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persicus.  These should be of interest for their dwarf size and early
fruiting habits.

Fruits and nuts include several pristine forms of possible
interest to breeders of such crops and include both wild and cultivated
forms.  A special section on phases of almond culture in Iran
is given below.

A series of gum samples of several species of Astragalus
producing the gum tragacanth of commerce was secured for the Central
Regional Research Laboratory.  Incidental to the forage work, a field
survey of this group of plants was made, seeds were obtained for test
plantings and a study of the group is given below.

Under miscellaneous are included a diverse group of offerings
which do not fit conveniently into the above categories.  The 116
numbers include such items as wild medicinal and seasoning herbs,
browse or wild hay plants among Umbelliferae, Compositae,
Cruciferae, and others, relatives of cultivated vegetables, and some
herbarium collections.
        