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62513 to 62518— Continued. 



62516. No. 7. October 25, 1924. Tung 

 Yau Shue and Mule Yaw Shue. Seeds 

 collected from a large tree in the 

 Christian Missionary Alliance com- 

 pound across the river from Wuchow, 

 Kwangsi. This tree is said by the 

 Chinese to occasionally bear staminate 

 flowers. 



62517. No. 8. October 25, 1924. Tung 

 Yau Shue and Huk Yau Shue. Seeds 

 from a large and prolific tree in the 

 Baptist Mission compound at Wuchow, 

 Kwangsi. These trees differ from the 

 foregoing numbers of this species in 

 having the leaves more uniformly 

 three lobed and in greater prolificity of 

 fruits, which are borne in clusters of 

 8 to 11. 



62518. No. 9. October, 1924. Tung Yau 

 Shue and Muk Yau Shue. Seeds se- 

 cured through the Hongkong Botanic 

 Gardens from Shiuhing, in Kwangtung 

 Province. 



62519 to 62521. Fragaeia spp. Rosa- 

 ceae. Strawberry. 



From Orleans, France. Plants presented by 

 Edmond Versin, St. Jean le Blanc. Re- 

 ceived February 3, 1925. Notes by Mr. 

 Versin. 



62519. Fragaeia sp. 



Nomblot-bruneau. An early variety 

 with enormous sweet-flavored fruits. 



62520. Fbagaeia sp. 



Geante rouge. A new, large-yielding 

 variety, with very large rounded fruits ; 

 five or six fruits sometimes weigh a 

 pound. 



62521. Feagaeia sp. 



L' Indispensable. An everbearing, very 

 prolific variety, quite hardy ; the plant 

 does not disappear in winter. The fruits 

 are larger than those of Docteur Morere, 

 juicy, sweet, with firm red flesh of fine 

 quality, and stand shipping well. It 

 bears from 1 June until frost. 



62522. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. 



From Bedford, England. Plants purchased 

 from Laxton Bros. Received February 

 5, 1925. 



The Laxtonberry . A hybrid between the 

 raspberry and loganberry, but being rather 

 self-sterile should be planted near other 

 berries. (Laxton Bros, catalogue.) 



62523 to 62550. Oryza sativa L. Poa- 

 ceae. Rice. 



From Nishigahara, Tokyo, Japan. Seeds 

 presented by H. Ando, director, Imperial 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. Re- 

 ceived February 17, 1925. Notes by Mr. 

 Ando. 



These varieties have been grown at our 

 station and purebred through several years. 



62523 to 62535. Early-maturing varieties. 



62523. No. 1. Nigohan. 



62524. No. 2. Homura. 



62525. No. 3. Akage. 



62526. No. 4. Mesibu. 



62527. No. 5. Oba 

 62528. No. 6. Kamenoo. 



2252&— 27 :' 



62523 to 62550 — Continued, 



62529. No. 7. Turugi. 



62530. No. 8. Fujl-wase. 



62531. No. 9. Jydsyu. 



62532. No. 10. Sinagawa, 



62533. No. 11. Sinsyu. 



62534. No. 12. Sen'lti. 



62535. No. 13. Yamatodikara. 



62536 to 62547. Medium-maturing varie- 

 ties. 



62536. No. 14. Joho. 



62537. No. 15. Aikoku. 



62538. No. 16. Nakajima-boju. 



62539. No. 17. Kairyo-funkuyama. 



62540. No. 18. Omi. 



62541. No. 19. Isijiro. 



62542. No. 20. Kunitomi. 



62543. No. 21. Tamanisiki. 



62544. No. 22. Wasesinriki. 



62545. No. 23. Sekitori. 



62546. No. 24. Hozoroi. 



62547. No. 25. Araki. 



62548 to 62550. Late-maturing varieties. 



62548. No. 26. Takenari. 



62549. No. 27. Sugaippon. 



62550. No. 28. Siragihei. 

 62551 to 62557. 



From Ambato, Ecuador. Presented by Prof. 

 Augusto Martinez, through Wilson Pope- 

 noe, agricultural explorer, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received February 28, 

 1925. Notes by Doctor Popenoe. 



62551. Amydgdalus peesica L. (Prumis 

 persica Stokes). Amygdalaceae. Peach, 



No. 703. Scions. Peaches have been 

 grown for several centuries in the Ecua- 

 dorian highlands, particularly in the 

 region of Ambato. Since propagation 

 has been almost entirely by seed, there 

 are as many varieties as there are trees 

 in this region. The majority of them 

 produce fruit of inferior quality, judged 

 by our standard, but an occasional one 

 is really good. Professor Martinez has 

 searched for the best and has propagated 

 them by budding. A few trees of se- 

 lected varieties have thus been estab- 

 lished* at the Quinta Normal in Ambato. 



The one represented by this number 

 has been named Juan Leon Mera by Pro- 

 fessor Martinez, honoring the well-known 

 Ecuadorian poet and writer, in whose 

 garden in Ambato the variety originated. 

 This is a white freestone, of medium size 

 and excellent flavor. It is interesting to 

 us, principally because it may prove 

 adapted to subtropical climates. 



62552. Caeica pentagona Heilborn. Pa- 

 payaceae. 



No. 700. Plants. This will stand 

 several more degrees of frost than the 

 papaya, while its fruits, nearly a foot in 

 length, are excellent when stewed or pre- 

 served. This plant is fully described in 

 my bulletin, Economic Fruit-Bearing 

 Plants of Ecuador, Contributions from 

 the United States National Herbarium, 

 vol. 24, pt. 5, 1924. 



