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SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



54679 and 54680— Continued. 



quality if cut when 3 feet high, so that from two to six cuttings may be 

 made in a year. The hay is considered excellent for fattening and par- 

 ticularly desirable as horse feed. Previous introductions have been tested 

 in the South and in California with promising results, though the grass 

 is killed at temperatures of about 25° F. In Brazil the grass is also 

 grazed, but it must not be overgrazed, as under such treatment it is 

 killed. At the present time it is being extensively tested in Florida 

 and Texas." (0. V. Piper.) 



54680. Melinis minutiflora Beauv. Poacete. Molasses grass. 



" John Morley, of Lake Alfred, Fla., informed me that the molasses 

 grass (Melinis minutiflora) was so successful on his place that he is 

 going to get a large quantity of seed for the planting of a very con- 

 siderable area of it. He said the trouble experienced by other people 

 who had tried to use this grass was, apparently, that they did not keep 

 it closely enough grazed or cut. When permitted to grow unmolested 

 it is likely to get rank." (David Fairchild.) 



" I am immensely pleased to learn of the success that Mr. Morley 

 has had in pasturing this plant (M. minutiflora). While it grew ex- 

 tremely well at various places in Florida, everyone else has reported 

 that the cattle would not eat it. Apparently they must be educated 

 to it. At Mr. Burguieres's place, West Palm Beach, Fla., the grass be- 

 haves as a weed, being abundant everywhere along the fence rows." 

 (C. V. Piper.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 50162. 



54681. DiosPYROS kaki L. f. Diospyraceae. Kaki. 



From Canton, Kwangtung, China. Seeds presented by C. O. Levine, acting 

 Director of Agriculture, Canton Christian College, through F. A. McClure. 

 Received January 24, 1922. 



Kai sam tsz ( chicken-heart persimmon ) . 



A variety of kaki from southern China which may be capable of cultivation 

 in southern Florida. 



54682. AxxoxA sp. Annonacese. 



From Caracas, Venezuela. Seeds presented by H. Pittier. Received Janu- 

 ary 27, 1922. 



" Seeds of the so-called chirimorinon. The fruit is small for its kind, about 12 

 centimeters (5 inches) long, ovoid-oblique, and almost pointed at the apex. At 

 the base the scales are very numerous, imbricate, and mostly small ; toward the 

 apex they are much larger and scattered in the shape of rounded protuberances. 

 It is by far the most delicious among the sweetsops, the fiberless flesh having 

 just the consistence of thickish cream and a delightful flavor suggestive of 

 strawberry ice cream without any of the ' gout de pommade ' of either Annona 

 reticulata or A. cherimola. The seeds seem to be very few in each fruit." 

 i Pittier.) 



" Probably tropical in its requirements, and suited for cultivation in the 

 United States only in southern Florida." {Wilson Popenoe.) 



54683 and 54684. Coffea spp. Eubiacese. Coffee. 



From Tananarive, Madagascar. Seeds presented by the Nanisans Experi- 

 ment Station through James J. Carter, American consul. Received Janu- 

 ary 23, 1922. 



" Species of coffee cultivated in the center of the island of Madagascar. Fur- 

 nished by the Nanisans Experiment Station upon the order of the inspector 

 general of the Agricultural and Forestry Service." 



54683. Coffea aeabica L. 



" Caf4 vondrona d grains allonges (long-grain, small-leaf, tufted 

 coffee) ." 



