36 SEEDS \.\l> PLANTS [IMPORTED. 



25622 to 25630 Continued. 



NorthxoesU m Greening. It bears some resemblance to apples of the Fall Pippin 

 type. As grown at Ames it keeps in ordinary storage till midwinter or later. 



■•.Mr. W. T. Macoun, horticulturist of the Central Experimental Farm, Ot- 

 tawa, Canada, to whom samples of the fruit were submitted, wrote Novem- 

 ber 13, 1908: "I have tested and described the Evaline apple. 1 consider if d> 

 be better than Northw G igirx quality. As you say. it approaches 

 very close to the Fall i < G. B. Brackett, United States pomologist, 

 from specimens which were sent him, describes the flesh as yellowish, medium 

 fine, breaking, juicy, subacid, pleasant flavored, good to verj g 1 in quality. 



" t In account "t" the uniformity of the fruit in size, appearance, and quality, 

 and because of the hardiness of the variety in tree and fruit-bud, it appears 

 worthy of more extended trial in central and northern Iowa as an early u inter 

 or miilw inter apple for the home orchard. < >n the college grounds the variety 



has made a record for hardiness and fruit-bud, having yielded prettj g 1 



crops during thi i 1907 and 1908 when many other varieties in the 



Btation orchards yielded Little or no fruit because their blossom-buds or blos- 

 soms wen- killed by the lab § I ■'■' ■ inth Report of the Iowa 

 HorticuUu - '09.) 



25630. Malus DivEESiFOLi Roem. Crab apple. 



•■ Iowa Expt 8 I! .) Crab apple, native to Alaska. Received 



from Prof. C. C. of the Alaska Experiment Station, Sitka, Alaska. 



In hi- letter of April 13, 1909, Pro! son remarks: 'So far as I know 



there are no wild crab apples in the interior, the species Pyrua rivularis( Malus 



nfined in Alaska entirely to the coast region of southeastern 



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25631. Semele indrogyna (L.) Kunth. 



From Funchal, Madeira. Presented by Mr. Alaricus Delmard, Monte Palace 

 Hotel. Received June L2 and 1 1. L909. 



5 ita Barbara) says that it looks like a gigantic smilax and has dark- 

 green tn>pieal foliage which is likely to be mistaken for Bome of the Indian climbing 

 palm-. 



Distribution. — An evergreen, climbing vine, native of the Canary Islands 1 , and 

 cultivated as a greenhouse ornamental. 



25632 to 25637. 



From Eritrea, Africa. Presented by Prof. T. Batorate, director, Colonial Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station. Asmara. Received June 1, 1909. 

 The following seeds: 



25632. Barbeya ojleoides Schweinf. 



Distribution. — A small tree, native of the middle and higher mountainous 

 regions of the northern part of Abyssinia, and the province of Yemen, in 

 Arabia. 



25633. Cakissa edulis Vahl. 



Distribution. — A tall shrub, found throughout tropical Africa, from Guinea 

 and Nubia, south to Damara-land and the valley of the Zambezi; also in 

 tropical Arabia. 



25634. Diospyros sexegalexsis Perrott. 

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