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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOKTED 



57612 to 57664— Continued. 



*7632. "(No. 78. Sidi Shaher Roho. May 

 7, 1923.) Spikes from a second field." 



57633. "(No. 79a. Eseila. May 7, 1923.) 

 Spikes collected in the field of Abdel 

 Kerim Oh .,n." 



57634. "(No. 80a. Behig. May 7, 1923.) 

 Spikes collected in a field." 



57635. "(No. 81a. Behig. May 7, 1923.) 

 Spikes collected in a second field near 

 Behig." 



57636. "(No. 82. El Maroi. May 7, 

 1923.) Spikes collected in a field." 



57637. "(No. 83a. Burg el Arab. May 7, 

 1923.) Spikes selected in the fields of 

 three farmers." 



57638. "(No. 84a. Burg el Arab. May 7, 

 1923.) Spikes selected in the fields of 

 three farmers." 



57639. "(No. 85. Burg el Arab. May 7, 

 1923.) Spikes selected in the fields of 

 three farmers." 



For an illustration of these last three bar- 

 leys, see Plate II. Figure 2. 



57640. "(No. 86. Abu Sir. May 7, 1923.) 

 Spikes collected in two fields in Abu 

 Sir." 



57641. "(No. 87a. AbuSir. May 7, 1923.) 

 Spikes collected in two fields in Abu 

 Sir." 



57642. "(No. 88a. Behig. May 7, 1923.) 

 Spikes selected in a field in Behig." 



57643. "(No. 89. El Maroi. May 7, 

 1923.) Spikes selected in the field of 

 Hashem Journis." 



57644. "(No. 90a. Hamaria. May 8, 

 1923.) Spikes selected in two fields of 

 standing barley." 



57645. "(No. 91a. Hamaria. May 8, 

 1923.) Spikes selected in two fields of 

 standing barley." 



57646. "(No. 92a. Ikingi Mariut. May 

 8, 1923.) Spikes selected in two fields of 

 standing barley." 



57647. "(No. 93a. Ikingi Mariut. May 

 8, 1923.) Spikes selected in two fields of 

 standing barley." 



57648. "(No. 96a. Abu Sir. May 7, 

 1923.) Barley spikes from a depression 

 at Abu Sir where the water table was 

 higher than at any other field seen. 

 The barley was not so ripe." 



57649. "(No. 97. Ikingi Mariut. May 8, 

 1923.) Spikes selected in the barley 

 fields." 



57650. "(No. 98. Amria. May 8, 1923.) 

 Barley spikes from the field." 



57651. "(No. 99a. El Faish, Amria. 

 May 8, 1923.) Spikes from the field of 

 Sheik Abdel Halim, who has grown it 

 12 years. Supposed to be the original 

 Mariout variety." 



57652. "(No. 100a. Amria. May 8, 1923.) 

 Spikes from the field of Ali Abdel Sal- 

 sun, who has grown it 25 years. Sup- 

 posed to be the original Mariout variety. 

 Although badly mixed with barley 

 from the delta and from Asia Minor, 

 he was able to pick out what he thought 

 the original form. It was similar to the 

 California Mariout." 



57612 to 57664— Continued. 



57653 to 57664. Triticum spp. 



57653 to 57656. Triticum aestivum L. 

 (T. vulgare Vill.) Common wheat. 



57653. "(No. 63. Matay, Minia 

 Province. May 5, 1923.) Spikes 

 from an unusually pure field of 

 wheat. It is possible that the field 

 was seeded to one of the varieties 

 distributed by the Ministry of Ag- 

 riculture, Gibson or Hindi D. 

 Sample from the field irrigated from 

 canal." 



57654. "(No. 64. Istah district of 

 Minieh. May 5, 1923.) Spikes se- 

 lected in a field near Istal village. 

 The field was of the type called 

 Hindi. The Hindi was a variety 

 from India. Sample from the field 

 irrigated from a canal." 



57655. "(No. 66. Quatocha, district 

 of Minieh. May 5, 1923.) Spikes 

 selected in a field of Hindi wheat 

 irrigated from a canal." 



57656. "(No. 68. West Sarla, dis- 

 trict of Minieh. May 5, 1923.) 

 Spikes selected in a field irrigated 

 from a canal." 



57657 to 57660. 



Triticum durum Desf. 

 Durum wheat. 



57657. "(No. 65. Kom Wali, district 

 of Minieh. May 5, 1923.) Spikes 

 from a field near Kom Wali. The 

 field was irrigated from a canal." 



57658. "(No. 70. Minieh. May 4, 

 1923.) Selections from a canal- 

 irrigated field of Hindi. One dark 

 spike from a roadside." 



57659. " (No. 72. Minieh. May 4, 

 1923.) Spikes from a field of Beladi 

 irrigated from a canal." 



' (No. 95. District of Mariut* 

 May 7 and 8, 1923.) Wheat spikes 

 from barley fields. The two smaller 

 spikes do not look like the Hindi of 

 the delta when growing. The Ro- 

 mans must have grown some wheat 

 in Mariut. There is none now. 

 There are other wheat spikes in 

 some of the barley samples." 



57661 to 57664. Triticum turgidum L. 

 Poulard wheat. 



57661. " (No. 67. Shousha, district of 

 Minieh. May 5, 1923.) Spikes 

 from a field of the Beladi type irri- 

 gated from a canal." 



57662. "(No. 69. Minieh. May 4, 

 1923.) Spikes selected from a field 

 of Beladi. Field irrigated from a 

 canal." 



57663. "(No. 73. Minieh. May 4, 

 1923.) Sample obtained at a thresh- 

 ing ground. Grown under a canal." 



57664. "(No. 75. Shousha, near 

 Minieh. May 5, 1923.) Wheat 

 from the same threshing ground as 

 the barley under No. 74 [S. P. I. 

 No. 57629]. Also basin grown." 



