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289842 to 289867—Continued<br />
JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1963 141<br />
289859. PRUNUS sp.<br />
Miss. Plum 11. 0. Powell, Pine St., Wiggins. Tree 3 years old, 12 feet<br />
high, 12 feet wide, excellent disease resistance; fruit clingstone, 1.5 inch<br />
diameter, ripens early June; flesh blue, purple to red.<br />
289860. PRUNUS sp.<br />
Miss. Plum 12. J. C. Brown, R. 1, Perkinston. Tree 8 feet high, 8 feet<br />
wide, moderately disease resistant; fruit clingstone; flesh deep red.<br />
289861. PRUNUS sp.<br />
Miss. Plum 14. J. C. Brown, R. 1, Perkinston. Tree 12 feet high, 12<br />
feet wide, native; fruit red.<br />
289862. PRUNUS sp.<br />
Miss. Plum 15. C. E. O'Neal, R. 1, Perkinston.<br />
4 feet wide; fruit yellow.<br />
Old tree, 9 feet high,<br />
289863. PRUNUS sp.<br />
Miss. Plum 22. E. Buhrer, R. 1, Kokomo. Tree 2 to 3 years old, 8 feet<br />
high, 8 feet wide, called apricot-plum, wild from McComb, suckers freely,<br />
excellent disease resistance; trunk 13-inch circumference 12 inches above<br />
soil; fruit pink-yellow, ripens in June.<br />
289864. PRUNUS sp.<br />
Miss. Plum 24. T. E. Beard, Leakesville. Tree 25 feet high, 20 feet<br />
wide, excellent disease resistance; trunk 34-inch circumference 24 inches<br />
above soil; leaf buds dormant 2-27-63; fruit pink to red with whitish<br />
bloom, 1.25 inch diameter; flesh pink to red; flavor excellent.<br />
289865. PRUNUS sp.<br />
Miss. Plum 25. T. T. Courtney, Sr., R. 1, New Augusta. Tree 1 year<br />
old, 8 feet high, 8 feet wide; trunk 8-inch circumference 12 inches above<br />
soil; leaf buds dormant 2-27-63; fruit red, 5.5-inch circumference, ripens<br />
late June.<br />
289866. PRUNUS sp.<br />
Miss. Plum 26. J. Sellers, New Augusta. Tree 25 feet high, 15 feet<br />
wide, good disease resistance; trunk 17-inch circumference 12 inches above<br />
soil; fruit red, 5-inch circumference, clingstone; ripens mid-June.<br />
289867. PRUNUS sp.<br />
Miss. Plum 27. V. A. Hegwood, R. 1, Brooklyn. Trees in family over<br />
100 years. Tree 5 years old, 12 feet high, 12 feet wide, excellent disease<br />
resistance; trunk 16-inch circumference 12 inches above soil; fruit yellow<br />
red, 5-inch circumference, ripens mid-June.<br />
289868 to 289886. CUCUMIS MELO L. Cucurbitaceae.<br />
Muskmelon.<br />
Seeds presented by the United States Embassy, Tehran. Re-<br />
From Iran.<br />
ceived May 5, 1963.<br />
289868. Abbass Chawry. Eyvanki.<br />
289869. Abatari.<br />
289870. Agha Nabat. Kashan.<br />
289871. Azabaidjan Chaprg.<br />
289872. Baba Kharman. Daregaz.<br />
289873. Darghaz.<br />
289874. Deh <strong>No</strong> isfahan. Late type.<br />
289875. Chalae Hatami. Varamin.<br />
289876. Isfahan, new village. Orange-fleshed late type.
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