JANUABY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1930 



82644 to 82663— Continued. 



82649. Brassica oleracea capitata L. 

 Brassicaceae. Cabbage. 



No. 19. Tashkent, Turkestan. Grown 

 locally. 



82650 to 82654. Citrdllds vulgaris 



Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



82650. No. 20. August 12, 1929. Tash- 

 kent. Turkestan. A locally grown 

 early watermelon about a foot long 



and 9 inches in diameter. Skin 

 pale green with slightly darker, 

 somewhat subdued stripes. Flesh 

 pink, of fine texture, with a medium 

 rind. An attractive melon of ex- 

 cellent quality. 



82651. No. 23. August 22, 1929. Alma 

 Ata, Turkestan. An early, round 

 melon of medium size, grown locally ; 

 light green with prominent dark- 

 green stripes ; flesh pink ; of good 

 quality. 



82652. No. 24. August 22, 1929. Alma 

 Ata, Turkestan. A light green, 

 early, round melon, grown locally ; 

 flesh red ; quality fair to poor. 



82653. No. 25. August 22, 1929. Alma 

 Ata, Turkestan. A dark green 

 locally grown round melon with red 

 flesh of good quality. 



82654. No. 26. August 22, 1929. Alma 

 Ata, Turkestan. A long narrow 

 dark green locally grown melon ; 

 flesh red ; quality fair. 



82655 to 82659. Cucumis melo L. Cucur- 

 bitaceae. Melon. 



82655. No. 6. August 10, 1929. Kasa- 

 linsk, Turkestan. Yellowish bronze 

 with dark-green stripes about one- 

 fourth inch wide. Surface irregu- 

 larly covered with numerous dark 

 greenish bronze dots, giving a speck- 

 i.'d appearance. Medium size, round- 

 ish shape, somewhat inclined to 

 oblong. Flesh creamy yellow ; qual- 

 ity good. 



82656. No. 7. August 10, 1929. Kasa- 

 linsk, Turkestan. Color pale yel- 

 lowish green, dots scattered, numer- 

 ous, dark green ; stripes dark green ; 

 medium to small size, but fairly 

 uniform ; shape round, slightly ob- 

 late; flesh of fine texture, cream 

 color, juicy ; of good quality but a 

 poor shipper. 



82657. No. 8. August 10, 1929. Oren- 

 burg, Turkestan. Shape long and 

 narrow ; color pale yellow ; size me- 

 dium to large ; quality good. 



82658. No. 19. August 12, 1929. Plant 

 Breeding Station, Tashkent, Turke- 

 stan. Local variety ; shape long and 

 narrow ; skin with gray netting ; 

 flesh creamy white ; of very good 

 flavor. 



82659. No. 29. August 23, 1929. Alma 

 Ata, Turkestan. A melon of good 

 quality. 



82660. Malds sylvestris Mill. (Pyrus 

 malus L.). Malaceae. Apple. 



No. 21. August 22, 1929. Alma Ata, 

 Turkestan. 



82661 to 82663. Phaseolus spp. Faba- 

 ceae. 



August 7, 1929. Obtained from the 

 Saratov Experiment Station. 



82644 to 82663 — Continued. 



82661. Phaseolus coccineus L. 



Scarlet runner. 



No. 17. Lopata. A white bean, or- 

 iginally from Verones Station, Insti- 

 tute of Applied Botany and Plant 

 Breeding, Leningrad. 



82662 and 82663. Phaseolus vulgaris 

 L. Common bean, 



Vkrainka. A variety grown 

 locally, obtained from a Russian 

 peasant. 



82663. No. 18. A yellow bean, pure 

 line No. 43621 of the Plant Breed- 

 ing Department, Saratov Experi- 

 ment Station. 



82664 to 82668. 



From Algeria. Seeds and scions collected 

 by Dr. H. S. Fawcett, University of Cal- 

 ifornia. Received February 20, 1930. 



82664. Citrus nobilis deliciosa (Ten.) 

 Swingle. Rutaceae. Mandarin orange. 



No. 53. El Galea Oasis, January 30, 

 1930. Scions of a mandarin orange which 

 is especially large and fine looking. The 

 fruit is flat with a high color and seems 

 different from varieties grown in Cali- 

 fornia. 



82665. GOSSYPIUM NANKING SOUDANENSIS 



Watt. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



No. 56. El Galea Oasis, January 30, 

 1930. An indigenous cotton grown by 

 the natives. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 51949. 



82666. Phoenix reclinata Jacq. Phoeni- 

 caceae. Senegal date palm. 



No. 57. February 4, 1930. A date palm 

 25 or more feet tall, which has bright- 

 green pinnate leaves with rigid leaflets. 

 Native to tropical Africa. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 75224. 



82667. Prunus armeniaca L. Amygdala- 

 ceae. Apricot. 



No. 51. Mesh-mesh. Laghouat Oasis, 

 January 26, 1930. Scions from a large 

 healthy seedling tree, a branch of which 

 was still holding its leaves on January 

 28, 1930. 



82668. Prunus armeniaca L. Amygdala- 

 ceae. Apricot. 



No. 52. Mesh-mesh. January 30, 1930. 

 El Galea Oasis E., 1,000 kilometers south 

 of Algiers. Scions from seedling trees, 

 doing well in a climate probably more 

 severe than that of Indio, Calif. 



82669 and 82670. 



From Manila, Philippine Islands. Seeds! 

 presented by P. J. Wester. Received 

 February 27, 1930. 



82669. Evodia ridleyi Hochr. Rutaceae. 



A small shrub, 1 to 2 feet high, with 

 opposite leaves having linear-lanceolate 

 leaflets with undulate margins and pan- 

 icles of small white flowers, followed by 

 2-lobed to 4-lobed greenish fruits inclos- 

 ing small black seeds. Native to the 

 Malayan region. 



82670. Hibiscus pungens Roxb. Malva- 

 ceae. Rosemallow. 



An erect, bristly herbaceous perennial, 

 native to the tropical Himalayas, with 



