SEPTEMBER, 1900, TO DECEMBER, 1903. 147 



7508. Cucurbita sp. Pumpkin. 



From City of Mexico, Mexico. Received through Mr. Elmer Stearns, Los 

 Angeles, CaL, September 10, 1901. 



Spargel Kurbis. 



7509. Cereus sp. (?) Pitahaya. 



From Tampica and Guadalajara, Mexico. Received through Mr. Elmer Stearns, 

 Los Angeles, Cal., September 10, 1901. 



"Fruit pink, large, sweet, and fine eating." (See Cont. U. S. Herb., Vol. V, 

 No. 4, pp. 220-221.) 



7510. Carica papaya. Papaw. 



From Tampico, Mexico. Received through Mr. Elmer Stearns, Los Angeles, 

 CaL, September 10, 1901. 



' ' Fruit very large. ' ' (Stearns. ) 



7511. Cucumis sativus (?). Cucumber. 



From City of Mexico, Mexico. Received through Mr. Elmer Stearns, Los 

 Angeles, Cal., September 10, 1901. 



"Fruit of fine flavor, round, the size of a large apple. Bears large crop." 

 (Stearns.) 



7512 to 7515. Triticum vulgare. Wheat. 



From Proskurow, Russia. Received through Dr. S. Mrozinski, September 9, 

 1901. 



Samples of wheat as follows: 



7512. 



Sandomirka. ' 'A beardless wheat grown in Podolia. It is very resistant to 

 frost, heat, and drought. This wheat was first grown in the vicinity of Sando- 

 mir, in Poland." (Mrozinski.) 



7513. 



Plock. "A variety of wheat introduced into Podolia from Plock, Poland. 

 It is especially noted for its resistance to the effect of rain storms. ' ' ( Mrozinski. ) 



7514. 



Triumph of Podolia. "An improved local species, very productive and 

 resistant to all climatic changes." (Mrozinski.) 



7515. 



Banat. ' ' Selected from the original Hungarian Banat. It is noted for not 

 degenerating as easily as the original." (Mrozinski.) 



7516 and 7517. Amygdalus communis. Almond. 



From Malaga, Spain. Received through Mr. D. G. Fairchild (No. 769), Septem- 

 ber 13, 1901. 



Jordan. "Bought in the shell from a grower in the Sierra, at a small village called 

 Almogia, one hour's mule ride from the well-known road of Antiquera. This is a 

 collection as it came from the trees, small and large together, and is for purposes of 

 seed selection. It is highly probable that new varieties (seedlings) can be secured 

 from these seeds, and they should be distributed to breeders of Prunus. Almost all 

 the trees about Malaga, where this particular variety is grown and from which place 

 almonds are shipped in large quantities to America, are budded trees. The stock is the 

 bitter almond, seeds of which (No. 7517) are included in the same box with the 

 Jordans. I am told, however, that seedling plants are employed and that they bear 

 fruit reasonably true to type. The soil on which these trees are grown is very rocky 



