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cultural Experiment Station. Quoted notes by Dr. Calvino. 
56072. PHASEOLUS CALCARATUS. Rice bean. "'Frijol Mambi or Di- 
ablito.' Seeds of this variety were originally sent from Oriente, where 
the plant grows spontaneously in the thickets. The seeds are .small, 
about the size of a grain of rice, kidney shaped, and dark red. It is 
a pole bean of rapid growth and is very productive." 
56073. PHASEOLUS lunatus. Lima bean. "This is a good variety of 
pole lima which I imported from Trujillo, Peru." 
prunus sp. (Amygdalaceae) , 56121. Plum. From Yunnan, China. 
Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer of the Bureau of 
Plant Industry. "(No. 6700. October, 1922.) A tree 20 feet in height, 
with spreading crown, which grows wild along brooks in the mountains 
between Shiaoshuichi and Chutung at an altitude of 6,000 feet. The 
small, globose, yellow, clingstone plums are little more than an inch 
in diameter, with firm rather sour flesh." (Rock.) 
pyrus spp. (Malaceae), 56101, 56111, 56122, 56123, 56137, 56138, 
56142, and 56143. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Seeds collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Quoted 
notes by Mr. Rock. 
56101. PYRUS sp. "(No. 6636. September 24, 1922.) A wild pear 
tree 15 feet high, which grows in well-drained soil among huge bowl- 
ders on the steep hillsides back of the temples of Fu Kwe Ssu, back of 
the village of Kin ngin tui, 20 li (6 miles) from Yangpi. The fruits, 
larger than any of the ordinary wild pears collected except S.P.I. 
56003, are more pear shaped, with yellowish brown skins and very sub- 
acid flesh. This species is very hardy and perfectly free from disease. 
The region where it grows has a hot dry spring, a rainy summer, a hot 
humid autumn, and a cold winter season of two months." 
56111. pyrus sp. "(October, 1922.) A tree 30 feet high, with 
ascending whiplike branches, found wild in the valley between Shia- 
shuichi and Chutung at an altitude of 6,500 feet. The tree was loaded 
with the small, ovoid, russet-yellow, very juicy fruits and was very 
ornamental . " 
56122. pyrus sp. "(No. 6701. October, 1922.) A tree 25 feet 
high, found in clay soil on the mountains between Hoachiao and the 
temple of Yung Kwe Ssu, Shayang village, at 6,000 to 7,000 feet alti- 
tude. The fruits of this tree are larger than those previously found 
north of Talifu. The natives use this tree as a stock plant." 
56123. pyrus sp. "(No. 6708. September, 1922.) A very hardy 
tree 25 to 30 feet high, growing in hard clay soil in the mountains 
near Yangpi at an altitude of 7,000 feet. The russet-yellow fruits are 
the size of small marbles." 
56137. pyrus sp. "(November 1, 1922.) A wild pear from the 
