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71045. Soja max (L.) Piper (Glycine 

 hispida Maxim.). Fabaceae. 



Soy bean. 



From Manchuria. Seeds collected by P. H. 

 Dorsett, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received January 12, 1927. 



No. 8624. November 9, 1926. From the botan- 

 ical garden in Harbin. 



71046. Pinus koraiensis Sieb. and 

 Zucc. Pinaceae. Korean pine. 



From Nanking, China. Seeds purchased through 

 Prof. J. H. Reisner, College of Agriculture and 

 Forestry, University of Nanking. Received 

 January 4, 1927. 



A hardy pyramidal tree up to 30 meters high, 

 with gray-brown bark and straight, dark-green 

 needles, 6 to 12 centimeters long. Native to Chosen. 

 This pine grows slowly and is of dense habit. 



For previous introduction see No. 65875. 



71047 and 71048. 



From China. Seeds and scions collected by F. A. 

 McClure, agricultural explorer, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received January 14, 1927. 



71047. Citrus sp. Rutaceae. 



No. 946. Near Soamoo, Kiangsi Province. 

 December 5, 1926. Fa hung. Seeds of a smooth- 

 barked, thrifty tree, producing an abundance of 

 ornamental fruits, which is widely grown in this 

 region. It is propagated from seeds, and is said 

 to be used as stock for other varieties of citrus. 

 The seedy fruits are large, somewhat flattened, 

 with the apex depressed; the red-orange skin is 

 about a centimeter thick and rough; the acid 

 flesh is high in juice, but low in rag. The fruits 

 are used by the Chinese as table ornamentals. 



71048. Diospyros kaki L. f. Diospyraceae. 



Kaki. 



No. 944. Near Shawn, Kiangsi Province. 

 December 5, 1926. Tung tsz (winter persim- 

 mon) . Scions of a very large seedling tree, pro- 

 ducing an abundance of subcorneal, medium- 

 sized fruits which are very seedy, but of excellent 

 flavor when ripe. The fruits are ripened arti- 

 fically in this region by thrusting small sticks into 

 the fruits near the calyx. It requires from two 

 to four days to ripen the fruits this way. 



71049 and 71050. Allium cepa L. 

 Liliaceae. Onion. 



From Laredo, Tex. Seeds presented by Dan F. 

 Pue, President, T. M. Reid Teneriffe Onion 

 Seed Co., at the request of T. M. Reid, Puerto 

 Orotava, Teneriffe, Canary Islands. Received 

 January 11, 1927. 



Canary Island onion varieties. 



71049. Crystal wax onion. 



71050. Yellow Bermuda onion. 



71051 to 71122. 



From Leningrad, Russia. Seeds presented by 

 A. Kol, chief, bureau of introduction, Institute 

 of Applied Botany. Received January 4, 1927. 



Russian-grown seeds. 



71051 to 71057. Avena sativa L. Poaceae. Oats. 



71051. No. 25536. Variety aurea. "Khoro" 

 shavsky." From the Beriosotchonny Ex- 

 periment Station, Poltava Government- 

 Originally from the Detskoe Selo Plant- 

 Breeding Station. 



71052. No. 25537. Variety aurea. "Ryhlik." 

 From the Sabeshinsk Experiment Station. 



71053. No. 25538. Variety aurea. No. 4192. 

 From the Moscow Plant-Breeding Sta- 

 tion. Originally from the Detskoe Selo 

 Plant-Breeding Station. 



71051 to 71122— Continued. 



71054. No. 25548. Variety aurea. No. 4114. 

 ' From the Moscow Plant-Breeding Sta- 

 tion. Originally from the Detskoe Selo 

 Plant-Breeding Station. 



71055. No. 25566. Variety mutica. No. 18. 

 "Mironovsky." From the Mironovsk 

 Experiment Station, Kiev Government. 

 Originally from the Detskoe Selo Plant- 

 Breeding Station. 



71056. No. 25567. Variety mutica. "Shati- 

 lovsky Neulutchenny." From the Shati- 

 lov Experiment Station, Tula Govern- 

 ment. Originally from the Detskoe Selo 

 Plant-Breeding Station. 



71057. No. 25583. Variety aristata. "Vitias." 

 From the Vjatka Government. Origi- 

 nally from the Detskoe Selo Plant- 

 Breeding Station. 



71058 and 71059. Cannabis sativa L. Moraceae. 



Hemp. 



71058. No. 10232. Jakut District, Siberia. 



71059. No. 10233. 

 ment. 



From the Orel Govern- 



71060 to 71063. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. 

 Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



71060. No. 10207. "Azhinovsky." Vicinity 

 of Rostov, Don. 



71061. No. 10208. "Liubimetz Khutora Pi- 

 atigorska." From the Kharkof Govern- 

 ment. 



71062. No. 10210. "Kubansky Korolj." Ku- 

 ban region. 



71063. No. 10214. "Kormovoj." Ekateri- 

 noslav Exhibition, North Caucasian sec- 

 tion. 



71064 to 71066. Cucumis melo^L. 

 ceae. 



Cucurbita- 

 Melon. 



71064. No. 10215. 

 Government. 



71065. No. 10216. ' 

 kof Government 



'Kubovka." Stalingrad 

 Tzaritza Dynj." Khar- 



71066. No. 10219. "Kubanskava Kanta- 

 lupa." Kuban District. 



71067to71073. Cucurbita spp. Cucurbitaceae. 



71067 to 71069. Cucurbita maxima Duchesne. 



Squash. 



71067. No. 10221. "Volzhanka." Saratov 

 Government. 



71068. No. 10223. "Kit." Obtained by 

 the All-Russian Exhibition, Moscow, 

 during 1923. 



71069. No. 10224. "Stolovaja Tchal- 

 movaja. " Saratov Government. 



71070. Cucurbita moschata Duchesne. 



Cushaw. 



No. 10230. " Perekhvatka. " Astrakhan 

 Government. 



71071 to 71073. Cucurbita pepo L. 



Pumpkin. 



71071. No. 10226. "Medovaja," Saratov 

 Government. 



71072. No. 10227. " Golossemiannaja. " 

 Ekaterinoslav Government. 



71073. No. 10228. "Kabatchok gretche- 

 sky." Astrakhan Government. 



71074. Hemerocallis sp. Liliaceae. Day lily. 



No. 26257. A yellow lily. 



71075 and 71076. Hordeum vulgare nigrum 

 (Willd.) Beaven. Poaceae. 



Six-rowed barley. 



