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76280 to 76297— Continued. 



76284 to 76286. HORDEUM VULGAEE NIGRUM 

 (Willd.) Beaven. Six-rowed barley. 



76284. No. B-87. 76286. No. B-97. 



76285. No. B-94. 



76287 to 76297. HORDEUM VULGAEE PALLIDUM 



Seringe. Six-rowed barley. 



76287. No. B-22. 76293. No. B-75. 



76288. No. B-23. 76294. No. B-76. 



76289. No. B-33. 76295. No. B-85. 



76290. No. B-53. 76296. No. B-90. 



76291. No. B-57. 76297. No. B-135. 



76292. No. B-85. 



76298 to 76307. 



From Paris, France. Seeds purchased from Vil- 

 h* morin-Andrieux & Co. Received March 8, 1928. 



76298 to 76303. CAPSICUM ANNUUM L. Solana- 

 ceae. Red pepper. 



76298. Chameleon. A dwarf variety with 

 numerous erect, conical fruits which are 

 at first yellow, changing to violet and 

 scarlet. 



76299. Early dwarf red squash. An early 

 dwarf variety with flat, pendent, tomato- 

 shaped, more or less ribbed fruits about 2 

 inches in diameter and an inch in depth, 

 which are bright red and of a rather mild 

 taste. 



76300. Golden dawn. A dwarf, branching, 

 productive variety with pendent fruits, 

 about 1} 2 inches in length and thickness, 

 which are a beautiful bright yellow. 



76301. Long red. A variety with slender, 

 conical, often curved and twisted pendent 

 fruits, about 4 inches long and an inch in 

 diameter at the base, which are a brilliant 

 red when ripe and usually rather pungent. 



76302. Sweet Genua. An early variety with 

 distinct, conical or heart-shaped pendent 

 fruits which are bright red, thick fleshed, 

 and of a very mild flavor. 



76303. Yellow half-long Antibes. An early 

 variety, about 16 inches high, bearing 

 numerous rather sweet pendent fruits of 

 which the shape is approximately that of 

 a triangular prism with rounded angles, 

 and which are about 5 l A inches long and 

 an inch at the top. The fruits are a fine 

 orange-yellow when ripe. 



76304 to 76307. Cucurbita spp. Cucurbitaceae. 



76304. Cucurbita maxima Duchesne. 



Squash 



Large green Spanish. A variety producing 

 medium-sized or even small, very much 

 flattened fruits which are green-skinned and 

 often finely netted, giving them a gray tint. 

 The flesh is bright yellow, very thick, and 

 keeps well. 



76305 and 7C306. Cucurbita moschata 

 Duchesne. Cushaw. 



76305. Brazilian sugar icarted. A medium* 

 early variety with long, slender, run- 

 ning stems. The oblong fruits, which 

 keep well, are about 8 inches long and 

 6 inches in diameter, with five faintly 

 marked ribs and sometimes slightly 

 warted. The flesh is yellow, thick, 

 and very sweet. 



76306. Small China turkscap. A rather 

 early variety which keeps admirably. 

 The fruits are small, usually not exceed- 

 ing 2 or 3 pounds in weight, bright red 

 marked with yellow and dark green. 

 The flesh is yellow, firm, floury, and 

 sweet. The crown is not very promi- 

 nent. 



76298 to 76307— Continued. 



76307. Cucurbita pepo L. Pumpkin. 



Long bush Nizza Cougourdon. A long-fruited 

 form of the Nizza Cougourdon S., which in shape 

 is not unlike the Long vegetable marrow. 



76308. Tilia oliveri Szyszyl. Tilia- 

 ceae. Linden. 



From Brooklyn, N. Y. Seeds presented by the 

 Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Received March 

 10, 1928. 



A tree 50 feet high, with dark-green orbicular 

 ovate leaves white tomentose beneath, and small 

 globose fruits. The pendulous cymes contain 7 to 

 20 small white flowers. Native to central China. 



76309 and 76310. Trifolitjm spp. 

 Fabaceae. Clover. 



From east Africa. Seeds collected by L. W. 

 Kephart and R. L. Piemeisel, agricultural 

 explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 March 20, 1928. 



76309. Trifolium sp. 



No. 227. Kenya clover. Uplands, Kenya 

 Colony, November 15, 1927. A white-flowered 

 creeping clover, almost indistinguishable from 

 Trifolium repens, widely and abundantly 

 distributed in the Kenya highlands at altitudes 

 between 5,000 and 9,000 feet. It rarely occurs 

 in pure stands, but always as a mixture or 

 undergrowth with Kikuyu grass, Bermuda 

 grass, or bush. Although acknowledged to be 

 highly palatable and nutritious, it is never cul- 

 tivated in any way so far as known. It is a much 

 stronger grower in east Africa than T. repens 

 which it will usually crowd out, and it with- 

 stands frost, but not freezing. 



76310. Trifolium sp. 



No. 228. Creeping red clover. Uplands, 

 Kenya Colony, November 15, 1927. 



For previous introduction and description 

 see No. 75933. 



76311 to 76319. Avena spp. Poaceae. 



Oats. 



From Cowra, New South Wales, Australia. Seeds 

 presented by J. T. Pridham, of the Cowra 

 Experimental Farm, through T. R. Stanton, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received March 

 20, 1928. 



A collection of hybrid oats. 



76311. Avena sp. 76316. Avena sp. 

 Belar. Kelvin. 



76312. Avena sp. 76317. Avena sp. 

 Bombo. Kendall. 



76313. Avena sp. 76318. Avena sp. 

 Buddah. Kiah. 



76314. Avena sp. 76319. Avena sp. 

 Budgery. Mulga. 



76315. Avena sp. 

 Kareda. 



76320. Phaseolus coccineus L. Fa- 

 baceae. Scarlet Runner bean. 



From Algiers, Algeria, North Africa. Seeds 

 presented by Dr. L. Trabut, Government 

 botanist. Received February 24, 1928. 



Haricot gieruman. 



