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1213. Berberis vulgaris. Tartarian barberry. 



From Tashkend, Russian Turkestan. Received through Prof. X. E. Hansen, July 



28,1898. (10 packages.) 



"An edible market berry in Turkestan " (Professor Hansen). Form called 

 B. lieteropoda. Native of Turkestan and Tartary. 



1214. Oucumis mblo. Muskmelon. 



From Tashkend, Russian Turkestan. Received through Prof. X. E. Hansen, 

 July 28, 1898. (201 packages.) 



Variety "Akitschick.'' Extra fine-looking seed. 



1215. Cucumis MEi/'. Muskmelon. 



From Tashkend, Russian Turkestan. Received through Prof. X. E. Hansen, 

 July 28, 1898. (132 packages.) 



Variety "Bassu-alde. v Seed unusually fine-looking. 



1216. Cucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Tashkend, Russian Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, 

 July 28, 1898. (192 packages.) 



A cantaloupe; the seed unusually fine-looking. 



1217. Cucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Tashkend, Russian Turkestan. Received through Prof. X. E. Hansen, 

 July 28, 1898. (60 packages.) 



"Kasak." "A cantaloupe variety; the earliest of all the white-fleshed musk- 

 melons from Russian Turkestan.'' 



1218. Cucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Tashkend, Russian Turkestan. Received through Prof. X. E. Hansen, 

 July 28, 1898. (96 packages.) 



Variety "Tschirin Beschek." Originally from China. 



1219. Cucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Tashkend, Russian Turkestan. Received through Prof. X. E, Hansen, 

 July 28, 1898. (128 packages. ) 



"Koi-casck" (a native Sart name, meaning '•'sheep's head.") 



1220. Citrullus vulgaris. Watermelon. 



From Tashkend, Russian Turkestan. Received through Prof. X. E. Hansen, July 

 28,1898. (64 packages.) 



A Sart variety of the largest size; skin black. 



" Xoue of the Turkestan watermelons were especially valuable as far as I noted, 

 but the muskmelons were far better than any we have. They are mostly from the 

 cotton-growing sections, so will probably be valuable only in the South." (Professor 

 Hansen.) 



1221. Cucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Tashkend, Russian Turkestan. Received through Prof. X. E. Hansen, July 

 28,1898. (16 packages.) 



Variety "Bassu-alde." Supposed to be a hybrid cantaloupe. 



1222. Cucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From Tashkend, Russian Turkestan. Received through Prof. X. E. Hansen, July 

 28, 1898. (128 packages. ) 



Variety •'Ak-uruk. 7 ' 



