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13085. Xanthosoma sagittifolium. Yautia. 



From Mayaguez, P. R. Received thru Mr. O. W. Barrett, of the AgricuUural 

 Experiment Station, February 27, 1905. 



Rolliza. Tubers of the native Porto Rican Yautia "No. 1," from selected plants 

 showing no sign of any fungous disease and growing in new soil. (For description, 

 see No. 15417.) 



13086. CoLOCASiA sp. Taro. 



From Mayaguez, P. R. Received thru Mr. O. W. Barrett, of the Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, February 27, 1905. 



Tubers of the Dasheen Colocasia from Trinidad, British West Indies. (For descrip- 

 tion, see No. 15395. ) 



13087. Pyrus malus. Apple. 



From Amassia, Asia Minor. Presented by Mr. H. Caramanian. Received 

 March 11, 1905. 



Misket. "We found it to be a sweet apple of very firm texture and of rather ordi- 

 nary quality. We do not consider it equal in quality to such varieties as Lady Siveet, 

 Winter Paradise, Victoria, Green Sweet, or Tolman. It may have value for warm 

 climates, however, and on this account I think it would be well to place scions of it 

 for fruiting as quickly as possible by top-working on bearing trees at some represent- 

 ative southern points." [W. A. Taylor.) 



13088. Allium cepa. Onion. 



From Santa Clara, Cal. Received thru C. C. Morse & Co., March 15, 1905. 

 Grown from S. P. I. No. 9318. 



13089. Rheum officinale. Rhubarb. 



From Paris, France. Received thru Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., March 15, 1905. 



13090. AVENA SATIVA. Oat. 



From Lincoln, Nebr. Received thru Prof. T. L. Lyon, Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, March 10, 1905. 



Kherson. 



13091. AvENA SATIVA. Oat. 



From Brandon, Wis. Received thru Mr. F. E. Jones, March 16, 1905. 



Swedish Select. Grown from S. P. I. No. 2788. In the spring of 1899 Mr. David 

 Jones, Brandon, Wis., planted an ounce of No. 2788. Thirty-two seeds grew, and 

 from this little plot he and his neighbors raised 200,000 bushels of oats in 1904. 



13092. Agropyron tenerum. Slender wheat-grass. 



From Brandon, Manitoba. Received thru A. E. McKenzie & Co., INIarch 16, 

 1905. 



13093. Rheum palmatum tanghuiticum. Rhubarb. 



From Paris, France. Received thru Messrs. Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., March 

 17, 1905. 



13094. GosSYPiUM hirsutum. Cotton. 



From Guatemala. Received thru Mr. O. F. Cook, March 17, 1905. 

 Rahinal. "Cultivated bv the Quiche Indians of Rabinal and other neighboring 

 places of the dry plateau Vegion of central Guatemala. A variety of the Upland 

 type, grown as an annual crop, tho really a perennial. The stalks are cut back to 



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