OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 



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36593 to 36595. Colocasia sp. Dasheen. 



Grown at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooksville, Fla. 



36593. ' ' A selected strain of the Trinidad dasheen (or taro) in which the flesh, 

 when baked or boiled, is dry and mealy, of good flavor, and creamy white 

 in color. The large corms on exposure to the air for a time after cooking, 

 however, may become slightly grayish in color. (Grown from a single hill 

 selected from S. P. I. No. 15395 in 1911. The crop was tested for its edible 

 qualities in 1912 and again in 1913. In the former year the quaUty was 

 uniform. In the latter a number of plants produced tubers of quaUty differing 

 from the above, though the bulk of the crop was uniform. The variation 

 was quite possibly due to the accidental mixing of other tubers before 

 planting.)" {R. A. Young.) 



36594. "A selected strain of the Trinidad dasheen in which the flesh when 

 cooked is mealy, slightly nutty in flavor, and grayish white in color. (The 

 source of this selection is the same as for S. P. I. No. 36593.)" {R. A. Young.) 



36595. "A selected strain of the Trinidad dasheen in which the flesh when 

 baked or boiled is creamy white in color, moist, and of fair flavor. The flesh 

 of the corms sometimes becomes slightly grayish a short time after cooking. 

 (The source of this selection is the same as that of S. P. I. Nos. 36593 and 

 36594.) Mixed with the foregoing were some tubers of S. P. I. No. 36595, 

 in which the flesh of the corms is grayish white, mealy, and slightly nutty 

 when cooked." {R. A. Young.) 



36596. Panax quinquefolium L. Ginseng. 



{Aralia quinquefolia Decne. and Planch.) 

 From Seoul, Chosen (Korea). Presented by Miss Katharine Wambold, through 

 the American consul general. Received November 8, 1913. 

 "It is very diflBicult to grow the plants, the Koreans tell me. They start them in 

 small masses of stones. It takes several years to get even small plants. September, 

 I am told, is the proper time to buy seeds. Howevei*, it is becoming increasingly 

 difficult to obtain them." ( Wambold.) 



36597. Solanum quitoense Lamarck. 



From Santander-Quilichao, Colombia. Presented by Mr. D. G. Prado. Received 

 November 7, 1913. 



"Lulo. A fruit resembling a tomato. The fruit, when ripe, is yellow, has a sour, 

 pleasant taste, and is used to make cooling drinks. It lasts 8 or 10 days after cut, 

 and in the States it may be cultivated with profit to supply the soda fountains with a 

 fruit to make flavoring extracts. I believe it can be grown in Florida, California, 

 and Texas." (Prado.) 



36598. Lagenaria vulgaris Ser. Gourd. 



From Lagos, Southern Nigeria. Presented by Mr. J. A. de Gage, King's College, 

 Lagos, at the request of Mr. G. Regnard, Port Louis, Mauritius. Received 

 ^ November 7, 1913. 



36599. JuGLANS AusTRALis Griseb. Walnut. 

 From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by Mr. A. J. Ziibiaur, through Mr. 



W. F. Wight, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received November 10, 1913. 

 "Seeds secured from some locality in the north of Argentina. This species occurs 

 from Tucuman northward to the Bolivian frontier, and possibly even beyond." 

 (Wight.) 



