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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



63651 to 63661 — Continued. 



Madame MesU. A very vigorous giant 

 variety with enormous brilliant vermilion 

 red fruits with pink flesh ; a good com- 

 mercial variety of large yield. Season 

 medium. (Catalogue of Millet & Fils.) 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 56155. 



63656. Fragaeia sp. 



Madame Moutot. A giant variety with 

 enormous spherical red fruits ; flesh light 

 salmon. Quality excellent. (Catalogue 

 of Millet d Fils.) 



63657. Fragaria sp. 



Marguerite Chabert. Fruit conical, 

 very large, dark red; flesh pink. (Cata- 

 logue of Rivoire Pere & Fils.) 



63658. Fragaria sp. 



Marguerite Lebreton. A very early va- 

 riety with abundant elongated fruits. 

 One of the best forcing varieties. (Cata- 

 logue of Millet & Fils.) 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 56157. 



63659. Fragaria sp. 



The 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 stands shipping well. 

 It bears from June until frost. (Edmond 

 Versin, Orleans, France.) 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 62521. 



63660. Fragaria sp. 



White Pineapple. Fruits white, very 

 large. (Catalogue of Millet & Fils.) 



63661. Fragaria sp. 

 Zoulon. 



63662. Saxifraga purpuras cens Hook, 

 f. and Thorns. Saxifragaceae. 



From Darjiling, India. Seeds presented by 

 G. H. Cave, curator, Lloyd Botanic 

 Garden. Received August 2, 1922. 

 Numbered April, 1925. 



This beautiful species comes from the 

 temperate regions of the Sikkim Himalaya, 

 where it was discovered growing in wet 

 places at an altitude of from 10,000 to 

 14,000 feet. Though closely allied to the 

 Himalayan Saxifraga ligulata and the 

 Siberian 8. crassifolia, it is quite different 

 from, and far more beautiful than, either 

 of those species. Nothing indeed can ex- 

 ceed the bright glossy green of the leaves, 

 which are elegantly margined with red, or 

 the deep, bright, vinous red-purple of its 

 scape and inflorescence. (Curtis's Botan- 

 ical Magazine, pi. 5066.) 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. No. 

 39074. 



63663 to 63667. 



From Vineland Station, Ontario, Canada. 

 Plants presented by F. E. Palmer, direc- 

 tor, Horticultural Experiment Station. 

 Received April 13, 1925. Notes from The 

 Canadian Horticulturist, vol. 47, no. 4, 

 unless otherwise stated. 



63663 to 63667— Continued. 



63663. Fragaria sp. Rosaceae. 



Strawberry. 



Valonia. A cross between Dunlap and 

 Early Ozark. It is a vigorous grower, 

 with perfect flowers, and is productive. 

 In season it is two or three days earlier 

 than Dunlap. The fruits are of medium 

 size, bright red, moderately firm, and 

 fair to good in quality. 



63664. Fragaria sp. Rosaceae. 



Strawberry. 



Vanguard. A cross between Pocomoke 

 and Early Ozark. The plants are vigor- 

 ous, healthy, and productive, with per- 

 fect flowers. The ripening season is 

 about a week before Dunlap. The fruits 

 are of medium size, round-conic, regular 

 in shape, bright red, firm, and of good 

 quality, being sweeter than most early 

 varieties. 



Fragaria sp. Rosaceae. 



Strawberry 



Vantage. A cross between Williams 

 and Early Ozark. Described (Report 

 of the Vineland Station to the Ontario 

 Department of Agriculture for 1919) 

 as a vigorous grower, with early-matur- 

 ing bright-pink fruits which retain their 

 color in storage. Quality fair. 



63666. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. Raspberry. 



Viking. A red raspberry (No. 14038), 

 the result of a cross between Cuthbert 

 and Marlboro. It is intermediate in 

 character between the two parents. It 

 is very vigorous, the canes being both 

 stouter and taller than Cuthbert. There 

 is very little tendency to droop over and 

 hide the fruits, as does the Cuthbert, 

 picking thus being an easier operation. 

 The canes are almost entirely free of 

 spines. In hardiness, from present ob- 

 servation, it is about the same as Cuth- 

 bert, or a little better. The fruit is as 

 large as or larger than Cuthbert, firm, 

 and should be good for shipping. In 

 color the fruit more or less resembles 

 Marlboro, being lighter than Cuthbert. 



63667. Fragaria sp. Rosaceae. 



Strawberry. 



No. 19322. This variety has not been 

 sufficiently tested to decide definitely as 

 to its value, but it looks promising as 

 an early berry for local markets. It is 

 vigorous, productive, and a good plant 

 maker. The fruit is of good quality 

 and appearance, though possibly lacking 

 in firmness for distant shipping. 



63668 and 63669. 



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 From Algeria. Seeds collected by David 

 Fairchild, agricultural explorer, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Received April, 1925. 

 Notes by Doctor Fairchild. 



63668. Casuarina sp. Casuarinaceae. 



Near Maison Carree, March 13, 1925. 

 Related to Casuarina suberosa, but dis- 

 tinct in having shorter cones. This at- 

 tractive spreading tree was growing in 

 the grounds of a famous French botanist 

 who was the first president of the 

 Societe Botanique de France. 



63669. Trifolidm alexandrinum L. Fa- 

 baceae. Berseem. 



From Boufarik. Doctor Trabut has 

 made a real success of the berseem even 

 though it has been subjected to tem- 

 peratures much below freezing. This seed 



