46 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



26901 to 86907— Continued. 



26904. A< TismiA s|>. 



"D<n</ li (deng-lee), or vine pear, so called because resembling somewhat 

 in appearance a Chinese pear, grows among the hills. The fruit is full of small 

 seeds and Blightly resembles a fig in taste. It is good for eating raw, stewed, or 

 made into jam." 



26905. Mvhk a NAGl Thunb. 



• ViaiK/ini (yiangma), or tree strawberry. Around, bright-red, sweet, juicy 

 fruit, growing on trees; construction similar to Osage orange or hedge apple. 

 It is splendid for rating raw or stewed; the canned fruit must be kept in the 

 dark, or it turns to vinegar. There is little to this fruit except juice, but it 

 should become a favorite at once; aside from eating raw, its best use would 

 probably be for making a drink by pressing out pulp and seeds. It will be a 

 better snipper than the strawberry . ' ' 



26906. Raphanus sativus L. Radish. 

 "Large white radish. We use these as a cooked vegetable on the table and 



also raw; they are best cooked with meat." 



26907. Trachycarpus excelsus (Thunb.) Wendl. 



"A beautiful palm, hardy even if the ground freezes slightly." 



Distribution. — Cultivated, and probably indigenous, in the Provinces of 

 Kiangsu, Chekiang, and Szechwan, of the Chinese Empire, in the Korean 

 Archipelago, and in Japan and the island of Formosa." 



26908 to 26910. 



From Limon, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. H. F. Schultz, Ancon, Canal Zone, 

 Panama. Received February 26, 1910. 



Seeds of the following: 



26908. Passiflora ligularis Juss. Granadilla. 



"One of the best flavored of all the granadillas, sometimes called Grandita de 

 China in southern Mexico, and often incorrectly identified as Passiflora quad- 

 rangularis. It has a parchment-like shell of a yellow or orange color, some- 

 times speckled with minute dots of a lighter color. Its pulp has a pleasant 

 acidulous flavor and is used in many tropical countries for making a cooling 

 drink, and also for frozen sherbets. For this purpose it is considered superior 

 to the 'water-lemon' (P. laurifolia), which may be identified by its soft, 

 flexible skin, and the 'passion fruit,' cultivated in Australia (P. edulis) which is 

 characterized by its purple-dotted surface. The flowers are ornamental, and 

 the plant grows rapidly, soon covering trellises and arbors in warm countries." 

 W. E. S afford.) 



Distribution. — From the southern part of Mexico southward to Colombia and 

 Ecuador, and in Costa Rica. 



26909. Chayota edulis Jacq. Chayote. 



26910. Anona sp. 



26911. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



From Samara Province, Russia. Received from Messrs. Vollmer & Co., Riga, 

 Russia, through Mr. J. M. Westgate, February 28, 1910. 



"This seed is of interest owing to the fact that introductions of Medicago falcata have 

 been secured from this same section." (Westgate.) 

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