DECEMBER, 1903, TO DECEMBER, 1905. 



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12453 to 12547. Oryza sativa. 



Rice. 



"Samples of rice received in answer to requests made of the various persons fur- 

 nishing same, for testing in connection with the efforts now being made for the pur- 

 pose of finding a variety resistant to the disease known as rotten-neck, threatening 

 the rice-growing industry in the Carolinas." {Fairchild.) 



12463 to 12463. 



From Paris, France. 

 July 29, 1904. 



Presented bv Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. 



Rice. 

 Received 



Samples of unhuUed rice as foUow^s: 



12453. 



12454. 



12455. 



12456. 



12457. 



12458. 



Piemontese rice, Novarese. One of the most valued for its yield 

 and its quality. It is, how^ever, grown in Lombardy on 

 soil only which has carried a rice crop the previous season, 

 as on fresh land it easily takes the disease called "brusone." 



Piemontese rice, Bertone. Usually grown on fresh land, is 

 resistant to the "brusone," and the hulled rice is inferior 

 to the Novarese. 



Piemontese rice, Javanese. Thrives on all kinds of land. It is 

 pretty resistant to "brusone," but is very late, lacks quality 

 and sheds its seeds too easily when being cut. 



Piemontese rice, nostrano. Takes too easily the disease "bru- 

 sone," and is consequently little grown in Lombardy. It 

 is somewhat used in the perpetual rice iields of the Po Val- 

 ley, where it seems to be more resistant. 



Piemontese rice, leoncino. Very productive Japanese rice, of 

 good quality, with a golden spike. Recommended for wet, 

 compact, rich land. 



12461. 



Egyptian rice, ya- 

 mani. 



Piemontese rice, 

 francone. 



Egyptianrice,Jino. 12462 



Egyptian rice, sid- 12463 



tanie. 



12464 to 12478. 



From Colombo, Ceylon. Presented bv Dr. C. Driel^erg, superintendent of 

 School Gardens. Received. October 21 and 24, 1904. 



Kiirui<ivru paddv. White grain in black husk. From Kegaile 

 district. 



Superior variety for table use. From 



12459. 

 12460. 



12464. 

 12465. 



Dry Mountain rice. 



Dry rice from 

 Manchuria. 



Rice. 



12466. 

 12467. 

 12468. 

 12469. 

 12470. 

 12471. 



12472. 

 12473. 



12474. 



Muttummba paddy. 

 Kegaile district. 



Kaiurusamha paddy. From Kegaile district. 



Kirinaran paddy. From Bentota district. 



Suduve paddy. From Bentota district. 



Yal-tatu-hel paddy. From high elevation, Uva Province. 



Mud a-kiri-hel ])&.({&}■ . From high elevation, Uva Province. 



From Hauwella, 30 miles inland from 



From Mount Lavinia, 7 miles south 



Ceylon Carolina paddy. 

 Colombo. 



Ceylon Carolina jDaddy. 

 of Colombo. 



Kiiisui (Japanese) paddy. Grown in the Government Stock 

 Garden. 



Ingrese ice. From Elakake, 4 miles inland from Bentatte, 

 about halfway from Colombo to Galle. 



12475. Kuru-ri paddy. From Madampe, Northwestern Province. 



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