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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



95049 to S5063— Continued. 



Branch of the All-Union Institute of 

 Plant Industry, Sukhum, Caucasus. Re- 

 ceived Octoher 17, 1931. 



95049 to 95058. Prdnds CERASIFera di- 

 varicata (Ledeb.) C. Schneid. Plum. 



95049. No. 41200. From the city of 

 Sukhum. A large tree over 30 feet 

 high, which is a prolific cropper. The 

 medium-sized fruits, iy 2 bv 1% 

 inches, are slightly oval. "When ma- 

 ture the color is very dark violet, 

 almost black, and the mild subacid 

 yellow-red flesh is very pleasant. 



95050. No. 41201. Prom Poti, Black 

 Sea coast. A large spreading tree 

 with small dark-red oval fruits. A 

 very common form in this region. 



95051. No. 41203. Prom Poti, Black 

 Sea coast. A large, vigorous tree 

 with small red oval fruits which are 

 acid. 



95052. No. 41202. From Poti, Black 

 Sea coast. A large spreading tree 

 with medium-sized oval fruits of vio- 

 let color with an acid flavor. 



95053. No. 41205. From the city of 

 Sukhum. The fruits are small ob- 

 long oval, light yellow in color, with 

 sweet flesh of very pleasant flavor. 



95054. No. 41204. From Poti, Black 

 Sea coast. A medium-sized tree ; 

 the fruits are oval, yellow with red 

 cheek, medium sized ; flesh yellow, 

 subacid, mild, and of pieasant 

 flavor. 



Nos. 95055 to 95058 are variety pon- 

 tica. This variety is distributed through 

 the lowlands and middle mountainous 

 parts of Adjaria, West Grusia, and Abk- 

 hasia (west Transcaucasia), both in the 

 wild and cultivated state. The following 

 descriptions are of the f.our best culti- 

 vated forms. 



95055. No. 37804. Collected in the vil- 

 lage of Agoma, Adjaria, in June, 

 1930. A large ovate red fruit with 

 rough skin, densely dotted, with 

 heavy bloom. The flesh is at first 

 yellow, but becomes red when the 

 fruit is fully ripe. It is very juicy, 

 acid, and almost a freestone. 



95056. No. 37806. Collected in Adjaria 

 in July, 1930. Large violet fruit, 

 slightly ovate, with the skin fairly 

 thick with bloom and dense light 

 dots. The flesh is red, subacid, and 

 of very pleasant flavor. 



95057. No. 37803. Collected at Agoma, 

 Adjaria, in June, 1930. The large 

 fruits are broadly cylindrical in 

 form and red-violet in color. The 

 skin is rough with heavy bloom 

 nearly without dots. The flesh is 

 red subacid and nearly a freestone. 



95058. No. 37805. Collected at Agoma, 

 Adjaria, in July, 1930. The large 

 ovate yellow fruits are slightly un- 

 symmetrical and slightly depressed 

 on both sides. The skin is yellow 

 and heavily bloomed. The flesh is 

 light yellow, juicy, and subacid. 



95059 to 95063. PRUNUS HYRCANICA Hort. 



A collection of plums found by V. P. 

 Jekimov in the irrigated orchards of 

 Ordubat and Migri, cities on the Aras 

 River, near the Persian frontier. They 

 Jiave no names, and the small-fruited va- 

 rieties are propagated by seeds, also by 

 grafting and budding. 



85049 to 9506S— Continued. 



95059. No. 37802. Migri, apple shaped. 

 Fruit medium sized, cylindrical, 

 slightly broader at the base, slightly 

 flattened at the sides, deep suture. 

 Color red. Flesh greenish yellow, 

 subacid, fairly juicy. Stone nearly 

 cling. Ripens late in June. 



95060. No. 37798. The large green 

 fruit is flattened on both sides, 

 from the broader side round-quad- 

 rangular in form ; both base and 

 tip depressed ; deep suture on the 

 broad side. Skin smooth, glossy 

 green with translucent greenish 

 spots. Flesh light green, of pleas- 

 ant subacid flavor, fairly juicy, 

 stone cling. Ripens in the middle 

 of July. 



95061. No. 37800. Small heart-shaped 

 fruits nearly globose in form, slight- 

 ly flattened on the sides, and green- 

 ish red or greenish deep pink in 

 color. The slightly acid flesh is 

 greenish yellow tinged with pink, 

 very juicy, and of pleasant flavor. 

 The plum is a clingstone and ripens 

 early in July. 



95082. No. 37801. Rose (small). 



95063. No. 37799. Large oval yellow 

 fruit with smooth skin, which is 

 glossy greenish yellow with translu- 

 cent greenish spots ; flesh greenish 

 yellow, very juicy, of pleasant sub- 

 acid flavor. A near clingstone which 

 ripens the middle of July. 



95064. Citrus sp. Rutaceae. 



From French Indo-China. Cutting pre- 

 sented by M. Poilane, Institut des Re- 

 cherches Agronomiques de l'lndochine, 

 Division de Botanique. Received October 

 21, 1931. 



95065. Peeeskia 

 Cactaceae. 



GRANDIFOLIA Haw. 



Bush pereskia. 



From the Canal Zone. Seeds presented by 

 J. E. Higgins, Director, Canal Zone Ex- 

 periment Gardens, Summit. Received Oc- 

 tober 21, 1931. 



A shrub or tree 6 to 15 feet high, with 

 a short spiny trunk, fleshy branches, ob- 

 long leaves 3 "to 6 inches long, and terminal 

 clusters of rose-colored to white flowers 1 

 to 2 inches across. It is native to Brazil. 



For previous introduction see 93495. 



95066. Sorghum vulgare Pers. Poa- 

 ceae. Italian broomcorn. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by R. G. 

 May, Bathurst Experiment Farm, Bath- 

 urst, New South Wales. Received Octo- 

 ber 26, 1931. 



A variety with white seeds. 



95067. Rhus viminalis Ait. Anacar- 

 diaceae. Sumac. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds 

 presented by F. Walton Jameson, city 

 engineer, Kimberley. Received October 

 27, 1931. 



Karroo ooom. A hardy evergreen tree up 

 to 30 feet high with a spread of the same 

 distance, which grows in semiarid regions 

 at over 4,000 feet altitude. It grows rap- 

 idly from cuttings or seeds if the ground 

 is kept moist until germination starts. The 

 flexible wood is considered excellent for 

 yokes, keys, tobacco pipes, and furniture ; 



