BE] DS \M> PLANTS [MPOB CED. 



25622 to 25630 Continued. 



Wort) ' ■ sU rn Greening. It bears some resemblance to apples of the Fatl Pippin 

 type, ls grown al Ames it keeps in ordinary storage till midwinter or later. 

 Mr. W. T. Macoun, horticulturist of the Central Experimental Farm, Ot- 

 tawa, Canada, to whom samples of the frail were submitted, wrote Novem- 

 ber 13, L908: 'I have bested and described the Evaline apple. I consider it to 

 be better than Northwestern Oreeningin quality. As you say, it approaches 

 very close to the Fall Pippin.' Col. G. B. Brackett, United states pomologist, 

 from specimens which were sent him, describes the flesh as yellow ish, medium 

 line, breaking, juicy, subacid, pleasant flavored, good to very good in quality. 

 '■( >n account of the uniformity of the fruit in size, appearance, and quality, 

 and because of the hardiness of the variety in tree and fruit-bud, it appears 

 worthy of more extended trial in central and northern tow*a as an early winter 

 or mitlw inter apple for the home orchard. On the college grounds the variety 

 has made a record for hardiness and frnit-bud, having yielded pretty good 

 crops during the seasons of 1907 and 1908 when many other varieties in the 

 station orchards yielded little or no fruit because their blossom-buds or blos- 

 soms were killed by the late freezes." (S. A. Beach in the Report of the Iowa 

 Horticultural Society, 1909.) 



25630. Mali's diversifolia (Bong. ) Roem. Crab apple. 



"(Iowa Expt. Sta. No. 406, 1909. ) Crab apple, native to Alaska. Received 

 from Prof. C. C. Georgeson, of the Alaska Experiment Station, Sitka, Alaska. 

 In his letter of April 13, 1909, Professor Georgeson remarks: 'So far as I know 

 there are no wild crab apples in the interior, the species Pyrus rivularis {Malm 

 diversifolia) is confined in Alaska entirely to the coast region of southeastern 

 Alaska.' " (S. A. Beach.) 



25631. Semele androgtna (L.) Kunth. 



From Funchal, Madeira. Presented by Mr. Alaricus Delmard, Monte Palace 

 Hotel. Received June 12 and 14, 1909. 



Franceschi (Santa Barbara) says that it looks like a gigantic smilax and has dark- 

 green tropical foliage which is likely to be mistaken for some of the Indian climbing 

 palms. 



Distribution. — An evergreen, climbing vine, native of the Canary Islands, and 

 cultivated as a greenhouse ornamental. 



25632 to 25637. 



From Eritrea, Africa. Presented by Prof. T. Batorate, director, Colonial Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station, Asmara. Received June 1, 1909. 



The following seeds: 



25632. Barbeya oleoides Schweinf. 



Distribution. — A small tree, native of the middle and higher mountainous 

 regions of the northern part of Abyssinia, and the province of Yemen, in 

 Arabia. 



25633. Carissa edulis Vahl. 



Distribution. — A tall shrub, found throughout tropical Africa, from Guinea 

 and Nubia, south to Damara-land and the valley of the Zambezi; also in 

 tropical Arabia. 



25634. Diospyros senegalensis Perrott. 

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