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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



78487 to 78503— Continued. 



Nara Ken. It is a l:ite variety 

 producing small to medium-sized 

 red fruits which are nonastringent. 

 There is a little tannin just under 

 the skin at the outer surface of 

 the pulp, but after the first bite 

 the fruit is very sweet. 



78490. Nos. 506 and 507. Jiro. A 

 strong-growing tree producing a 

 good crop of nonastringent yellow- 

 ish-red fruits, the 4-lobing evident, 

 with dark-red marks in the flesh. 

 They ripen during the latter part of 

 the early season. 



78491. Nos. 508 and 509. Fuyu. A 

 strong-growing tree producing a 

 good crop of large yellowish-red 

 fruits which are nonastringent and 

 sweet. In a warm climate the 

 fruits lose their astringency earlier. 



78492. Nos. 510 and 511. Tenjin gosho. 

 A variety producing a good crop 

 of nonastringent fruits during the 

 early part of the late season. They 

 are glossy red, smaller, and not so 

 flat as those of Fuyu, but are sweet. 

 In some places the tannin remains 

 in the fruits until late. 



78493. Nos. 512 and 513. Sho gwatsu. 

 A strong growing tree producing 

 a good crop of reddish-yellow fruits, 

 three-fourths of an inch in diam- 

 eter, which are nonastringent and 

 very sweet. In warm regions the 

 fruits can be kept on the tree till 

 February. 



78494. No. 514. Aisu mishirazu. A 

 variety producing reddish-yellow as- 

 tringent fruits, 4 inches in diameter, 

 during the middle of the season. It 

 is a very strong tree, but carries 

 such an extra heavy crop that the 

 branches droop. The fruits are 

 famous for eating after the tannin 

 has been removed, and they are es- 

 pecially liked in Tokyo. 



78495. No. 515. Dojo haehufa. A late 

 variety producing a good crop of 

 astringent fruits, yellow with a 

 slight redness, which are 3% inches 

 in diameter and not flat. They are 

 used to a great extent for drying in 

 Gifu. 



78496. No. 516. Fuji. A variety pro- 

 ducing yellowish-red astringent fruits, 

 usually seedless, which are 4 inches 

 in diameter and not flat. There are 

 three ways to remove the tannin 

 from this variety. They may be 

 dried, or allowed to stand in a cool 

 place, or treated with alcohol fumes. 



78497. No. 517. Yokono. A late vari- 

 ety producing a good crop of red 

 astringent fruits which are slightly 

 umbilicate. The tannin is hard to 

 remove, but the fruits are used for 

 drying. 



78498 to 78503. Cultivated varieties from 

 the Okitsu Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, February, 1928. 



78487 to 78503 — Continued. 



78498. No. 646. Fuyu. Nonastringent 

 fruits produced the fifth year after 

 grafting, during the middle of No- 

 vember. 



78499. No. 647. Ban gosho. Nonas- 

 tringent fruits produced the fifth 

 year after grafting, during the first 

 part of November. 



78500. No. 649. Tcnjimaru. Nonas- 

 tringent, flat fruits, slightly indented 

 at the apex, produced the sixth year 

 after grafting, between the first and 

 the middle of October. 



78501. No. 650. Sho gat su. Nonas- 

 tringent fruits produced the seventh 

 year after grafting, during the mid- 

 dle of December. This variety is not 

 a good yielder. 



78502. No. 651. Gosho. Nonastrin- 

 gent fruits produced the sixth year 

 after grafting, early in October. 



78503. No. 652. Jiro. Nonastringent 

 fruits produced the sixth year after 

 grafting, during the early part of 

 October. 



78504 and 78505. Castanea henryi 



(Skan) Rend, and Wils. Fagaceae. 



Chestnut. 



Plants growing at the United States Plant 

 Field Station, Glenn Dale, Md. Numbered 

 in December, 1928. 



Plants obtained from the Horticultural 

 Field Station, Bell, Md., and grafted on 

 Castanea crenata. 



No. 8649. 

 No. 7824. 



78504. P. I. G. 



78505. P. I. G. 

 78506 to 78508. 



From Little River, Fla. Seeds presented 

 bv Charles F. Simpson. Received Decem- 

 ber 15, 1928. 



78506. Sabal sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



The palm from which these seeds 

 came stands just south of Mr. Simpson's 

 house at the north side of the road which 

 runs around the place. It has a stout 

 trunk about 12 feet high and is one 

 of the most rapid growers known to Mr. 

 Simpson. 



78507. Thrixax mtcrocarpa Sarg. Phoe- 

 nicaceae. Brittle thatch palm. 



A Florida palm up to 30 feet high, with 

 fan-shaped leaves 4 feet broad, pale green 

 above and silvery beneath, and small 

 fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 39392. 



78508. Thrinax morrisii Wendl. Phoe- 

 nicaceae. Morris thatch palm. 



A dwarf palm, native to the West 

 Indies, 2 to 3 feet high, with fan-shaped 

 leaves, glaucescent beneath and with the 

 segments free for about three-fourths of 

 their length. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 24617. 



