142 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



21227. Amygdalus davidiana. Peach. 



Prom Tientsin, China. Received through Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agricultural 

 explorer, July, 1907, at the Plant introduction (harden, Chico, Cal. 



"(No. 728a, June 12, 1907.) Seeds i" be utilized as a stock Cor peaches] 

 Thrives well OB high, dry soils and is apparently very resistant to disease, 

 Seeds sent in 1905 under No. !>a (S. P. I. No. L8262), from Peking." (Mej/er.l 



21228 to 21230. 



From Shanghai, china. Received through Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agrl 

 cultural explorer. July 19, 1907. 



21228. Rafhancs SATIVUS. Radish. 



From Peking, China. "(No. 729a, June 3, 1907.) A long red radish] 

 Chinese name Hong hiim. A very good, large variety of a radish of a 



eery Oblong shape and brlghl red color; quite juicy when eaten fresh. 

 Ii is eaten Stewed, raw. or sliced and pickled: sown as soon as the 



froBl leaves the ground." [Meyer.) 



21229. Bbassica PB-TSAI. Pe-tsai cabbage. 

 From Peking, China. "(No. 730a, June .;. 1907.) Chinese name 



r<ti tsui. Saiil to be a late, large, solid-headed, long cabbage of good 

 keeping qualities, li requires, like ail the Chinese varieties of cabbage, 

 a light, well-worked soil with abundanl moisture." < Meyer.) 



21230. l'oi mi i i i \i DXJLOE. Sweet fennel. 



From Peking, China. "(No. Tola. June.".. 1907.) Chinese name Ihiin 

 ahang tsai. a verj early vegetable grown by the Chinese as a flavoring 



herb. They USe it in soups, in sauces, and with meat and fish; it is 



yerj sued. The seed can lie sown on sandy, moist situations as soon as 



Crosl leaves the ground; well worth a trial." (Meyer.) 



21231 to 21234. 



From Mongolia. Received through Hon. W. W. Rockhill, United states 

 minister, Peking, China, July 29, 1907, on a memorandum presented hy 

 Mr. w. T. Swingle, November 26, 1906. 



The following notations as to where the ^■i'(\ was procured were taken from 

 bags and tags thai came with the seed: 



21231. A VENA SATIVA. Oats. 



Ni'taiioii mi tag: I »ats gathered at Eul-cheu-seu-ts'ing-ti, in the valley 

 of the upper Hoang-ho, two days' journey west of Koei-hoa-t'cheng, 



Notation on bag: Oats gathered in the valley of the Yellow River, 260 

 li wesi of Blueville (Ville-Bleue). 



21232. Medicago sativa. Alfalfa. 



Notation on tag: Lucem with blue flowers from Ning-t'iao-leang ; 

 locality four days' journey southeast of Yu-lin-fou. 



21233. Avena sativa. Oats. 

 Notation on tag: Oats of Mao-ruin-ngau. (From a very cold section.) 



21234. Avena sativa. Oats. 



Notation on tag: Oats of Ning-t'iao-leang. (Locality four days' jour- 

 ney southeast of Yu-lin-fou.) 



"Since the locality in which we live (Hadjoo, Mao Ming-ngan) is 

 relatively cold, oats are sown here during the first days of May. They 

 take 120 days to mature. When the season is not dry they grow exceed- 

 ingly well, by preference in soil worked in the spring of the sowing, con- 

 trary to wheat, which gives the best yield in soil worked in the autumn 

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