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59770 to 59774— Continued. 



59772 and 59773. Hordeum vulgare pallidum 

 Seringe. Poacese. Six-rowed barley. 



Collected for cereal-breeding experiments. 



59774. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 



Collected for testing as forage. 



59775. Landolphia senegalensis 

 Kotschy and Peyr. Apocynaceae. 



From Jamaica, British West Indies. Cuttings 

 presented bv F. E. Betheuser. Received May 

 23, 1924. 

 A woody climber from the forests of Senegal, 



French West Africa, introduced for testing by 



rubber specialists. 



59776. Triticum aestivum L. (T. vul- 

 gare Vill.). Poaceae. 



Common wheat. 



From South America. Seeds collected by Fred 

 D. Richey, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, and 

 Prof. R. A. Emerson, of Cornell University. 

 Received May 20, 1924. 



Collected for cereal-bre eding experiments. 

 59777 to 59840. 



From Seine, France. Plants purchased from 

 Millet & Fils, Bourg-la-Reine. Received April 

 18, 1924. 



Introduced for strawberry breeders. 



59777 to 59829. Fragaria spp. Rosacea?. 



Strawberry. 



59777. Abondance. Fruit large, intense red; 

 flesh red, juicy, fragrant. A vigorous, very 

 early variety. ( Rivoire Pere & Fils catalogue.) 



59778. Africa. Fruit large, dark red. (Millet & 

 Fils catalogue.) 



59779. Alphonse XIII. Vigorous, drought re- 

 sistant, and productive. Fruits large to 

 very large, uniformly heart-shaped, scarlet; 

 flesh firm, pink, juicy, of excellent flavor. 

 Recommended for cultivation on a large scale. 

 (Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. catalogue.) 



59780. Ananas de Guemene. Seedling of a 

 Chilean strawberry; a magnificient berry, 

 rosv white, juicy, perfumed, late. (J. M. 

 Merrick, jr., The Strawberry, 1870, p. 68.) 



59781. Avant-Toutes. The earliest variety 

 known to us; of unknown origin. Fruit 

 small, dark red, and acid. (Millet & Fils 

 catalogue.) 



59782. Aviateur Guynemer. A noneverbearing 

 variety with aromatic sugary flesh. Quality 

 very good. (La Pomologie FranQaise, p. 

 164, 1924.) 



59783. Barnes's Large White. Plant moder- 

 ately vigorous, thickset; fruits round or 

 conical, blunt, white tinged with pink; flesh 

 white, juicy, sugary, with musky flavor. 

 Very productive. (Robinson, Vegetable Gar- 

 den, p. 681.) 



59784. Belle Bordelaise. A thickset, compact 

 plant with rather long, often conical, fruits 

 which ripen about the middle of June. 

 (Robinson, Vegetable Garden, p. 677.) 



59785. Belle de Cours. A vigorous, late- 

 ripening variety; fruits numerous, dark red; 

 flesh rosy white, firm, and sweet. (Robin- 

 son, Vegetable Garden, p. 681.) 



69786. Black Hautbois. A seedling of the 

 conical Hautbois, raised in 1815. Fruit 

 conical, dark dingy purple; seeds little 

 sunken; flesh buttery and high flavored. 

 ■A great bearer, early. (J. M. Merrick, jr., 

 The Strawberry, 1870, p. 67-68.) 



59777 to 59840— Continued. 



59787. Centenaire. Fruits very large, oblong, 

 blunt, well colored, of good quality. Plant 

 vigorous, thriving without special care. 

 (Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. catalogue.) 



59788. Ceres. Fruit large, or very large, elon- 

 gated conical, truncated; color deep red; 

 flesh red, firm, sugary, and juicy. Plant 

 vigorous and productive. A seedling of 

 Haquin, which it surpasses. (J. M. Merrick, 

 jr., The Strawberry, 1870, p. 72.) 



59789. Chatelaine de Grentheville. Related to 

 Louis Gauthier; almost as large and whiter. 

 Flesh very sweet, fragrant. (Millet & Fils 

 catalogue.) 



59790. Commandant Marchand. Fruit elon- 

 gated, with pinkish white, sweet flesh. 

 (Millet & Fils catalogue.) 



59791. Delicatesse. A very early variety with 

 fruit of excellent quality. (Millet & Fils 

 catalogue.) 



59792. Docieur Mor'eri. A very vigorous 

 variety with very large, broad fruits which 

 are deep red when ripe, with pink, sugary 

 flesh resembling that of the Chilean straw- 

 berry in flavor. (Robinson, Vegetable Gar den T 

 p. 68S.) 



59793. Due de Malakoff. Berries enormous, 

 sometimes weighing l l i ounces; variable, 

 cockscombed, dull red; seeds prominent; 

 flesh very juicy, and with a sort of mulberry 

 flavor. Vigorous, moderately productive, 

 and as hardy as any foreign kind. Said to be 

 a cross of a Chilean variety and the British 

 Queen. (J. M. Merrick, jr., The Strawberry, 

 1870, p. 78.) 



59794. Edouard Lefort. A distinct, very early 

 variety, very productive. Fruit large, shaped 

 like the Hautbois strawberry, scarlet; flesh 

 red, sweet, and juicy. (Vilmorin-Andrieux 

 & Co. catalogue.) 



59795. Eleanor e. A late variety; fruit oblong, 

 very dark red; flesh pale scarlet, not very 

 juicy, but sugary and fragrant. (Robinson, 



Vegetable Garden, p. 698.) 



59796. France- Russie. Fruit large, similar to 

 that of Sharpless. (Millet & Fits catalogue.) 



59797. General Chanzy. Very vigorous; fruit 

 usually very large and long, very dark red; 

 flesh blood red, juicy, sugary. (Robinson, 



Vegetable Garden, p. 685.) 



59798. General de Castelnau. An everbearing, 

 very productive variety. Fruit larger than 

 that of La Perle, dark red, very juicy, sweet, 

 and firm. (Grandes Roseraies du Val de Loire 

 catalogue.) 



59799. Gloire du Mans. Fruit very large, elon- 

 gated, humpbacked. (Millet & Fils cata- 

 logue.) 



59800. Helvetia. Fruit long; flesh white and 

 melting, of good quality. (Millet & Fils cata- 

 logue.) 



59801. Jarles. Fruit very large, of good qual- 

 ity. An improved Docteur Morere. (Baetet 

 Freres, 1919-20 catalogue.) 



59802. Jeanne a'Arc. An everbearing variety 

 resembling St. Joseph, but more vigorous and 

 with larger fruits. (Robinson, Vegetable Gar- 

 den^. 702.) 



59803. Jubile. Fruit large; flesh firm, sweet. 

 A vigorous early variety. (Rivoire Pere & 

 Fils catalogue.) 



59804. L' Aurore. Very early, with large round 

 pink fruits of good quality. (Millet & Fils 

 catalogue.) 



