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21711 to 21715— Continued. 



21711. Hordeum vulgare. Barley. 



"(No. 277.) A barley from Ofoton, 68° 20', north of the Arctic Circle 

 in Norway, from the innermost point of a deep fjord, or arm of the sea, 

 a few meters above sea level, on sandy soil ; severe winter, cold, but 

 usually with snow. This is originally from Lyngen in Tromsoe Amt or 

 province; in a deep fjord, 69° 17' N. lat., and cultivated fifteen years 

 in succession at Elvegaard, a farm belonging to S. Mosling, where it 

 has ripened every year. The present sample raised by S. Mosling, of 

 Elvegaard, at Ofoton." (Hansen.) 



21712. Avena sativa. Oat. 



"(No. 278.) Seed of oats from the same place as No. 277 (S. P. I. 

 No. 21711). Cultivated here one year." (Hansen.) 



21713. Hordeum vulgare. Barley. 



"(No. 279.) Sample of barley from Hans Olsen Misvaer, in Skjaer- 

 stad, in 67° 7' latitude in northern Norway, in a deep fjord, where the 

 winter is uniformly cold and the summer often oppressively warm; 

 sandy soil. This sample was cultivated for a number of years in succes- 

 sion in the same place. Sowing season about May 20; harvest August 

 24." (Hansen.) 



21714. Sec ale cereale. Rye. 



"(No. 280.) Spring rye from the same locality as No. 279 (S. P. I. 

 No. 21713)." (Hansen.) 



21715. Secale cereale. Rye. 



"(No. 281.) Winter rye from Arnoldus Mo, Bodin, 67° 19' latitude, 

 northern Norway, a locality on the seacoast, wbere the fields often lie 

 bare in winter. This sample was cultivated over fifty years on the same 

 place." (Hansen.) 



21716 to 21730. 



From Tashkent, Turkestan, Russian Central Asia. Received from Mr. 

 Richard Schroeder, director of the experiment station, through Prof. 

 N. E. Hansen, of the Agricultural Experiment Station, Brookings, S. Dak., 

 as agricultural explorer for the Department of Agriculture in 1906. 

 Numbered December, 1907. 



21716. Gossypium hirsutum. Cotton. 



"Bokhara. (No. 292.) From the bazaar at Tashkent, Turkestan." 

 (Hansen.) 



21717. Malus malus. Apple. 



"Kisyl alma. (No. 293.) From Samarcand, Russian Turkestan." 

 (Hansen.) 



21718. Beta vulgaris. . Beet. 



"Muschak-dumalak. (No. 294.) From Tashkent, Russian Turkestan. 

 Seed of native beet." (Hansen.) 



21719. Cucumis sativus. Cucumber. 



"Kok-badrin. (No. 295.) From Tashkent, Russian Turkestan." 

 ( Hansen. ) 



21720. Panicum miliaceum. Broom corn millet. 



"Ak-kunak. (No. 296.) From Tashkent, Russian Turkestan. A 

 native millet." (Hansen.) 



21721. Prunus sp. Cherry. 



u Kara-alytscha. (No. 297.) From Tashkent, Russian Turkestan. A 

 native cherry." (Hansen.) 

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