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10583 to 10586— Continued. 



formeil, liiiely wrinkled, and strongly yellow colored. Plant medium strong; 

 leaves abundant, but placed low on the jilants. Not very abundantly stooled, 

 with somewhat weak culms. , On account of this latter lialiit a variety es|)e- 

 cially suited to warm, light, not very heavy soils. I'nxhictivity, medium. 

 Ripening time, not very early, but still a few days before the J'rinsess. As a 

 brewing sort, in suitable locations, much esteemed. Belonging to Doctor 

 Nilsson's Alpha group. 



10585. HORDKI M DISTICHUM NUTANS. 



Hannrhen. Head unusually thick for nodding barley; kernels not divergent 

 and therefore the head is more c()m|)act, narrower, small, standing horizon- 

 tally on the straight culm; light yellow in color before ripening. The awns 

 are often thrown off. Kernel small, especially fine in form and color: light 

 yellow, very tinely wrinkled. Plant of j)eiiiliar habit, late starting into 

 growth, but nevertheless very heavily stool! ng with several eiiualiy strong, 

 graceful, but hard ami very stiff culms which have few leaves, and these are 

 near the ground. Ripens very early, little later than the SmtiixDcck. Pro- 

 ductiveness very good. Especially a laptcd for light, warm soils, and alxive 

 all for high altitudes. Can stand well iieavy manuring. As a brewing barley 

 well qualitied. It belongs to Doctor Nilsson's Alpha group. 



10586. HoRDKUM DISTICHUM KREtTl'M. 



I'rhniis. 070(i. Head rather long and relatively small, somewhat loosely 

 built, with awns slightly spreading. Head U)rne on the culm, which is bent 

 above almost horizontally. Kernel good, medium large, especially finely 

 formed and full, tinely wrinkled, rich yellow. Plant strong, moderatefy 

 stooled, with upright very strong culms. Ripens early, scarcely perce|)tibly 

 later in maturing (a day or so) than the llmniclicn. Proihictiveness especially 

 good. Quite certainly, so far as (|uality is concerned, the highest grade yet 

 known among the "Iniperial " barleys. Especially suiti-d to heavy, cold loams 

 and clay soils, such as are to be found in middle Sweden. Bred in the region 

 where the sort aire dy — thanks to its strong culms and earliiiess — has opened 

 quite new regions for the culture of brewing barley. 



10587. Jug LANS h^^b. Walnut. 



From Santa Ana, Cal. Received thru Mr. P. H. Dorsett, of Chico, Cal., April IS, 

 1904. 



"I am sending you a tree which, as near as can at this time be determined, is a 

 hybrid between the southern California black w Inut and the native live oak. 

 Native black-walnut .Meeds we e planted as stocks, and these trees appeared in the 

 rows. Walnut buds 'take' on these as readily as on the native stock, or even more 

 readily." {Durxett.) 



10588. LoLTUM I'ERENNE. Rye-grass. 



F.'om The Hague, Holland. Presented by Mr. Berendsen, hortulanus of the 

 Royal Zoological-Botanical Society. Received April 17, 1904. 



Wester icoldi mm. "A variety of rye-grass originated in the north of Holland, which 

 has the rejiutation of being much superior in rapidity of growth and ([uantity of hay 

 cut to that grown from the Scotch variety, which is sometimes planted here." 

 {Berendsen. ) 



10589. Phleum pratense. Timothy. 



From The Hague, Holland. Presented by Mr. Berendsen, hortulanus of the 

 Royal Zoological- Botanical Society. Received April 17, 1904. 



"According to Mr. BerQnd.«en the timothy seed used in Holland is usually importe<l 

 from Scotland. This may be of Scotch origin. Imported for the timothy expeii- 

 ments conducted at the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Statioii, Ithaca, 

 N. Y." {Falrddld.) 



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