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excellent flavor and quality. At Chico, California, it ripens from late July to 
early August. (Chico, Calif.) 
43141. AMYGDALUS PERSICA NECTARINA. Gold Mine Nectarine. From New Zealand. Plants 
_ presented by H. R. Wright. A prolific variety bearing fruits which average <3} inches 
in length, with red and yellow skin, and creamy white flesh of excellent flavor and 
high quality. The light-red pit is of medium size. At Chico, California, this 
nectarine ripens in late July and early August, and in central New Jersey at the 
same time as the Elberta peach. (Chico, Calif.) 
74011. AMYGDALUS PERSICA NECTARINA. Pineapple Nectarine. From Topfield, Mass. 
Presented by James Marlboro. An English variety, grown there as a greenhouse nec 
tarine. The bright-red fruits are of good size, with yellow rather acid flesh of 
good flavor. It ships well. Ripens at Chico, Calif., early in July. (Chico, Calif.) 
43142. AMYGDALUS PERSICA NECTARINA. Lippiatt's Late Orange Nectarine. From New 
Zealand. Plants presented by H. R. Wright. The fruits of this freestone variety 
are about 2 inches in diameter, with deep—orange skin mottled with red; the flesh 
is firm, juicy, sweet, and of good texture with an excellent flavor. It should be 
a good shipper. At Chico, California, it ripens in late July or early August. (Chi- 
co, Calif.) : 
43144. AMYGDALUS PERSICA NECTARINA. New Boy Nectarine. From New Zealand. Presented 
by H. R. Wright. A freestone nectarine of medium size, with green skin mottled with 
red; the flesh is red near the pit, and of fair quality. At the Plant Introduction 
Garden, Chico, California, this has proved to be a productive variety, ripening in 
late July or eariy August. (Chico, Calif.) 
43146. AMYGDALUS PERSICA NECTARINA. Surecrop Nectarine. From New Zealand. Pre- 
sented by H. R. Wright. Fruits round, about 22 inches in diameter; skin tender, 
light greenish yellow, overlaid largely with dark red; flesh white, sweet, moderately 
juicy, subacid, slightly stained at pit. A productive variety, ripening at Chico, 
California, in late July or early August. (Chico, Calif.) 
68178. AMYGDALUS PERSICA NECTARINA. Nectarine. A variety of unknown origin, grown 
at Chico. Fruit very large, spherical, about 23} inches in diameter; stem heavy; 
skin almost uniformly yellow-green sometimes overlain with more or less red; flesh 
medium firm, greenish white, moderately juicy, mildly subacid, of good rich flavor 
and of excellent quality; pit of medium size, slightly staining flesh. Fruit ripens 
at Chico the latter part of August. (Chico, Calif.) 
81671. ANIGOZANTHOS MANGLESIT. Amaryllidaceae. From Perth, Western Australia. 
Seeds presented by Miss Helen Ogden. An amaryllidaceous plant native to the Swan 
River country of southwestern Australia. It bears scorpioid racemes, nearly a foot 
long, on stout, woolly, bright red stems. The lustrous green, tomentose flowers, 
3 inches long, are tubular in bud but split nearly to the base on opening, with the 
tips recurved, and bear the yellow stamens on the curve. For trial in the southern 
United States. (Chico, Calif.) 
77543. ARTHROPODIUM CIRRHATUM. Liliaceae. From Nelson, New Zealand. Presented by 
A. Wilkinson, New Zealand Alpine and Rock Garden Society. An herbaceous perennial 
