12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



10331 to 10339~Continued. 



10335 to 10337. AMY(;DAi,rs pkhsra. Peach. 



("uttintrs as follows: 



10335. Riujani rjau {or (jaw). 10337. Shaf tali, white. 



10336. ShafiaH-inzhir. 



1Q338. Amygdalus communis. Almond. 



Cuttings. 

 10339. .Tlgi.ans UKGIA. Persian walnut. 



Nuts froiu trees growing at a considerable altitude, and should, therefore, 

 be rather late in blooming. 



10340 to 10342. Vitis vinifera. Grape. 



From Nikita, near Yalta, Crimea. Presented to Mr. E. A. Bessey by }lr. 

 Theophil Kalaida, head gardener of the Imperial Gardens at Nikita. Received 

 January 29, 1904. 



Grape cuttings as follows: 



1.0340. Shahash. 



Most widely cultivated of the native sorts in Crimea, nine-tenths of the 

 exported Crimean grapes being of this sort ( in 1891 ) . A greenish grape, form- 

 ing medium-sized to large, firm l)unches of large roundish berries. Table sort. 

 (Marked Madame on label attached to cuttings.) 



10341. Tchauch. 



Greenish, large berries, often almost like plums. Bunches loose. Rather 

 capricious, being easily affected by rainy or windy weather. Not much 

 exported. Dessert sort. 



10342. Asma. 



Blue black, large, elongated berries in large bunches. Table .«ort. Not so 

 good as the preceding, but prized for the table because of the contrast between 

 its black bunches and the greenish ones of the other sorts. 



10343 and 10344. Corylus avella-?sA. Filbert. 



From Nikita, near Yalta, Crimea. Presented to Mr. E. A. Bessey by Mr. 

 Theophil Kalaida, head gardener of the Imperial Gardens at Nikita. Received 

 January 29, 1904. 



10343. Badem. 



Native near Yalta. F^longated, large nuts. 



10344. Trehlzond. 



Native near Trebizond, Asiatic Turkey. Nuts large and round; much grown 

 around Yalta. 



10345 to 10348. Pyrus malls. Apple. 



From Nikita, near Yalta, Crimea. Presented to ]Mr. E. A. Be.ssey l)y ilr. Theo- 

 phil Kalaida, head gardener of the Imperial Gardens at Nikita. Received 

 January 29, 1904. 



10345. Sabla Shiap. 



Distinguished for its beautiful appearance. 



10346. Kandil Sinap. 



Widelv grown in the Crimea. Fruit longer than No. 10o4S. For description 

 of both, "see Revue Hortuvlc, No. 17, 1890, p. 398. 



10347. Konslantinopel. 



10348. ■ SariSiriap. 



The most widely grown and best of the Crimean apples. Very late keeper. 

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