JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 19 3 



85 



85969 to 85979. Castanea crenata 

 Sieb. and Zuec. Fagaceae. 



Japanese chestnut. 



From Japan. Scions obtained by R. K. 

 Beattie, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived March 3, 1930. 



For previous introduction see No. 85804. 



85969. No. 1001. Ogaica Tetenchi. 



85970. No. 1002. OU-icase. 



85971. No. 1003. Yakko. 



85972. No. 1004. Bon I. 



85973. No. 1005. Gosho. 



85974. No. 1006. Oora. 



85975. No. 1007. Kosoji. 



85976. No. 1008. Tsunehisa. 



85977. No. 1009. Ogawa Ichigo. 



85978. No. 1010. Daihachi. 



85979. No. 1011. Terai. 



85980 to 85991. 



From Japan. Scions and tubers obtained 

 by P. H. Dorsett and W. .1. Morse, ami- 

 cultural explorers, Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try. Received March 3. 1930. 



85980 to 85983. Diospyros kaki L. f. Di- 

 ospyraceae. Kaki persimmon. 



85980. No. 3914. Hagakushi. From 

 the Fukuoka Ken Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, Izumi Mura, 

 Miyako Gun, Fukuoka Ken, Januarv 

 31, 1930. 



85981. No. 3915. Toyoo Ka. From the 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, Ky- 

 oto Fu, January 28, 1930. They 

 advise that while this variety is not 

 considered the best, it is, how- 

 ever, extensively grown in this 

 prefecturate. 



85982. No. 3916. Kubo (small fruit). 

 From the Kyoto Fu Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, January 28, 

 1930. This form matures much 

 earlier than the large-fruited form 

 of this variety. 



85983. No. 3917. K ubo (large fruited) . 

 From the Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, Shimogamo, Kyoto Fu, Jan- 

 uary 28, 1930. They advise that 

 this is a large-fruited form of Kubo. 

 (No. 3916.) 



85984 to 85991. Ipomoea batatas (L.) 

 Poir. Convolvulaceae. Sweetpotato. 



From the Saitama Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, at Urawa, Saitama Ken, 

 February 25, 1930. 



85984. No. 3946. Genji. 



85985. No. 3945. Hana Sakigake. 



85986. No. 3943. Kioranda (Dutch yel- 

 low ) . 



85987. No. 3944. Tai Haku (large 

 white). 



85988. No. 3939. Me warad. 



85989. No. 3940. Shin Guro (black 

 heart). 



85990. No. 3941. Beni aka, Kan sho, 

 or Satsuma imo. 



85991. No. 3942. Beni Oita or Crim- 

 son Oita. 



85992 to 85998. 



From Bologna, Italy. Seeds presented by 

 Ditta Ernesto Pini, through H. L. West- 

 over, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived March 4, 1930. 



85992 to 85995. Mbdicago sativa L. Faba- 

 ceae. Alfalfa. 



85992. Lucern No. 1. From Toscana, 

 Umbria, and Marche. 



85993. Lucern No. 2. From Ferrara, 

 Medio Veneto, and Polesine. 



85994. Lucern No. 4. From Emilia and 

 Romagna. 



85995. Lucern No. 5. From Piemonte 

 Friuli. 



to 85998. Trifolium pratensb L. 

 Fabaceae. Red clover. 



85996. No. 1. From Toscana, Umbria, 

 and Marche. 



85997. No. 2. From Emilia and Ro- 

 magna. 



85998. No. 3. From Piemonte. 



85999. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. 



From Gold Coast, west Africa. Tuber ob- 

 tained by David Fairchild, agricultural 

 explorer with the Allison V. Armour ex- 

 pedition. Received April 29, 1927. 

 Numbered in March, 1930. 



No. 1214. Variety Beiyere in the Twi 

 language. Grown in Togoland. Collected 

 in the market at Akkra, where it forms an 

 important article of diet. The tubers are 

 the largest I have ever seen, being at least 

 3 feet long and 4 inches in diameter. 



86000. Citrus sinensis 

 Eutaceae. 



(L.) Osbeck. 

 Orange. 



From Giza, Egypt. Plants presented by 

 Dr. Rahmet Bey, Horticultural Section, 

 Ministry of Agriculture, through Charles 

 R. Crane, Indio, Calif. Received March 

 10, 1930. 



Blood orange. 

 86001. (Undetermined.) 



From Africa. Seeds presented by Dr. W. 

 L. Thompson, Mount Silinda, Southern 

 Rhodesia. Received March 6 and 29, 

 1930. 



Potato-nut. Seeds of one of our large 

 timber trees, which is 3 to 4 feet in diam- 

 eter and has che.rrylike wood. The seeds 

 are about the size and shape of acorns ; 

 the flavor of the kernel reminds one of a 

 raw potato. 



For previous introduction see No. 52809. 



86002 to 86154. Soja max (L.) Piper 

 {Glycine hispida Maxim.). Faba- 

 ceae. Soybean. 



From Japan. Seeds obtained by P. H. 

 Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural 

 expiorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received February 26, 1930. 



. No. 3327. Purchased at the food 

 department of a large department 

 store in Mitsukoshi, January 14, 1930. 

 Medium large, greenish yellow seed 

 with black hilum, germ yellow. Used 

 for food purposes. 



86003. No. 3330. Tsurunoko. Obtained 

 from the. Chikuma Miso Co., Tokyo, 

 January 17, 1930. This seed is ob- 



