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18689 to 18691. Chenopodium quinoa. Quinoa. 



From La Paz, Bolivia. Received through Senor M. V. Ballovian, Ministerio de 

 Colonias y Agricultura, June 14, 1906. 



18689, Common. 18691. Kanagua. 



18690. Royal. 

 (See.Nos. 18536 and 18537.) 



18692. Trifolium repens. White clover. 



From Lodi, Italy. Received through Prof. Carlo Besaua, June 16, 1906. Intro- 

 duced by Mr. Edgar Brown, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. 



Lodino. 



18693 to 18698. Phoenix dactylifera. Date. 



From M'Zab, in the Algerian Sahara. Received through Mr. Yahia ben Kassem, 

 June 16, 1906. 



According to Mr. Yahia ben Kassem this lot includes the varieties Tazzizaoute and 

 Bent Kbala. Upon examination of the offshoots, however, Mr. Swingle found a 

 label, written in Arabic, upon each of the plants, which he succeeded in deciphering 

 as Timjoohert, which is described in his letter as follows: 



Timjoohert. A soft date from the M'Zab region of the Algerian Sahara; fruit of a 

 rich, red-brown color when ripe, 1J to If inches long, three-fourths to seven-eighths 

 inch wide; flesh without fiber, very sweet, and of exceedingly good flavor, considered 

 by some to be superior to the Deglet noor. It is a sticky date and its sirupy juice 

 exudes from the ripening fruit in such abundance as to drip from the tree. It will 

 require a process of curing to get rid of this sirup, but this variety is of such good 

 quality that it may, nevertheless, prove profitable in commercial culture, especially 

 in regions where the Deglet noor can not mature. It may furnish a good second-class 

 date which can be sold in competition with the selected Oriental dates which now 

 reach our markets from Busra and Muscat. 



18699 and 18700. / 



From Darmstadt, Germany. Received through A. Le Coq & Co., June 16, 1906. 



18699. Melilotus alba. Sweet clover. 

 Bokhara. 



18700. Vicia villosa. Hairy vetch. 



18701 to 18703. 



From Reading, England. Received through Sutton & Sons, June 15, 1906. 



18701. Ceambe maeitima. Sea kale. 



18702. Cynaba scolymus. Artichoke. 

 Purple Globe. 



18703. Cynaea scolymus. Artichoke. 

 Selected Large Green. 



18704. Chrysophyllum sp. 



From Piracicaba, Brazil. Presented by Dr. J. W. Hart, director of the Agricul- 

 tural College. Received June 7, 1906. 



18705. Panicum laevifolitjm. 



From Pretoria, Transvaal. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, of the Transvaal 

 Department of Agriculture. Received June 18, 1906. 



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