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91528 to 91553— Continued. 



91539. No. 35410a. Collected in 

 1930. 



91540. No. 35415. The yellow fruit 

 is very large, sweet, but mawkish. 



91541. No. 35420. A very produc- 

 tive variety with large yellow fruit, 

 which is sweet, but mawkish. 

 Very much like No. 35415 [91540]. 



91542. Physalis peruviana L. 



Peruvian groundcherry. 



No. 14547. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 91043. 



91543. Physalis philadelphica Lam. 

 No. 40177. Crop of 1928. 



91544. Physalis pubescens L. 



Common groundcherry. 



No. 35416. A plant with small very 

 sweet fruit, which is edible out of hand. 



91545. Physalis viscosa L. 



No. 35424. A prostrate plant with 

 medium-sized orange-colored fruit, 

 which is very sweet, but mawkish. It 

 is very much like No. 35409 [91536]. 



91546 to 91553. Solanum spp. Solana- 

 ceae. 



91546. Solanum aethiopicum L. 



No. 35300. A vigorous ornamental 

 plant, with small fruits which resem- 

 ble tomatoes in shape. 



91547. Solanum capsicastbum Link. 



False Jerusalem-cherry. 



No. 34147. A very ornamental peren- 

 nial plant, with small round orange- 

 colored fruits. 



91548. Solanum khasianum C. B. 

 Clarke. Nightshade. 



No. 40404. An ornamental plant 

 with large prickly leaves and fruits 

 the size of small apples. 



91549. Solanum macbocabpon L. 



Nightshade. 



No. 35304. A plant with medium- 

 sized fruits which resemble tomatoes ; 

 said to be edible. 



91550. Solanum nigbum L. 



Black nightshade. 



No. 35319. Variety chlorocarpum. 

 A plant with small edible green-colored 

 fruits. 



91551. Solanum nigbum L. 



Black nightshade. 



No. 35305. Variety pumila. A small 

 plant with edible fruit. 



91552. Solanum pybacanthum Jacq. 



Nightshade. 

 No. 19833. A plant with all parts 

 covered by prickles. The bright-red 

 round fruits are edible. 



91553. Solanum sisymbbifolium Lam. 



Nightshade. 

 No. 35316. A plant with small 

 round black fruit. 



91554 to 91561. 



From Manchuria and Chosen. Seeds col- 

 lected by P. H. Dorsett and W. J. Morse, 

 agricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received February 12, 1931. 



91554 to 91561— Continued. 



91554 and 91555. Puebabia thunbebgiana 

 (Sieb. and Zucc.) Benth. Fabaceae. 



Kudzu-bean. 



Seeds purchased December 11, 1930, at 

 Dairen, Manchuria, from Manshu Nosan 

 Shokai (Inc.), seed growers. 



91554. No. 6646. Collected in moun- 

 tain regions in Kwantung, southern 

 Manchuria. 



91555. No. 6647. Collected in the 

 mountain regions of northeastern 

 Chosen. 



91556 to 91561. Soja max (L.) Piper 



{Glycine hispida Maxim.). Fabaceae. 



Soybean. 



Nos. 91556 to 91559 were received 

 through the South Manchurian Railway 

 Agricultural Bureau from Kanto district, 

 Manchuria, December 15, 1930. 



Nos. 91556 and 91557 were from Liang 

 Cheng Son. 



91556. No. 6652. Medium-sized oval 

 yellow beans with slate-black hilum ; 

 used for oil and oil meal. 



91557. No. 6653. A mixture of me- 

 dium-small to medium-sized yellow 

 varieties ; used for oil and oil meal. 



91558. No. 6654. Hwan-pau-shu. 

 From Juitzukai. A medium-sized 

 nearly round light-yellow bean with 

 pale hilum ; used for oil and oil 

 cake. 



91559. No. 6655. From Liang Cheng 

 Son. A mixed sample of yellow- 

 seeded varieties ; used for oil and 

 oil meal. 



Nos. 91560 and 91561 were received 

 from the Tansen Agricultural Society, 

 Tansen, Kankyo Nando Prefecture, 

 Chosen, December 17, 1930. 



91560. No. 6656. Tansenkii. A large 

 nearly round light-yellow bean with 

 pale hilum ; used for food purposes. 



91561. No. 6657. Tansen usuao. A 

 large oval light greenish-yellow bean 

 with pale hilum ; used as a green- 

 manure crop. 



91562 to 91592. 



From Quetta, India. Seeds purchased from 

 the Quetta Fruit Agency. Received Feb- 

 ruary 13, 1931. 



A collection of seeds introduced for the 

 use of specialists working with fruits and 

 vegetables. 



91562. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. 



Onion. 



Piaz. 



91563. Amygdalus pebsica nectabina 

 Ait. Amygdalaceae. Nectarine. 



91564. Aspabagus officinalis L. Con- 

 vallariaceae. Garden asparagus. 



91565 to 91568. Citbullus vulgaeis 

 Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. "Watermelon. 



91565. Gardai. 



0156&. Kadu-Sargai. 



91567. TJzda. 



91568. Special varurtV- 



