44 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



24771 to 24819— Continued. 



24804. Morus nigra L. Black mulberry. 

 "(No. 229.) A choice-fruited native variety from Tiflis, Transcaucasia." 



(Hansen.) 



Distribution. — A native of southern Russia in the vicinity of the Caucasus 

 Mountains and the Caspian Sea; also cultivated in warm climates. 



24805. Malus sylvestris Mill. Apple. 

 "(No. 230.) A native apple Paschalma, from Tiflis, Transcaucasia." (Han- 

 sen.) 



24806. Amygdaltjs persica L. • Peach. 

 "(No. 251>) Peculiar native, flat, small peach pits, from Tashkend, Turkes- 

 tan." (Hansen.) 



24807. Amygdalus persica L. Peach. 

 "(No. 252.) Native peach pits from Tashkend, Turkestan." (Hansen.) 



24808. Amygdalus nana L. Russian almond. 

 " (No. 253.) Variety Spinosissima. Native dwarf almond from Alatau Moun- 

 tains, 80 versts from Tashkend, Turkestan. See No. 257 (S. P. I. No. 24809)." 

 (Hansen.) 



24809. Amygdalus nana L. Russian almond. 

 "(No. 257.) Variety Petronnikow. Dwarf native almond from Chingan 



Mountains, 90 versts from Tashkend, Turkestan. See No. 253 (S. P. I. No. 

 24808)." (Hansen.) 



24810. Chaetochloa italica (L.) Scribn. Millet. 

 "(No. 258.) Originally from Manchuria. Seed grown at experiment station 



in Golodnaya or Hunger steppe, Turkestan." (Hansen.) 



24811. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 

 " (No. 259.) The ' Turcestanica' is a name given by the Russian agronomists 



to distinguish the alfalfa native of Turkestan from that obtained from other 

 regions. The present sample is as grown in Golodnaya or Hunger steppe, Tur- 

 kestan. Since I brought the first lot of Turkestan alfalfa to the United States 

 in the spring of 1908 an enormous export of alfalfa seed has sprung up in Turkes- 

 tan, especially from the Khanate of Khiva. It was stated to me in Turkestan 

 in December, 1908, that fully 200,000 pood go from Khiva each year (a Russian 

 pood is 32 pounds avoirdupois); also that perhaps 100,000 pood go from the rest 

 of Turkestan. In Khiva the multitude of camels which eat the dry fodder left 

 after the seed is removed makes it possible to raise the seed cheaper at Khiva. 

 Most of the seed goes to South America, but a considerable and steadily increas- 

 ing lot goes to North America. Some of the seed sold commercially does not 

 come from Turkestan, but it is said comes from farther south. It is to be hoped 

 that the alfalfa seed business will be better handled in the future and that each 

 strain is correctly labeled." (Hansen.) 



24812. Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. Durra. 

 "(No. 249.) ' Dshu-gah-rah,' from Khokand region, Turkestan, raised in the 



Golodnaya or Hunger steppe, between Tashkend and Samarkand, Turkestan. 

 Extensively used for stock feed and also for human food." (Hansen.) 



" 'Dzhugara,' similar to S. P. I. No. 24553. Base of some glumes black." 

 (Carleton R. Ball.) 

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