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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



56710 to 56745— Continued. 



veins red. The original seedling plant bore 

 15 tubers weighing 4 pounds 7 ounces. The 

 tubers are light red, short and thick, and the 

 flesh is yellow." 



56725. "No. 30. A Big Wig seedling. Vines 

 2 to 4 feet long and densely covered with 

 leaves. Leaves large, cordate, and dark 

 green. Tubers light red, flesh yellow. The 

 original seedling plant bore 7 small tubers 

 weighing a total of 12 ounces." 



56726. "No. 31. A Big Wig seedling. In the 

 nursery row the vines are strong but short 

 and sparsely leaved. The leaves are small 

 with five deeply cut lobes. This variety 

 shows a tendency to produce tubers at the 

 nodes of the vines where they attach them- 

 selves to the soil. The tubers are a light red 

 or rose, flesh yellow. The original seedling 

 yielded 38 tubers weighing 5 pounds 4 

 ounces." 



56727. "No. 39. A Big Wig seedling. Vines 

 short, stout, bunching, and bearing an 

 abundance of foliage. Leaves medium in 

 size, 3 and 5 parted, midribs and veins wine 

 colored. The tubers are dark red, flesh 

 creamy yellow. The original seedling plant 

 bore 1 tuber weighing 3 ounces." 



56728. "No. 40. A Big Wig seedling. The 

 stems are stout and numerous and about 

 18 inches in length. Leaves dark green, 

 cordate, attractive, midrib and veins red. 

 The tubers are dark red, flesh pale yellow. 

 The original seedling plant bore no tubers." 



56729. "No. 55. A Black Rock seedling. 

 The stems are 2 to 3 feet long in our nursery 

 row. The leaves are somewhat variable in 

 form but usually lancelike and bear some 

 resemblance to those of the variety grown at 

 this station under the name of the 'Key 

 West yam.' The tubers are dark red and 

 are borne on the ends of long fleshy roots; 

 flesh rich yellow, also cooks yellow. The 

 original seedling plant yielded 30 tubers 

 weighing a total of 4 pounds 12 ounces." 



56730. "No. 57. A Black Rock seedling. 

 The stems are 2 to 5 feet in length, medium 

 stout, and leafy. Leaves light green, large, 

 broad, lanceolate, midribs wine colored, 

 veins green. The tubers are light coppery 

 red, smooth, and 'attractive. The flesh is 

 a rich yellow. The original seedling plant 

 bore 77 tubers weighing 8 pounds." 



56731. "No. 58. A Black Rock seedling. 

 The vine is 2 to 3 feet in length and very 

 leafy. The leaves are cordate and rounded 

 and the younger ones are wine colored, 

 especially around the margins. The tubers 

 are dark red, flesh yellow, mottled with red. 

 The original seedling plant bore 37 tubers 

 weighing 5 pounds 



56732. "No. 73. A Big Wig seedling. Vines 

 short, 1 to 2 feet long. Leaves broad and 

 lobed, usually 5 parted, broad blade. The 

 tubers are smooth and dark red, flesh yel- 

 low, often mottled with red. The original 

 seedling hill bore 8 tubers weighing 1 pound 

 14 ounces. 



56733. "No. 80. A Big Wig seedling. The 

 vines are 2 to 3 feet in length and leafy. 

 Leaves large, broad, 5 parted, dark green, 

 midribs and veins amber. The tubers are 

 white, flesh pale yellow, mottled with alittle 

 red. The original seedling plant bore 18 

 tubers weighing a total of 3 pounds 10 

 ounces. 



56734. "No. 105. A Big Wig seedling. The 

 vines are 5 feet or less in length and very 

 leafy. Leaves large, deeply cut and lobed, 

 the lobes narrow, midribs wine colored. 

 Tubers light red and growing in clusters 

 close to base of main plant. The original 

 seedling plant bore 14 tubers having a total 

 weight of 6 pounds 4 ounces. Tubers light 

 red with pink underskin, flesh yellow." 



