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plant breeders. Quoted notes by Wilson Popenoe. 
55557. "'Cueruda blanca' (white cueruda) potato 
seed from the 1921 crop, from the hacienda La Rincon- 
ada, in the province of Carchi, where it is cultivated 
at altitudes between 11,000 and 12,000 feet. 
"This is the most important commercial potato, of 
Carchi Province. At Ibarra, where it is one of the 
favorite varieties on the market, it is known as 'pas- 
tuza. ' It yields heavily, and the whitish brown, some- 
what flattened , oval...tubers are of good size and qual- 
ity. The eyes are very shallow and not numerous." 
55558. "'Cueruda morada' (purple cueruda) potato 
seed from the 1921 crop, from the hacienda La Rincon- 
ada, province of Carchi, where it is cultivated at al- 
titudes between 11,000 and 12,000 feet. 
"Commercially one of the best and most important 
varieties in northern Ecuador, though it is not quite 
so extensively grown as 'Cueruda blanca.' The tubers 
are oval , flattened, purple, with whitish areas around 
the shallow eyes; they possess excellent keeping qual- 
ities." 
Telfairia pedata (Cucurbitaceae) , 55504. From Nairobi, 
Kenya Colony. Seeds presented by A. Holm, director, 
Department of Agriculture. "A perennial climber, in- 
digenous to eastern Africa, which grows very luxuri- 
antly in this colony. The kernels of the seeds are 
used by the natives, both as a food stuff and as a 
source of edible oil. 
"The following analysis of the seeds has been 
published by Gilber (see Sadebeck, Die Kulturgewachse 
der Deutschen Kolonlen und Ihre Erzeugnisse, Jena, 
1899, p. 245) : 
"These seeds are flat, irregularly circular in 
shape, and about 1^ to l£ inches in diameter. The 
single seeds average 4.9 grams in weight. 
"The Imperial Institute of London has reported 
as follows: 
"'The seeds consist approximately of fibrous husk 
11 per cent, shell 38 per cent, and kernel 51 per cent . ' 
Per cent 
Moisture 
Ash 
Oil 
Protein 
Woody fiber 
Nitrogen-free extractive matter 
6.54 
2.04 
36.02 
19.63 
7.30 
28.45 
