. 
‘Advance’. Stem strong; head large; seeds black with white stripe. Re- 
sistant to sunflower moth. 
278773. LOLIUM PERENNE L. Poaceae. Perennial ryegrass. 
‘Norlea’. Selection from 15,000 plants representing 100 introductions. 
Extremely winter hardy and high seed yielder. 
278774. LOTUS CORNICULATUS L. Fabaceae. Birdsfoot trefoil. 
‘Viking’. Selected at Cornell from Furopean material. Very winter har- 
dy. More uniform, erect, and taller than ‘Empire’. 
278775. MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS (L.) Lam. Fabaceae. Yellow sweetclover. 
‘Erector’. From Colorado where it was grown as ‘Mammoth Yellow’ via 
the Dominican Experimental Farm, Brandon. Developed by massing and 
selecting plants with branches having a pronounced acute angle to the 
stem. Stems fine; high ratio of leaves to stem. 
278776. PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L. Fabaceae. Common bean. 
‘Clipper’. Selected from a cross, ‘Beauty’ xX ‘Burbank’, made at the 
Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. Seeds white, ends round. Resistant 
to mosaic. 
278777 to 278779. PISUM SATIVUM L. Fabaceae. Pea. 
278777. ‘Arthur’. Cross between ‘Mummy’ X ‘Multiplier’, Seed wrin-- 
kled, 1,000 =230 grams; used in soup. 
278778. ‘Chancellor’. From an earlier variety of the same name. Seed 
smooth, yellow, 1,000 =134 grams; used in soup. 
278779. ‘Creamette’. Cross between (‘Chancellor’ < ‘Early Raymond’) 
X ‘Stirling’. Seeds smooth, yellow. 
278780. TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE L. Fabaceae. Red clover. 
‘Lasalle’. Equal parts of seeds of ‘Dollard’ and Ottawa varieties. Double 
cut type with some resistance to Sclerotina root rot, northern anthracnose, 
and mildew. 
278781 toe 278785. RICINUS COMMUNIS L. Euphorbiaceae. 
Castorbean. 
From Pakistan. Seeds presented by the Baker Castor Oil Company, Los 
Angeles, Calif. Received January 22, 1962. 
All stems were with bloom; capsules were green, spiny. 
peek Plant No. 1, 4.5 feet high; stem small, green; 1st flower at 11th 
node. 
apie Plant No. 2, 5.5 feet high; stem small, green; ist flower at 11th 
node, 
_ 278783. Plant No. 3, 4.5 feet high; stem very small, green; 1st flower at 
11th node. 
pie Plant No. 4, 6.5 feet high; stem medium, red; 1st flower at 11th 
node. 
278785. Plant No. 
node. 
On 
, 6.5 feet high; stem medium, red; 1st flower at 12th 
