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86279 to 86400 — Continued. 



88347. No. 140. CMmron, near Teh- 

 ran, Persia, November 4, 1929. 



86348. Lactuca sativa L. Cichoriaceae. 



Garden lettuce. 



No. 134. Kahu. Tehran, Persia, No- 

 vember 2. 1929. 



86349. Lagexaria leucantha (Duchesne) 

 Rusby (L. vulgaris Seringe). Cucur- 

 bitaceae. Calabasn gourd. 



No. 131. Tehran, Persia, November 2, 

 1929. 



86350. Lepidium sativum L. Brassica- 

 ceae. Garden cress. 



No. 133. Taratizeh. Tehran, Persia, 

 November 2, 1929. Used as a salad and 

 eaten with rice. 



86351. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. 

 Solanaceae. Tomato. 



No. 121. Tehran, Persia, November 2, 

 1929. 



86352. Malus sylvestris Mill. (Pyrus 

 malu8 L.). Malaceae. Apple. 



No. 101. Alma Ata, Turkestan, Au- 

 gust 23, 1929. A wild apple collected 

 on a mountain side near Alma Ata ; in- 

 digenous to tliis region. 



86353 to 86362. Medicago sativa L. Faba- 

 ceae. Alfalfa. 



86353. No. 112. Tehran, Persia, No- 

 vember 2, 1929. 



86354. No. 143. Chimron, Persia, No- 

 vember 4, 1929. 



86355. No. 154. Damghan, Persia, No- 

 vember S, 1929. 



86356. No. 155. Samnan, Persia, No- 

 vember 9, 1929. 



86357. No. 165. Rafsinjan, Persia, No- 

 vember 19, 1929. 



86358. No. 169. Dilijan, Persia, No- 

 vember 16, 1929. 



86359. No. 171. Ardekan, Persia, No- 

 vember 17, 1929. 



No. 172. Tezd, Persia, Novem- 

 ber 20, 1929. 



No. 176. Agda, Persia, Novem- 

 ber 21, 1929. 



86362. No. 307. Assadabad, Persia, No- 

 vember 24, 1929. 



86363. Petroselinum hortensb Hoffm. 

 Apiaceae. Parsley. 



No. 115. Jaffarri. Tehran, Persia, 

 November 2. 1929. The. leaves are cooked 

 with other food and eaten. 



86364 to 86367. Phaseolds vulgaris L. 

 Fabaceae. Common bean. 



Grown locally around Kasvin, Persia. 



86364. No. 88. October 29, 1929. A 

 long narrow cream-colored bean. 



86365. No. 89. October 28, 1929. Red, 

 splashed-cream colored bean. 



86366. No. 90. October 28, 1929. A 

 red bean. 



86367. No. 91. October 28, 1929. A 

 small white bean. 



86368 +o 86379. Pistacia vera L. Ana- 

 cardiaceae. Pistache. 



86279 to 86400— Continued. 



No. 49. From Bueen, a small 



village near Kasvin, Persia, Septem- 

 ber 28, 1929. 



No. 50. Agda, Persia, October 

 12, 1929. Nuts locally grown and 

 sent as they are sold, without 

 sorting. 



86370. No. 51. Nain, Persia, October 

 12, 1929. Locally grown nuts from 

 the gardens of Nain. 



86371. No. 52. Ardekan, Persia, Octo- 

 ber 5, 1929. Nuts of average qual- 

 ity as grown in gardens of Ardekan. 



86372. No. 53. Rafsinjan, Persia, Oc- 

 tober 8, 1929. Locally grown in 

 near-by villages ; selected by a Per- 

 sian grower. 



86373. No. 54. Rafsinjan, Persia, Oc- 

 tober 8, 1929. Grade MM No. 1. 

 Large white nuts selected by a 

 Persian grower, which are easily 

 hulled by hand ; these represent the 

 best grade exported to Germany and 

 America. 



86374. No. 55. Rafsinjan, Persia, Octo- 

 ber 8, 1929. Locally grown seed. 



86375. No. 56. Rafsinjan, Persia, Octo- 

 ber 8, 1929. Grade M No. 1. Se- 

 lected nuts which are hulled with 

 flails and washed. The nuts are 

 not bright colored and are the sec- 

 ond-best grade exported to America. 



86376. No. 57. Hematabad, Persia, Oc- 

 tober 8, 1929. Locally grown seed. 

 Scions of this tree were sent in 

 under No. 83734. 



86377. No. 151. Damghan, Persia, No- 

 vember 8, 1929. From trees of 

 which scions were sent in under 

 Nos. 82028-82031. 



86378. No. 157. Damghan, Persia, No- 

 vember 8, 1929. 



86379. No. 170. Rafsinjan, Persia, No- 

 vember 19, 1929. Orchard run from 

 which M. R. No. 1 grade nuts were 

 sorted. 



86380 to 86390. Prunus spp. Amygdala- 

 ceae. 



to 86387. Prunus armeniaca L. 

 Apricot. 



Seeds grown locally. 



86380. No. 71. Ispahan, Persia, Oc- 

 tober 14, 1929. Nuts with bitter 

 kernels. 



86381. No. 72. Ispahan, Persia, Oc- 

 tober 14, 1929. Nuts with sweet 

 kernels. 



86382. No. 73. Yezd, Persia, October 

 10, 1929. Nuts with sweet 

 kernels. 



86383. No. 74. Rafsinjan, Persia. 

 October 8, 1929. A mixture of 

 bitter and sweet-kerneled seed 

 from fruit grown in local gardens. 



86384. No. 75. Agda, Persia, Octo- 

 ber 12, 1929. Nuts with sweet 

 kernels. 



86385. No. 158. Damghan, Persia, 

 November 11, 1929. 



No. 159. Samnan, Persia, 

 November 9, 1929. 



86387. No. 306. Dilijan, Persia, No- 

 vembrr 22, 1929. 



