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95706 to 96383— Continued 



96369. No. 8634. Station no. 664. Me- 

 dium size, olive-yellow with pale 

 hilum. 



96370 and 96371. Medium size, straw - 

 to olive-yellow with pale hilum ; 

 slightly mottled with brown. 



96370. No. S635. Station no. 665. 



96371. No. 8636. Station no. 666. 



96372. No. 8637. Station no. 667. Me- 

 dium large, brown and black. 



96373. No. 8638. Station no. 668. Me- 

 dium size, straw-yellow with black 

 hilum ; heavily mottled with brown. 



96374 and 96375. Medium size, straw- 

 yellow with brown hilum. 



96374. No. 8639. Station no. 669. 



96375. No. 8640. Station no. 670. 

 Nearly round. 



96376. No. 8641. Station no, 671. Me- 

 dium size, light straw-yellow with 

 dark-brown hilum ; seed coat badly 

 split. 



96377. No. 8642. Station no. 672. Me- 

 dium size, straw-yellow with dark- 

 brown hilum ; heavily mottled with 

 dark brown. 



96378. No. 8643. Station no. 673. Me- 

 dium small, straw-yellow with very 

 dark-brown hilum ; mottled with 

 brown. 



96379 to 96381. Medium size, straw-yel- 

 low with brown hilum ; heavily 

 mottled with brown. 



96379. No. 8644. Station no. 674. 



96380. No. 8645. Station no. 675. 



96381. No. 8646. Station no. 676. 



96382 and 96383. Straw-yellow with 

 brown hilum ; very heavily mottled 

 with dark brown. 



96382. No. 8647. Station no. 677. 

 No. 8648. Station no. 678. 



96384 to 96389. 



From India. Seeds presented by W. 

 O'Brien, Hyderabad, Deccan. Received 

 January 28, 1932. 



96384. Annona squamosa L. Annona- 

 ceae. Sugar-apple. 



Sitapal. A wild form of the sugar- 

 apple found on trap formation at Hyder- 

 abad, Deccan. The fruiting season is 

 two months, from October to December, 

 in India. 



96385. Beassica oleracea botrytis L. 

 Brassicaceae. Cauliflower. 



A form acclimatized at Darjeeling Hills 

 which grows better than English seed 

 from the plains. 



96386. Carica candamarcensis Hook. f. 

 Papayaceae. 



Hill papaw. Collected on the Nilgiri 

 Hills, southern India, between 6,000 and 

 7,000 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 66651. 



96387. Carica papaya L. Papayaceae. 



Papaya. 



Mixed varieties. 



96384 to 96389 — Continued 



96388. Basella rubra L. Basellaceae. 



Malabar nightshade. A succulent her- 

 baceous freely branched climber, native 

 to Bengal, and cultivated throughout In- 

 dia. The juice of the leaves is used in 

 native medicine for catarrhal affections, 

 and the leaves and stems are used as a 

 potherb as we use spinach. 



For previous introduction see 74555. 



96389. Solanum melongena L. Solana- 

 ceae. Eggplant. 



A large round green eggplant whose 

 fruits weighed up to 4 pounds. 



96390 to 96420. Castanea ceenata 

 Sieb. and Zucc. Fagaceae. 



Japanese chestnut. 



From Japan. Scions obtained by R. Kent 

 Beattie, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived February and March 1928. Num- 

 bered in January 1932. 



96390 to 96404. Varieties cultivated in the 

 Experiment Station at Ayabe, Kyoto 

 Fu, January 26, 1928. 



96390. Nos. 418 and 419. Sho-gwatsu. 

 Nuts ripen early in October ; not con- 

 sidered a good variety. 



96391. Nos. 422 and 423. Shimokat- 

 8ii ffi (small). Nuts ripen after the 

 middle of October ; a very good qual- 

 ity. 



96392. Nos. 428 and 429. Chokoji. 

 Nuts ripen about the middle of Octo- 

 ber ; a good quality. 



96393. Nos. 432 and 433. Nishigaki. 

 Nuts ripen the end of October ; not 

 a very good variety. 



96394. Nos. 452 and 453. Yoro. Nuts 

 ripen late in October; a medium 

 good variety. 



96395. Nos. 454 and 455. Futakura. 

 Nuts ripen the middle of October ; a 

 medium good variety. 



96396. Nos. 456 and 457. KenaQa. 

 Nuts ripen before the middle of 

 October ; very good variety, one of 

 the best. 



96397. Nos. 458 and 459. Honjo. Nuts 

 ripen the first of October ; one of the 

 very best varieties. 



96398. Nos. 460 and 461. Wazo. Nuts 

 ripen after the middle of October ; 

 a very good variety. 



. Nos. 466 and 467. Otata. 

 Nuts ripen the first of October ; a 

 poor variety. 



96400. Nos. 468 and 469. Heiwa. 

 Nuts ripen the first of October ; quite 

 a good variety. 



96401. Nos. 472 and 473. Qokuwase. 

 Nuts ripen tbe middle of September ; 

 a good variety. 



Nos. 486 and 487. Sobadane. 

 Nuts ripen toward the end of Sep- 

 tember ; not a very good variety. 



96403. Nos. 488 and 489. Kamadarti- 

 wase. Nuts ripen the middle of Sep- 

 tember ; not a good variety. 



96404. Nos. 490 and 491. Kamadami- 

 okute. Nuts ripen after the middle 

 of October; quality undeterminable. 



