208 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPOETED. 



8565. Capsicum annuum. Red pepper. 



From Kurrachee, India. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild (no 

 number) , April 4, 1902. 



Bird's bill. 



8566. Capsicum annuum. Red pepper. 



From Kurrachee, India. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 

 828, February 6, 1902) , April 4, 1902. 



"The common red pepper in use in Kurrachee. It is mild in comparison with the 

 Maskat variety. It is dark wine-red in color, and long and conical in shape. Bought 

 in a Maskat market. ' ' ( Fairchild. ) 



8567. Phoenix dactylifera. Date palm. 



From Kurrachee, India. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild (no 

 number), April 4, 1902. 



"Bagist or Dairi dates, a second-class variety eaten by the common people." 

 ( Fairchild. ) 



8568. Capsicum annuum. Chili pepper. 



From Maskat, India. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 837, 

 February 6, 1902), April 4, 1902. 



"A very hot orange or light-red variety of red pepper, reputed to be one of the 

 hottest peppers on the Persian Gulf. Bought in a Maskat bazaar." (Fairchild.) 



8569. Phoenix dactylifera. Date palm. 



From Maskat, India. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 



831, February 6, 1902), April 4, 1902. 



Burni. " Dried dates of one of the Karak pokhta or cooking class. This date is 

 also said to be a first-class drying or pressed date, but with poor keeping qualities. 

 It is so delicate that it can not be sent successfully to America, but it is considered 

 superior in flavor to the Fard date, which is the variety commonly shipped to 

 America. It is the earliest date known at Maskat, and one of the very finest flavored 

 sorts. It ripens in Maskat in June, but this region of Maskat has a temperature in 

 summer of 110° and even 117° F. in the shade, so that the sort might ripen later if 

 transplanted to a region with a cooler summer temperature. The dates sent are of 

 the boiled sort only, the dried kind being quite unobtainable." (Fairchild.) 



8570. Phoenix dactylifera. Date palm. 



From Kurrachee, India. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 

 834, Feb. 2, 1902), April 4, 1902. 



Jahadi. "Dried dates of one of the second quality sorts shipped into India from 

 the Persian Gulf. This variety is probably shipped to America." (Fairchild.) 



8571. Phoenix dactylifera. Date palm. 



From Maskat, India. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 

 833, February 6, 1902), April 4, 1902. 



Khanezi. " Dried dates of a first-class Persian Gulf sort sent largely to America. 

 This is considered inferior to the Fard, but still ranks as a very good sort." (Fair- 

 ch ild. ) 



8572. Phoenix dactylifera. Date palm. 



From Kurrachee, India. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 



832, February 5, 1902), April 4, 1902. 



Fard. "Dried dates of the variety most commonly shipped from the Persian 

 Gulf to America. This is not considered the finest of the dates, but is one of the 

 best shippers. It is a dark, medium-sized sort, of good quality. It is grown about 

 Maskat and the southern part of the Persian Gulf. It is a medium early date, later 

 than Burni. ' ' ( Fairchild. ) 



