36 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOKTED. 



5810 to 5823— Continued. 



5818. 



Ringstads. "A showy red-cheeked table apple of excellent quality; a good 

 market sort; largely planted in Sweden and Finland; quite hardy. Highly 

 recommended by Director Pihl." {Fair child.) 



5819. 



Stenkyrke. ' ' One of the very best Swedish sorts. Excellent keeper. A very 

 good table apple. Originated on the chalky soil of Gottland. It does well on 

 clay soil and is heartily recommended by Director Pihl." (Fair child.) 



5820. 



Staringe. "Late summer or early autumn variety. Eipens in September. 

 A table apple of very fine quality. Origin unknown. Banks very high, though 

 it is not very commonly cultivated." (Fairchild. ) 



5821. 



Sdfstaholms. " Eipens in September. A most popular sort and one Director 

 Pihl thinks would be very highly prized in America. A table sort made 

 known by the well-known Swedish pomologist, Olof Eneroth. Quite hardy." 

 (Fairchild.) 



5822. 



Akerb. "This variety is considered, at the present time, to be the best of 

 all the Swedish apples. The tree is one of the hardiest and of uncommonly 

 strong growth. Not liable to disease. A winter table apple of excellent 

 quality. Keeps until spring. A heavy bearer only at advanced age. Grows 

 well- in any kind of soil. The original tree is standing at Akero, although 

 planted more than one hundred years ago. Much propagated in last twenty- 

 five years. ' ' ( Fairchild. ) 



5823. 



Olands Kungs. ' ' Closely related to Scharlakansparman, but is not the same. 

 A small, very bright red table apple. Sold in very large quantities as a Christ- 

 mas-tree apple, for which it is especially suited, as it keeps well until Christmas. 

 Hardy and tolerably productive." (Fairchild. ) 



5824. Prunus domestica. Plum. 



From Stockholm, Sweden. Presented by Director Axel Pihl through Messrs. 

 Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 414, July 18, 1900). Keceived February 4, 1901. 



Allmanna guh "A very good cooking plum. Extremely hardy, but not a very 

 heavy bearer. Almost always propagated by root division. Grown as far north as 

 any plum. ' ' ( Fairchild. ) 



5825. Ceratonia siliqua. Carob. 



From Lissa Island, Dalmatia. Received through Mr. D. G. Fairchild (No. 499, 

 January 7, 1901), February 5, 1901. 



' ' Bud sticks of a variety with large sweet pods. ' ' ( Fairchild. ) 



5826. Lathyrus platyphyllus. 



From Stockholm, Sweden. Presented by Prof. V. Wittrock, director of the 

 botanic gardens, Frescati, through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 441, 

 August 11, 1900) . Received February 5, 1901. 



"A species of Lathyrus named by Retzius L. platyphyllus. Its origin is uncertain. 

 In Professor Wittrock's garden, at Frescati, are plants which have been growing for 

 twelve years. One of these is planted against a wall 12 feet or more high, and the 

 plant has spread over a large surface and overtops the wall by several feet. The 



