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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



63431 to 63476. 



63431 to 63476— Continued. 



From China. Collected by 1'. II. Dorsett, 

 agricultural explorer. Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received March. 192.". Notes 

 by Mr. Dorsett. 



From the orchard area along the northern | 

 foothills near Huailai, about 1.800 feet 

 above sea level. 



63431 to 63433. AMTGDALUS PBBSICA L. 

 {Prunua persica Stokes). Amygdala- 

 ceae. Peach. 



63431. No. 19S6. Tunghoshankou. near ' 

 Huailai. February 3, 1925. Rang 



Tee Too (jar peach). Scions of a 

 small, red peach. 1 to 2 inches in J 

 diameter. Ripens during August, be- 

 coming creamy "white with a pink 

 blush." 



63432. No. 2027. Tsanfengying, near 

 Huailai. February 5. 1925. Scions 

 of the Lo YieJi Pai Too I white-leaved 

 peach). The fruits are 2 to 3 inches 

 in diameter, becoming white when 

 ripe, which is during August. 



63433. No. 202S. Tsanfengying. near 

 Huailai. February 5. 1925. Scions 

 of the Fin Too (silver peach). The 

 fruits are white with a pink blush. 

 3 to 4 inches in diameter, and ripen 

 early in September. 



63434. Avena nuda Hoejer. Poaceae. 



Naked oats. 



No. 1949 Huailai. February 2. 1925. 

 Known here as " oil wheat.'" Huailai is 

 located in a broad valley, along the 

 northern foothills, at an altitude of about 

 1.600 feet, which appears to be very 

 well watered, 



63435. Caxxabis sativa L. Moraceae. 



Hemp. 



No. 1957. Huailai. February 2. 1925. 

 Seeds. 



. Fagopyrum vulgaee Hill (F. es- 

 culentum Moench. ). Polygonaceae. 



Buckwheat. 



No. 1955. Huailai. February 2. 1925. 

 Seeds. 



63437. Holcus sorghum L. (Sorghum 

 vulgare Pers.). Poaceae. Sorghum. 



No. 1953. Huailai. February 2, 1925. 

 Seeds of a red sorghum. 



63438 to 63448. Males spp. Malaceae. 



Apple, 



63438. Malus sp. 



No. 1969. Shihtungtzu. near Huai- 

 lai. February 3. 1925. Scions of an 

 apple about * 2 inches in diameter, 

 which ripens in early September, be- 

 coming green and red. 



63439. Malus sp. 



No. 1970. Shihtungtzu, near Huai- 

 lai. February 3, 1925. Scions of a 

 good-sized, red winter apple reported 

 by the Chinese to be very good, but 

 we found it soft and sweet and of 

 only fair quality. 



63440. Malus sp. 



No. 1971. Shihtungtzu. near Huai- 

 lai. February 3. 1925. Scions of a 

 winter apple, greenish with a red 

 blush which sometimes extends over 

 the fruit sufficiently to justify calling 

 it red. 



63441. Malus sp. 



No. 1991. Tunghoshankou. near 

 Huailai. February 3. 1925. Scions of 

 an apple. 3 to 4 inches in diameter. 

 which varies from pink to bright red 

 and ripens in early September. 



63442. Malus sp. 



No. 1993. Tunghoshankou. near 

 Huailai. February 3, 1925. Scions of 

 a fragrant apple, 2% to 3 inches in 

 diameter, which ripens during August, 

 becoming green and red. 



63443. Malus sp. 



No. 1996. Tunghoshankou. near Huai- 

 lai. February 3. 1925. Scions of 

 what the Chinese call ,S7/<7 Kuo Li 

 (crab-apple pear). The fruits. 1 to 2 

 inches in diameter, are similar to a 

 pear when ripe, being light yellow 

 with a pink blush. They ripen early 

 in September. 



63444. Malus sp. 



No. 1997. Tunghoshankou, near 

 Huailai. February 3, 1925. Scions of 

 an apple about 2 inches in diameter 

 which ripens during September, being 

 covered with large green and red 

 spots. The flesh is acid in flavor. 



63445. Malus sp. 



No. 1999. Tunghoshankou. near 

 Huailai. February 3. 1925. Scions of 

 a fragrant white apple. 2 to 3 inches 

 in diameter, which ripens in August. 



63446. Malus sp. 



No. 200S. Tung Hua Ssu temple, 

 near Huailai. February 4. 1925. 

 Scions of Ping Kuo Tao (peach apple;. 

 The fruits. 3 to 4 inches in diameter, 

 have the shape of an apple but the 

 flavor of a peach. They ripen in Sep- 

 tember. 



63447. Malus sp. 



No. 2022. Tsanfengyung. near Huai- 

 lai. February 5. 1925. Scions of the 

 Pa L-eng Hal Tana (Polygon crab ap- 

 ple). The red fruits, 1 to 1% inches in 

 diameter, ripen in September. 



63448. Malus sp. 



No. 2029. Tsanfengyung. near Huai- 

 lai. February 5. 1925. Scions of an 

 apple, white with a pink blush, which 

 ripens in September. 



63449. Nicotiaxa tabacum L. Solana- 

 ceae. Tobacco. 



No. 1975. February 3. 1925. Seeds of 

 a large-leaved Chinese tobacco growing 

 on the northern side of the White River, 

 west of Huailai. 



63450. Phaseolus axgularis (Willd.) 

 TV. F. Wight. Fabaceae. Adsuki bean. 



No. 1950. Huailai. February 2. 1925. 

 Seeds of a small white bean. 



63451. Phaseolus aureus Roxb. Faba- 

 ceae. Mung bean. 



No. 1946. Huailai. February 2, 1925. 

 Seeds of a green bean. 



63452 and 63453. Phaseolus vulgaris L. 

 Fabaceae. Common bean. 



63452. No. 1951. Huailai. February 

 2. 1925. Seeds of a yellow garden 



bean. 



