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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



56920 to 57012— Continued. 



56977 to 56980. "No. 217. A Black Rock seed- 

 ling. The stems are long and slender, at- 

 taining a length of 8 to 10 feet or more. The 

 original seedling yielded 24 tubers weighing 

 an aggregate of 3 pounds. The tubers have 

 creamy yellow skin and yellow flesh." 



56977. (No. 1.) 56979. (No. 3.) 



56978. (No. 2.) 56980. (No. 4.) 



56981 and 56982. "No. 223. A Key West 

 'yam' seedling. Tubers dark red. The 

 original seedling plant yielded 12 tubers 

 weighing 1 pound 13 ounces." 



(No. 1.) 



56982. (No. 2.) 



56983 to 56985. "No. 226. A Key West 'yam' 

 seedling grown at the Virgin Islands Ex- 

 periment Station in 1922. The original seed- 

 ling plant had yellow roots but no tubers." 



56983. (No. 1.) 

 (No. 2.) 



(No. 3.) 



56986 to 56988. " No. 235. A Black Rock seed- 

 ling. Original seedling plant had dark-red 

 roots but no tubers." 



5. (No. 1.) 56988. (No. 3.) 



56987. (No. 2.) 



and 56990. "No. 240. A Black Rock 

 seedling. The original seedling plant 

 yielded 26 smooth coppery red tubers with 

 a total weight of 5M pounds." 



For introduction of tubers under this 

 number, see S. P. I. No. 56742. 



. (No. 1.) 



(No. 2.) 



56991 to 56993. "No. 247. A Black Rock seed- 

 ling. The original seedling plant bore six 

 white tubers weighing 1 pound 2 ounces." 



56991. (No. 1.) 

 (No. 2.) 



56993. (No. 3.) 



56994. "No. 251. A Black Rock seedling. 

 The original seedling plant produced 14 

 yellow tubers weighing 1 pound 11 ounces." 



For introduction of tubers under this 

 number, see S. P. I. No. 56743. 



56995. "No. 306. A Black Rock seedling. 

 This is a volunteer seedling which sprang 

 up in the Black Rock plat after the latter 

 was harvested." 



56996 and 56997. "Big Wig variety. It is not 

 known whence this variety came. It was 

 obtained by the station from Estate Straw- 

 berry Hill in 1920 or 1921 and has since been 

 grown continuously at the station. It is of 

 bunching vineless growth and bears many 

 dark-green deeply cut 5-lobed leaves. The 

 original form as obtained by the station has 

 red tubers. The seed collected has all been 

 from the ordinary red Big Wig." 



(No. 1.) 



56997. (No. 2.) 



56998 to 57000. "Black Rock variety. This was 

 introduced from Barbados by Dr. Longfield 

 Smith, of this station, in 1911 and is un- 

 doubtedly the most popular variety grown 

 in St. Croix. The vines are vigorous, bear- 

 ing dark-green, cordate leaves. The tubers, 

 which are long and often ill shaped, are 

 dark purplish red and attain large size under 

 favorable conditions. The variety has the 

 reputation of keeping longer in storage than 

 other varieties." 



(No. 1.) 

 (No. 2.) 



57000. (No. 3.) 



56920 to 57012 — Continued. 



57001 and 57002. " Hug-me-tight variety. A 

 few tubers of this variety were purchased 

 on the St. Thomas market in May, 1922, 

 under the above name. The tubers were 

 said to have been grown on the island of 

 Tortola, a British island some miles off the. 

 east coast of St. Thomas. The tubers are 

 white." 



57001. (No. 1.) 



57002. (No. 2.) 



57003 and 57004. "John Siddon variety. A 

 few tubers of this variety were obtained at 

 the same time and came from the same 

 source as those of Hug-me-tight [S. P. I. 

 Nos. 57001 and 57002]. The tubers are light 

 red." 



57003. (No. 1.) 



57004. (No. 2.) 



57005 to 57010. "Key West 'yam.' This va- 

 riety was obtained from the Federal Ex- 

 periment Station at Mayaguez, Porto Rico, 

 and planted at the Virgin Islands Experi- 

 ment Station some two or three years ago. 

 After growing this variety in a number of 

 comparative tests, in which a large number 

 of local varieties were represented, the Porto 

 Rico Experiment Station pronounced this 

 the best variety tested under the conditions 

 at Mayaguez. It has shown considerable 

 merit in St. Croix, but has not fully estab- 

 lished its superiority over the Black Rock 

 and Big Wig varieties. The vines are me- 

 dium in length, and the leaves are of a very 

 noticeably yellow-green. The tubers are 

 yellow." 



57005. (No. 1.) 57008. (No. 4.) 



57006. (No. 2.) 57009. (No. 5.) 



57007. (No. 3.) 57010. (No. 6.) 



57011 and 57012. " Wrenchy variety. This is 

 an old local variety the history of which is 

 not known. The vines are long and slender 

 and the tubers are white. This variety is 

 said to yield comparatively well on hard or 

 poorly plowed land." 



57011. (No. 1.) 57012. (No. 2.) 



57013 to 57034. Hordeum spp. Po- 

 acese. Barley. 



From Cambridge, England. Seeds presented 

 by Prof. F. L. Engledon, School of Agricul- 

 ture, Cambridge, through Dr. H. V. Harlan, 

 United States Department of Agriculture. 

 Received April 24, 1923. 



A collection of local barley strains introduced for 

 department cerealists. 



57013 and 57014. Hordeum deficiens Steud. 



57013. No. 1. 57014. No. 6. 



57015. Hordeum ©istichon nigricans Ser- 

 inge. Two-rowed barley. 



No. 13. 



57016. Hordeum distichon nudum L. 



Two-rowed barley. 



No. 8. 



57017 to 57022. HORDEUM DISTICHON PALM- 

 ELLA Harlan. Two-rowed barley. 



57017. No. 4. 



57018. No. 9. 



57019. No. 10. 



57020. No. 14. 



57021. No. 16. 



57022. No. 19. 



57023. Hordeum intermedium haxtoni 

 Koern. 

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