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PLANT MATEKIAL INTRODUCED 



82681 to 83682— Continued. 



83653. No. 54. From Shensi. 



83654. No. 105. From Shensi. 



83655. No. 260. From Shensi. 



83656. Tkiticum durum L. 



Durum wheat. 

 (A). From Sinkiang. 



83657. Teiticum turgidum L. 



Poulard wheat. 



(B). From Sinkiang. 



83658 to 83674. Triticum aestivum 

 L. (T. vulgare Vill.). 



Common wheat. 



83658 to 83663. From Szechwan. 



83658. No. 16. 83661. No. 145. 



83659. No. 18. 83662. No. 291. 



83660. No. 117. 83663. No. 452. 

 83664. No. 162. From Manchuria. 

 83665 to 83669. From Yunnan. 



83665. No. 187. 



3. No. 189 (a)„ 



t. No. 189 (b). 



i. No. 507. 

 83669. No. 556. 



83670. No. 13. 



83671. No. 14. 



83672. No. 18. 



83673. No. 129. 



83674. No. 438. 



83675. Triticum durum L. 



Durum wheat. 



No. 880. 



83676 to 83682. Triticum aestivum L. 

 (T. vulgare Vill.). Common wheat. 



83676. Fifth plot from end stake. 



83677. Sixteenth plot from end stake. 



83678. Seventeenth plot from end 

 stake. 



83679. Eighteenth plot from end 

 stake. 



83680. No. 47. 



83681. Unknown. 



83682. Unknown. 



83683 to 83706. Lens esculenta 

 Moench. Fabaceae. Lentil. 



From Pusa, India. Seeds presented by F. 

 J. F. Shaw, Officiating Imperial Eco- 

 nomic Botanist, Agricultural Research 

 Institute. Received January 3, 1930. 



83683. 



No. 1. 



83691. 



No. 19. 



83684. 



No. 2. 



83692. 



No. 20. 



83685. 



No. 6. 



83693. 



No. 21. 



83686. 



No. 7. 



83694. 



No. 26. 



83687. 



No. 9. 



83695. 



No. 27. 



83688. 



No. 10. 



83696. 



No. 28. 



83689. 



No. 13. 



83697. 



No. 32. 



83690. 



No. 15. 



83698. 



No. 34, 



83683 to 83706— Continued. 



83699. No. 36. 83703. No. 51. 



83700. No. 38. 83704. No. 63. 



83701. No. 40. 83705. No. 65. 



83702. No. 46. 83706. No. 66. 



83707 to 83716. 



From Chosen. Scions collected by P. H. 

 Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural 

 explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received January 4, 1930. 



83707 to 83711. Diospyros kaki L. f. 

 Diospyraceae. Kaki persimmon. 



December 7, 1929. From the Naru- 

 sada fruit farm on river-bottom land a 

 short distance from Fusan. 



83707. No. 3104. Fuyu. No. 5. Fruits 

 large, flattened, golden yellow, and 

 nonastringent. Ripens at Kiho in 

 October. 



83708. No. 3105. Hachiya. No. 4. The 

 red fruits are pyramidal in shape, 

 with peculiar markings at tip, 

 astringent, and ripen in October or 

 early November. 



83709. No. 3108. Hana Fuyu or 

 Yotsundani (4 - 1 o b e d) . No. 7. 

 Fruits very large, thick, square, non- 

 astringent and reddish golden yel- 

 low, but not considered of the best 

 quality. 



83710. No. 3112. Nukuatcn. No. 8. The 

 dark red, nonastringent fruits are 

 large, flat, and square. 



83711. No. 3113. A large, long, and 

 square-shaped persimmon of un- 

 known variety. It is nonastringent 

 and ripens medium early. 



83712. Malus sp. Malaceae. 



No. 1963. Said to be a wild crab apple. 



83713 to 83715. Salix spp. Salicaceae. 



Willow. 



83713. Salix sp. 



No. 1989. An attractive weeping 

 willow in the compound of the Agri- 

 cultural Society at Tansin. The tree 

 is over 12 inches in diameter and 20 

 feet high, and the wood seemed very 

 brittle. 



83714. Salix sp. 



No. 1998. Keijo, December 3, 1929. 

 A pussy willow which is commonly 

 used in Japanese flower arrangements. 



83715. Salix sp. 



No. 1999. Keijo, December 3, 1929. 

 A pussy willow with reddish colored 

 bark, commonly used in Japanese flower 

 arrangements. 



83716. Vitis sp. Vitaceae. Grape. 



No. 1958. November 28, 1929. A wild 

 grape from the Kingo Mountains of 

 Japan ; said to produce large bunches of 

 rather large grapes. 



83717 and 83718. 



From Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, Africa. 

 Seeds presented by C. S. Cameron, Em- 

 pire Cotton Growing Corporation, De- 

 partment of Agriculture. 



83717. Gossypium hirsutum L. Malva- 

 ceae. Upland cotton. 



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