56710 to 56745 — Continued. 



56735. "No. 110. A Big Wig seedling. The 

 parent plant yielded 4 tubers weighing 5 

 ounces. Vines medium to long, reaching 3 

 to 5 feet or more from hills. Leaves not 

 numerous, deeply cut and lobed, 5 parted, 

 midribs and veins nearly green. The origi- 

 nal seedling plant bore 11 tubers weighing 

 3 pounds 8 ounces. The tubers are smooth 

 and light red, with pale-yellow flesh." 



56736. "No. 142. A Big Wig seedling. 

 Stems 1 to 3 feet long, green. Leaves small, 

 green, cordate, midribs and veins green. 

 The tubers have a smooth white exterior 

 and yellow flesh." 



56737. "No. 157. A Big Wig seedling. The 

 parent plant bore 4 tubers weighing 12 

 ounces. The stems are short, bunching, 

 and loafy. The leaves are 5 parted and 

 have dark-red midribs and veins. The tu- 

 bers are smooth and yellow, and the flesh 

 is pale yellow or almost white with occa- 

 sional faint red rings. The original seed- 

 ling plant yielded 40 tubers weighing 5 

 pounds 1 ounce." 



56738. "No. 195. A Black Rock seedling. 

 The parent plant yielded 5 tubers weighing 

 12 ounces. Vines long, running to 6 feet or 

 more from hill and covering the hill and 

 interspaces well. Leaves medium in size, 

 cordate to cordate-lanceolate in form, mid- 

 ribs green or amber, veins green. The 

 original seedling plant bore 9 tubers weigh- 

 ing 4 pounds. The tubers were smooth 

 and light red, the flesh a rich yellow." 



56739. "No. 205. A Black Rock seedling 

 the parent plant of which bore 5 tubers 

 weighing 7 ounces. Vines 2 to 5 feet long, 

 numerous and leafy. Leaves dark green, 

 cordate, midribs wine colored. The origi- 

 nal seedling plant bore 25 tubers weighing 

 5 pounds 4 ounces. The tubers are dark 

 red with pale-yellow flesh." 



56740. "No. 222. A Key West 'yam' seed- 

 ling. The parent hill bore 2 tubers weigh- 

 ing 12 ounces. The vines are 2 to 4 feet in 

 length, green. Leaves light green, midribs 

 and veins green, cordate. The tubers are 

 light rose, flesh yellow. The original seed- 

 ling plant bore 26 tubers weighing 3 pounds 

 14 ounces." 



56741. "No. 233. A Black Rock seedling. 

 Tubers smooth, yellow; flesh yellow, some- 

 times mixed with a little red. Vines 2 to 

 3 feet long. Leaves cordate, midribs green. 

 The original seedling plant produced 13 tu- 

 bers weighing 6 pounds 2 ounces." 



56742. "No. 240. A Black Rock seedling, 

 not yet described. The original seedling 

 plant yielded 26 smooth coppery red tubers 

 with a total weight of 5 pounds 4 ounces; 

 flesh yellow." 



56743. "No. 251. A Black Rock seedling, 

 not yet described. The original seedling 

 plant produced 14 yellow tubers weighing 

 1 pound 11 ounces; flesh yellow." 



56744. "No. 259. A Big Wig seedling. The 

 parent hill yielded 5 tubers weighing 8 

 ounces. Vines short, bunching, about 2 

 feet long. Leaves small to medium in size, 

 comparatively long, 3 to 5 parted. The 

 original hill yielded 10 tubers weighing 3 

 pounds 8 ounces. The tubers are dark red 

 and the flesh yellow." 



56745. "No. 275. The parentage of this num- 

 ber is unknown. The original seedling 

 plant bore 17 tubers weighing 8 pounds 1 

 ounce. The tubers are dark red and the 

 flesh pale yellow, mottled with a little 

 red." 



