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1101. Medicagk) sativa. Turkestan alfalfa. 



From Taskkend, Turkestan. Received througk Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. 

 (1 package.) 



Variety "turTcestanica." (See No. 1159.) 



1102. Oucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Kuldja, Ckina. Received througk Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. (4 

 packages.) 



1103. Cucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Kuldja, Ckina. Received tkrougk Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. (2 

 packages.) 



1104. Pyrus baccata. Crabapple. 



From Vernoe, Semiretckinsk Province, Russian Turkestan. Received througk 

 Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. (1 package.) 



1105. 



From Djarkent, Russian Turkestan (formerly a part of Ckinese Turkestan). 

 Received tkrougk Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. (2 packages.) 



Ckinese fruits from a rick Tarantin (native Mokammedan) merckant's kouse. 



1106. Apocynum venetum. 



From Djarkent, Russian Turkestan. Received tkrougk Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 

 24,1898. (1 package.) 



"Kasil kindyr" (red kindyr, Kirghiz name). A fiber plant much used for ropes 

 and matting. 



1107. Pyrus malus. Apple. 



From Kuldja, China. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. (4 

 packages.) 



1108. Pyrus communis. Pear. 



From Kuldja, Ckina. Received tkrougk Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. (2 

 packages.) 



1109. Pyrus malus. Apple. 



From Djarkent, Russian Turkestan. Received tkrougk Prof. N. E. Hansen, 

 May 24, 1898. (4 packages.) 



Red-flesked small sweet apple. Professor Hansen writes: "Tkis section was 

 formerly a part of Ckinese Turkestan, and red-flesked apples are common. These 

 apples, with blood-red flesh, are interesting, although none that I saw were of any 

 special value for the American market. I secured many scions of these and other 

 fruits in Chinese Turkestan, but lost all but some grape cuttings in a blizzard wkile 

 endeavoring to reack Omsk, tke nearest station on the Siberian railway. One of tkis 

 race of apples, witk tke wood, cambium layer, bark, flowers, and skin and flesk of 

 fruit red, has been introduced under the name of Pyrus malus niedzwetzkyana Dieck. 

 It is about tke size of tke Whitney crab, and is worthy of attention, at least as a 

 curiosity." 



1110. Vitis vinifera. Grape. 



From Kuldja, China. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, May 24, 1898. (1 

 package.) 



Large wkite grape, very sweet. Vines covered in winter with eartk. 



