INVENTORY. 



35667. PuNicA GRANATUM L. Pomegranate. 



From Mesa, Ariz. Presented by LIr. E. W. Hudson, Sacaton, Ariz., who pro- 

 cured the cuttings from I^Ir. G. S. Kelly, Mesa, Ariz. Received at the Plant 

 Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal. 

 ''Cuttings from several large bushes, all of one variety, growing on the ranch of 

 Mr. Kelly at Mesa, Ariz. Origin unknown; apparently identical with the variety 

 sold by western nurseries under the name 'Sweet fruited'; fruit medium size, with a 

 deep rose-colored skin and flesh; sweet, of excellent flavor, and soft seeded; represents 

 the best tyi^e of pomegranate for eating out of hand. " ( T. H. Kearney.) 



35668 to 35670. Carica papaya L. Papaya. 



From Kongo da Lemba, Kongo. Presented by Mr. H. Meyr, acting director, 

 Ministry of the Colonies, Brussels, Belgium. Received July 7, 1913, 



Quoted notes by Mr. Meyr. 



35668. "(No.l.) Lala. Fruitvery nearly spherical, not prominently ridged, 

 exterior very smooth. Color of both exterior and pulp, orange yellow." 



36669. ''(No. 2) Lala. Fruit ovoid, not prominently ridged. Exterior very 

 smooth. Color of both exterior and pulp, orange yellow. " 



Nos. 1 and 2 resemble each other in flavor. 



35670. "(Xo. 3.) Fruits of large dimensions, more or less irregularly ovoid; 

 large ridges very pronounced. Color of both exterior and pulp, orange 

 yellow. The pulp is very fme and of a distinct flavor, quite different from 

 the other two [S. P. I. Nos. 35668 and 35669]. The natives make no dis- 

 tinction among the varieties, except that this No. 3, on account of its large 

 size, is called lala na sasi (elephant papaya). " 



35671 and 35672. 



From Puerto de Orotava, Teneriffe, Canary Islands. Presented by Dr. George V. 

 Perez. Received July 3, 1913. 



35671. Annona cherimola Mill. Cherimoya. 



35672. EcmuM fastuosum Salisbury. Pride of Madeira. 

 "The so-called pride of Madeira; flowers are light blue." {Perez.) 

 "There can hardly be a more striking object than this plant in early March 



in full beauty of bright pale-blue blossoms. The bush measures up to 18 feet 

 in circumference, and the flower heads of crowded cymes are 6 inches to 1 foot 

 long. The filaments are white, fading into pink; the leaves pale glaucous 

 green. The flowers are highly attractive to bees and butterflies, furnishing an 

 abundant supply of nectar and dark-blue pollen. The plant is perennial in 

 habit, rises 5 or 6 feet from the ground, assuming a graceful pyramidal form, 

 generally perishing after a few years' growth, leaving seedlings in abundance. " 

 {Gardeners' Chronicle, May 30. 1903.) 



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