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65975. AMYGDALUS PERSICA NECTARINA. Nectarine. From Saonara, Padova, Italy.
Plants purchased from Fratelli Sgaravatti. Fruits said to be very large, yellow,
mottled with purple, pink on the exposed side, with white, fine, juicy, sweet, 
aromatic 
flesh and a small pit. Ripens in August, in Italy, (Chico, Calif.)

65976. AMYGDALUS PERSICA NECTARINA. Nectarine. From Saonara, Padova, Italy.
Plants purchased from Fratelli Sgaravatti, Fruits said to be medium sized, waxy
white, sometimes pink, with greenish white, sweet, and especially aromatic flesh.
Ripens in September in Italy. (Chico, Calif.)

65977. AMYGDALUS PERSICA NECTARINA. Nectarine. From Saonara, Padova, Italy.
Plants purchased from Fratelli Sgaravatti. Fruits said to be medium-sized, yellow,
with firm, yellow, aromatic flesh, with an apricot-like flavor. Ripens in June, in
Italy. (Chico, Calif.)

55978. AMYGDALUS PERSICA NECTARINA. Nectarine. From Saonara, Padova, Italy.
Plants purchased from Fratelli Sgaravatti. Fruits said to be large, violet-carmine,
with white, sugary, acidulous flesh. Ripens in July in Italy. (Chico, Calif.)

65979. AMYGDALUS PERSICA NECTARINA. Nectarine. From Saonara, Padova. Italy.
Plants purchased from Fratelli Sgaravatti. Fruits said to be medium-sized, with
smooth, shining reddish violet skin, and blood red, juicy aromatic flesh, whitish
near pit. (Chico, Calif.)

61302. AMYGDALUS PERSICA X PERSICA NECTARINA. Hybrid Peach. A hybrid variety produced 
by J . E. Morrow by crossing the Bolivian Cling peach (No. 36126) and the Quetta
nectarine (No. 34684). Fruits nearly spherical, about 2 inches in diameter; skin
light greenish yellow, overlaid with red at stem end and side, flesh white, juicy,
firm, with pleasing peach flavor, clingstone; pit comparatively large, A good
fruit for home use. (Chico, Calif.)

70777. ARECA TRIANDRA. From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Collected by David Fairchild,
Agricultural Explorer, A spineless slender-stemmed graceful palm which becomes
about 25 feet tall. The pinnate leaves are 4 to 5 feet long, and the orange-scarlet
fruits are about the size of olives.  For trial in southern Florida. (Bell, Md.)

66262. ARISTEA ECKLONI. Iridaceae. From Ceylon, Collected by David Fairchild and
P. H. Dorsett, Agricultural Explorers. An iris-like plant from South Africa which
has become naturalized in the high altitudes of Ceylon. It is about 1½ feet high
and is very attractive with its numerous clusters of brilliant blue flowers. For
trial in the Gulf States and California. (Chapman Field, Fla.)

60984. ATTALEA COHUNE, From Summit, Canal Zone, Presented by Holger Johansen,
Agronomist, Plant Introduction Garden. The Cohune is a magnificent 
feather-leaved
palm, native to the West Indies and Central America, which reaches a height of 40
feet, with leaves about 20 feet long, produced abundantly at the top of the trunk.
The yellowish flowers are borne very freely, and the ovoid fruit, 2 to 3 inches long,
contains the seed or nut which yields an oil of considerable value. This oil is of
high quality and finds a ready sale for cooking purposes, and is suitable for any
use to which a good cooking oil may be applied. For trial in southern Florida.
(Chapman Field, Fla.)
        