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279352 to 279356. SOLANUM TUBEROSUM L. Solanaceae. Potato. 
From Japan. Tubers presented by the Shimamatsu Potato Breeding Labora- 
tory, Hokkaido National Agricultural Experiment Station, Eniwa, Hok-. 
kaido. Received Feb. 15, 1962. 
Haploid (2n=24). 
279352. ‘Hochprozentige’, JSH-6. 
279353. ‘Merkur’, JSH-10. 
279354. ‘Norin No. 1’, JSH-1. 
279355. ‘Rural New Yorker No. 2’, JSH-11. 
279356. ‘“Tuno’, JSH-12. 
279357 to 279363. HORDEUM VULGARE L. Poaceae. 
From Great Britain. Seeds presented by the Plant Breeding Institute 
Trumpington, Cambridge, England. Received Feb. 15, 1962. 
279357. HB. 196/10/5. 279361. ‘Proctor’. 
279358. HB. 281/6/5/9. 279362. ‘Swallow’. 
279359. ‘Maythorpe’. 279363. ‘Union’. 
279360. ‘Plumage Archer’. 
279364. MEDICAGO HEMICYCLA Grossh. Fabaceae. 
From Australia. Seeds presented by the Commonwealth Scientific and Indus- 
trial Research Organization, Canberra. Received Feb. 15, 1962. 
C.P.I. 23872. 
279365. ZIZYPHUS MAURITIANA Lam. Rhamnaceae. 
Indian jujube. 
From Burma. Seeds presented by the United States Embassy, Rangoon. Re- 
ceived from Mandalay Feb. 15, 1962. 
279366 to 279373. 
From the United States. Selections made from previous accessions at the 
Regional Plant Introduction Station, Geneva, N.Y. Numbered Feb. 16, 
1962. 
279366. CUCUMIS MELO var. FLEXUOSUS (L.) Naud. Cucurbitaceae. 
Snake melon. 
Seiection from P.I. 175111, from India. Plants medium vigor and matu- 
rity; fruits seven to 18 inches long, 3 to 5 inches diameter, oblong, yellow, 
ribbed, not netted; flesh cream colored, poor quality. Resistant to mosaic, 
downy mildew, macrosporium. 
279367. CUCUMIS MELO mar. RETICULATUS Naud. Netted melon. 
Selection from P.I. 179676, from India. Plants very vigorous, early matur- 
ing; fruits to 7 by 7 inches, round or nearly so, yellow ribbed, netted; flesh 
orange, fair quality. Resistant to downy mildew, susceptible to macro- 
sporium leafspot and Bemdeny mildew, very susceptible to mosaic and 
bacterial wilt. 
279368 to 279372. LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM var. CERASIFORME (Dun.) A. 
Gray Solanaceae. Tomato. 
279368. Selection from P.I. 195325, from Guatemala. Plants very vigor- 
ous, semi-erect to erect; fruits late maturing, globose, 0.75 to 1.25 by 
0.75 to 1.5 inches, two- loculed: flesh red. Susceptible to fusarium wilt, 
stemphylium, early blight and mosaic; resistant to anthracnose. 
