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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



36906 to 36912. 



From Dalny, Manchuria. Presented by Mr, Albert W. Pontius, American consul . 

 Received December 26, 1913. 

 Quoted notes by Mr. Pontius. 



36906. SojA MAX (L.) Piper. Soybean. 

 {Glycine hispida Maxim.) 



"Black soy bean. Shipped from Suchiatun station." 



36907. Phaseolus angularis (Willd.) W. F. Wight. Adzuki bean. 

 ''Small black bean. Shipped from Changchun station." 



36908. ViGNA SINENSIS (Tomer) Savi. Cowpea. 

 "Small bean. Chinese name Changtou; Japanese name Uzura-mame. 



Shipped from Sanshihlipao, near Kinchou." 



36909. Phaseolus aureus Roxb. Mung bean. 

 "Small green bean. Shipped from Yingchengtsu (in the Dairen district)." 



36910 to 36912. Phaseolus angularis (Willd.) W. F. Wight. 



Adzuki bean. 



36910. "Small red bean. Shipped from Changchun station." 



36911. "Small red-spotted bean. Shipped from Changchun station." 



36912. " Small white bean. Shipped from Sunshu station." 



36913 to 36924. 



Presented by Mr. Lewis S. Palen, Harbin, Manchuria. Received December 

 29, 1913. 

 Quoted notes by Mr. Palen. 



36913. CucuRBiTA MAXIMA Duch. Squash. 

 36914 to 36919. Soja max (L.) Piper. Soybean. 

 {Glycine hispida Maxim.) 



36914. "(From Tsitsikhar, Manchuria. November 5, 1913.) Yellow. 

 White-eyebrow variety, Ta pai mei. This bean is used for oil, bean 

 curd, sauces, and bean sprouts. This sample is from about 100 miles 

 east of this neighborhood. This variety is found mostly west of Kai- 



' yuan and Tiehling on the South Manchuria Railway. The estimated 



yield is from 936 to 2,574 pounds per acre, and the price roughly esti- 

 mated at 46 cents gold per bushel of 60 pounds on the market." 



36915. "(No. 2. Changchun, Manchuria. November 1, 1913.) Yel- 

 low. Golden, round variety, Chin yuan tou. This bean is used for oil, 

 bean curd, sauces, and bean sprouts. It is the variety most generally 

 found scattered all over the bean districts of Manchuria. The estimated 

 yield is from 936 to 2,574 pounds per acre, and the price is roughly esti- 

 mated at 46 cents gold per bushel of 60 pounds on the market. The 

 Chinese are most casual in their estimates of yields." 



36916. "(No. 3. Kirin, Manchuria. November 1, 1913.) Large green 

 variety, Ta ching tou. A bean with green epidermis and green interior. 

 The percentage of oil is less than that of the yellow. Used as bean curd, 

 and as bean sprouts boiled with vegetables. The estimated yield is 

 from 936 to 2,574 pounds per acre and the price slightly less than that 

 of the yellow; roughly, 3 per cent." 



36917. "(No. 3. Chahlgchun, Manchuria.) Small green. Green epi- 

 dermis and yellow interior." 



