OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. 



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36603 to 36605— Continued. 



"Valuable as a late avocado. Its woody skin, which is really a shell, is in its 

 favor for shipping." {Higgins, Hunn, and Holt, Bulletin No. £5, Hawaii 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, The Avocado in Hawaii, p. 43.) 



Cuttings. 



36604. Persea Americana Miller. Avocado. 



(No. 1035. , Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station.) "The nutmeg 

 avocado. Fruit from the original [McDonald] avocado tree of the Guatemala 

 or ' hard-shelled ' type was collected in December, 1907. A seedling grown from 

 this seed was placed in the orchard on March 17, 1908. This tree came into 

 bearing in December, 1911, four years from seed. 



''Form roundish to spherical; size medium; cavity small, shallow, and flaring; 

 stem short and inclined to be thick; surface undulating, very hard; coriaceous 

 and markedly pitted; color greenish purple to black, with very abundant, 

 irregular-shaped yellowish dots; apex a mere dot. slightly depressed; skin very 

 thick and woody, separating fairly well from the pulp; flesh yellow in color, 

 running into green at the skin, fine-grained, a trifle juicy, oily, and somewhat 

 buttery, 68 percent of the fruit; seed large, roundish, flattened at the base, fitting 

 tightly in the cavity; flavor rich and nutty. Season late. This tree is quite 

 vigorous and is pyramidal in shape. Height 15 feet, spread 8 feet." {Hunn, in 

 Annual Report of the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station, 1912, p. 38.) 



Cuttings. 



36605. Carica papaya L. Papaya. 

 "No. 2762. A type of papaya which bears two forms of fruit, round and oval. 



Mr. Higgins, in the papaya bulletin, calls these two types the pentandra and 

 elongata.^^ {Extract from C. J. Hunn^s letter dated December 4, 1913.) 



"The fruit of this type which I tested was of the round form and, though 

 yellow and fully ripe, was so firm that it could scarcely be dented with the 

 fingers. The flesh was rather thin but of very good quality." {R. A. Young.) 



36606. Pleiogynium solandri (Benth.) Engler. 



From Brisbane, Queensland. Australia. Presented by Mr. J. F. Bailey, director, 

 Department of Agriculture and Stock. Received November 13, 1913. 

 "These seeds are from a tree growing here which has not fruited before for years." 

 {Bailey.) 



"A moderate-sized tree, the trunk occasionally acquiring a very great thickness. 

 Timber soft when cut, though it afterwards becomes hard and tough. Diameter 24 

 to 36 inches, height 40 to 60 feet." {Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Australia, p. 599.) 



36607. Prunus sp. Plum. 



From Siberia. Presented by Mr. Ustin Gudjakoff , at the request of Mr. Frank N. 

 Meyer. Received at the Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal., Novem- 

 ber 8, 1913. 



"Yellow Ussurian plum, very hardy, and its fruits possess a fine characteristic 

 aroma. Could be used in hybridization work to create perfectly hardy plums for cold 

 regions." {Extract from F. N. Meyer's letter, February 4. 1913.) 



36608. Aleurites fordii Hemsley. Tung (wood-oil) tree. 



From China. Presented by Mr. J. L. Young, Chinese Agricultural Commissioner, 

 Chicago, 111. Received November 17, 1913. 



