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SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED 



33625 to 33636— Continued. 



33628. MoMORDiCA sp. (?) 



'\No. F.) Small green, 4 inclies long, somewhat pointed at each end. 

 Smooth. Pulp red." 



33629. CucuMis melo L. Muskmelon. 



"(No. J.) Oval, 8 to 10 inches long, with a fine^ open-surface reticulation; 

 clear yellow, no ribs. Flesh apricot color, very sweet, not much juice, no other 

 flavor. A fairly good melon." 



33630. CiTRULLUs VULGARIS Schrad. Watermelon. 

 "(No. K.) Small, not very good." 



83631. CiTRULLUs VULGARIS Sclin^d. Watermelon. 



" PaschimV 



33632. CucuMis melo L. Muskmelon. 

 "From Lahore. Good quality." 



33633. Feronia elephantum Correa. Wood-apple. 

 " (No. E.) Globose; size of a baseball.'^ 



See No. 25888 for description. 



33634. Momordica sp. (?) 



"(No. B.) Fruit yellow, small, pyriform, thickly tiiberculate, 2J inches 

 long." 



33635. Spoxdias pinnata (L.) Kurz. 

 {Spondias mangifera Willd.) 



"(No. G.) Green, subpyriform, 2 inches long, pulp thin, acid, odor of green 

 apples. Stone large, fibrous. Abundant in the market in September." 



33636. Spondias cytherea Sonnerat. We fruit. 

 {Spondias dulcis Forster.) 



"(No. H.) Oval, size of large egg, russet when mature. Flesh yellow, odor 

 of pineapples. Stone fibrous. Abundant in the market in September." 



33637. Capsicum annuum L. Red pepper. 



From Chihuahua, Mexico. Presented by Mr. Marion Letcher, American consul. 

 Received October 9, 1911. Numbered May 6, 1912. 

 "This looks like a red pepper of the type to which the Hungarian paprika belongs 

 and is of particular interest on account of the probability of its disease resistance." 

 (R. H. True.) 



33638. HoLCUS sorghum L. Shallu sorghum. 



{Sorghum vulgare Pers.) 

 Presented by Mr. Robert L. Luaces, Camaguey, Cuba. Received April 5, 1912. 

 Numbered May 8, 1912. 

 "This seed is supposed to have come from Gran Caiman [Grand Cayman] Island." 

 (Ludces.) 



"This apparently belongs in or near the group comprising Hackel's variety roz- 

 hurghii." {Carleton R. Ball.) 



33639. GossYPiuM barbadense L. Cotton. 



From Alexandria, Egypt. Presented by J. Planta & Co. Received May 9, 1912. 

 Assil. Procured for experimental planting in this country' by Mr. O. F. Cook, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. 



