SKl'TKMMKK. l'.»)0, Tn DKCKM MKK. l!Ki:5. 201 



8448 to 8453 ( 'ontinurd. 

 Apple trees ami wcioiis as follows: 



8448. 8451. 



AlgerieHne. Xaiii I'linnfls. 



8449. 8452. 



U Ei'e. Pffrorc lit' Tunis. 



8450. 8453. 



De Chatniffnier. Nuiu ih' Mnlitm. 



8454 and 8455. Cydonta vulgaris. Quince 



From Missergliin, near Oraii, Algeria. Received through Messrs. I), (i. l-air- 

 child and C. S. Scolield fmin the Nni>ery <>f the ()r|iheliiial di- rAiuinii- 

 ciation, Fel)rnary 2H, 1902. 



Quince scions as follows: 



8454. 8455. 



De Laghouat. l>i yfulioii. 



8456 to 8460. 



From San Giovanni a Teduccio, Italv. Received through Dammann i<: Co., 

 March .S, 1902. 



8456. Vioi.A coRNTTA. 8459. Nioi.a iounita. 



llliii I'rrffclinii. 



8457. Vioi.A cornuta alra. 



8458. Vioi-A coRxrTA. 

 Admiracion. 



8460. Vioi.A odorata skmi'KR- 



KLOREXS. 



8461. Lathyrus sp. 



From the Vomero, Naples, Ttalv. Received through Dr. C. Sprenger, March .'i, 

 1902. 



"A native of Mexico." (Sj^renger.) 



8462. ViTis YiNiFERA. Grrape. 



From Kurracliee, India. Received through Messrs. Lathropand Fairchild (No. 

 827, February 2,1902), March 10, 1902. 



Safetha. "An indigenous white grape, grown successfully at Kurrachee. It is one 

 of the three best in cultivation here, where there is only 7 inches of rainfall and the 

 temperature in summer goes to 110° F. from March to the end of .Tune, and the soil is 

 noticeably alkaline. Berry large and round; ))nnches 4}, poumls in weight; long, 

 crowded, heavy cropper; flavor good ; skin thick and leathery. It is said to be a goo(l 

 keey)er and shipper, being shipped from Kurrachee to Bombay and Lahore. These 

 cuttings are from the Kurrachee Public Gardens." {Faircli'iM. ) 



8463. ViTis YINIFERA. Grrapc. 



From Kurrachee, India. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 

 829, February 2, 1902), :\Iarch 10, 1902. 



Goolnbie. "An indigenous variety of grape Avhich thrives better than such forms 

 as the Blacl- Hamhnrg, and, according to our informant, Mr. Lester, superintendent 

 of the public gardens of Kurrachee, it is considered superior in flavor to the Black 

 ITamhiirg. This is the favorite grape for Kurrachee conditions, which resemble those 

 of Tulare (California) and Arizona, being a flesert where only 7 inches of rain 

 falls and where, for the summer months, a temperature of 110° is of dailj^ occurrence. 

 The soil is deci<ledly alkaline, in fact too much so for ordinary European grapes. 

 The variety is said to be a purple, small-berried kind, a very heavy cropper, fruit- 



