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SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



53856 to 53894— Continued. 



53886. " Xo. 00(1. Frijol bianco lacandor. From Parramos, Ciiimal- 

 teuango." 



53887. ''No. 91. Frijol colima. From San Rafael, San Marcos." 



53888. " No. 92. Frijol Colorado camalapa enredcdor. FroDi Chi- 

 maltenango," 



53889. " No. 93. Frijol bianco dc cured o. From La Candelaria, 

 Barillas, Hueluietciiango." 



53890. ''No. 9Jf. From San Antonio S., San Marcos." 



53891. PiiASEOLUs LUNATUS L. Fabacose. Lima bean. 



"No. 103. Frijol Colorado ixtapacal. From Nuevo Progreso, San 

 Marcos." 



53892 and 53893. Phaseolus vulgaris h. Fabacei^e. Common bean. 



53892. "No. JOJf. Frijol Colorado dc gancho de sttelo, Chimal- 

 tenango." 



53893. "A'o. 100. From Quezaltenango." 



53894. Phaseolus coccineus L. Fabaceie. Scarlet Bunner bean. 



" No. 101. From San Lorenzo, Sacatepequez." 



53895. Perse A Americana Mill. Lauracese. Avocado. 

 (P. gratissima Gaertn, f.) 



From Ibarra, Ecuador. Cuttings collected by Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural 

 Explorer of the Department of Agriculture. Received June 24, 1921. 



"(No. 619. Hacienda Carpuela. May 26, 1921. Avocado No. 54.) Capac. 

 The parent tree is growing in the huerta rented by Kosa Gonzales, at the 

 Hacienda Carpuela, at an altitude of 5,300 feet. The fruit is a good-sized 

 Mexican avocado about 9 ounces in weight, obovoid in form, purple, and of 

 excellent quality. The seed is relatively small, and the tree is said to be very 

 productive. The variety is worth a trial in California, and in the cooler 

 avocado-growing regions of Florida. 



" Formal description : The parent tree is about 45 feet high, slender and erect 

 in habit, with a trunk 18 inches thick at the base, forked 2 feet above the 

 ground. The oval crown is moderately dense and the foliage rich green and 

 healthy in appearance. 



" The fruit is oblong pyriform to oval obovoid, weight about 9 ounces, length 

 4 to 4^ inches, greatest breadth about 2f inches ; base broadly pointed, the stem 

 inserted slightly to one side; apex rounded to slightly and obliquely flattened; 

 surface of ripe fruit glossy purple black, with very few dots visible; skin less 

 than 0.5 millimeter thick, relatively tough; flesh yellowish cream color, tinged 

 green near the skin, with numerous fiber markings ; flavor nutty, rich, and 

 pleasant; quality good; seed rather small, ovate to oval, tight in the cavity 

 with both seed coats adhering closely to the cotyledons. Ripening season 

 mainly from November to March, but a few fruits ripen at other seasons of 

 the year. 



" Some specimens do not show any fiber discoloration in the flesh ; this 

 perhaps a question that depends, to a certain extent, upon the degree of ma- 

 turity which the fruit has reached at the time it is picked." 



CORIIECTION. 



Inventory 64, page 45, third line from bottom, for line that reads — 



51036. Placus balsamifier (L.) Bail. Asteracese. 

 substitute as follows: 



51037. Inula boylexVNA DC. Asteracese. 



