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Uruguay . 
Feijoa sellowiana. Good varieties of the feijoa should be 
found in the southern part of this country. 
Forage plants. Since this is a country largely devoted to 
cattle raising, there should be a number of forage plants, especially 
grasses, which would be profitable to introduce. 
Horthwestern Argentina . 
Chaenomeles sp. At Andalgala, Catamarca, the quince preserves 
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are said to be very fine, and the quince trees are said toj. grown in 
the hills near the town. 
Rubus sp. In the vicinity of this same town, Andalgala, a 
blackberry with long, arching sterns has been reported. This would 
be interesting for breeding experiments. 
In La Rioja thereis a shrub called the "humo", from which 
soap is made. Very fine pumpkins are said to be grown in this pro¬ 
vince, and at Guandacol there is raised an excellant variety of 
wheat. At Vichigasta, this province, there is a plumlike fruit called 
"guinda", and wild peaches are also found in this place. 
From the territory of the Chaco are reported a large number 
of edible wild fruits. 
This being largely a region of scanty rainfall and low tempera¬ 
tures, there should be desirable varieties of various crop plants 
which have become adapted to these conditions. 
(P. G. Russell.) 
