64 SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



17967. Bexixcasa cerifera. Wax-gourd. 



From Manila, P. I. Eeceived through Mr. W. S. Lyon, of the Bureau of Agri- 

 culture, March 5, 1906. 



" Native name Condol. Matures fruit in four months from seed. Grown in Philip- 

 pine Islands only upon trellises. When sliced and steeped over night in lime water 

 and then boiled in a sugar sirup until it candies, it makes a most delicious glace 

 fruit." {Lyon.) (See No. 2936, Inventory Xo. 7, for description of this plant.) 



17968 to 17972. Beta vulgaris. Sugar beet. 



From Lvons, N. Y. Eeceived through the Lvons Beet Sugar Companv, March 

 1906. 



Sugar-beet seed, as follows: 



17968. Original Kleinwanzleben. 



Grown by Kleinwanzleben Sugar Company, Kleinwanzleben, Germany. 



17969. Schreiber's Specialitaet. 



Grown by G. Schreiber & Sons, Xordhausen, Germany. 



17970. Elite Kleinwanzleben. 



Grown by Dippe Bros. , Quedlinberg, Germany. 



17971. Kleinwanzleben. 



Grown by F. Heine & Co. , Hadmersleben, Germany. 



17972. Kleinwanzleben. 



Grown by C. Braune & Co. , Bundorf , Germany. 



17973 and 17974. Beta vulgaris. Sugar beet. 



From Lehi, Utah. Received through the Utah Sugar Company, March, 1906. 



17973. Kleinwanzleben . 



Grown by the U T tah Sugar Company, Lehi, Utah. 



17974. Kleinwanzleben. 



Grown by the Fremont County Sugar Company, Sugar City, Idaho. 



17975. Beta vulgaris. Sugar beet. 



From Caro, Mich. Received through the Peninsula Sugar Refining Companv, 

 March 10, 1906. 



Kleinwanzleben. Grown by Otto Hoerning & Co., Eisleben, Germany. 



17976 to 17980. Beta vulgaris. Sugar beet. 



From Owosso, Mich. Received through theOwosso Sugar Companv, March 12, 

 1906. 



Sugar beet seed, as follows: 



17976. Kleinwanzleben. 



Grown by Henry Mette & Co., Quedlinberg, Germany. 



17977. Kleinwanzleben. 



Grown by Rabbethge & Giesecke, Kleinwanzleben, Germany. 



17978. Kleinwanzleben. 



Grown by "Wohanka & Co., Prague, Bohemia. 



1 7979. Kleinwanzleben. 



Grown by K. W. Kuhn & Co., Maarden, Holland. 



17980. Elite Klehiwanzleben. 



Grown by Otto Bruenstedt, Schladen-im-Harz, Germany. 

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