Field notebooks : Chile, Bolivia, and Peru, 1953-1954
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Field No. 150-T Latin name Solanum tuberosum Local name CHUNO P. I. No. Locality data PUBLIC MARKET, COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA Plant description White colored chuno is treated for 5 days & costs about twice as much as the inferior kind or black chuno. Special notes For Professor P.C. MANGELSDOFF, Botanical museum, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Wild? Cult? v Collector E.E.SMITH & MARTIN CARDENAS Date Feb. 6, 1954 PLANT EXPLORATION AND INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 8-3495