28 HEED* AND PLANTS [IMPORTED. 



25934— Continued. 



•• 1 1 Beeme to me thai this or other of the South African melons should !"■ more worth 

 cultivating in arid parte of the WeeA than the thornlese prickly pear. < If course the 

 melons want water, bul much of what they get they Btore away for months." 



■ inj. | 



"One of our experimenters of the Monketaan melon has just reported thai the return 

 per acre of melon! amounted to L03 tons, and it was found thai on an average there 

 were two melons t<> every Bquare yard of land. This melon, according to the analysis 

 we have already had made, is high in feeding value and promises to take a leading 

 part in Borne of our stock districts." (Extract from letter of Mr. R. II'. Thornton, 

 government agricultv i Town Department of Agriculture, August :>. 1909.) 



25935. Vicia villosa Roth. Hairy vetch. 

 From Moscow, Russia. Purchased from tmmer & Son, through Prof. V E. 



Hansen, Agricultural Experiment Station, Brookings, S. Dak . while traveling 

 as an agricultural explorer for this Department. Received September 7, L909. 



25936. Rosa sp. Rose. 

 Prom Ogden, Utah. Presented by Miss Pearle Cramer, I Hi i <•< I States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Foresl Service. Received September 7, 1909. 



Yellow. "This r bo far as I have been able to ascertain, is native only to Utah 



where it grows in greal profusion." (Cramer.) 



25937. ( )i:w \ SATTVA I. Rice. 

 From Tsangsheng, Kwangtung Province, Dear Canton, China. Presented bj Mr. 



Stuart J. Fuller, American vice consul-general-in-charge, Hongkong, for whom 

 ii was procured by Mr Leo Bergholz, American consul-general al Canton. 

 Ri • ived September 9, 1909. 

 Szemiu, the translation of which means ' Besl quality refined.' The Chinese rice 

 merchant Btates thai the exportation of ilii- ri<<- in any quantity or in samples is for- 

 bidden by the Chin Government." (Amos P. Wilder, American consul-general, 



Hongkong, < I 



25938 to 25940. Mangifera i\i»i« a L. Mango. 



From Philippine Islands. Procured by Mr. William S. Lyon, Gardens of Nagta- 

 jan. Manila. P. I \l<> <-\ \ • -• I September 8, 1909. 

 Seeds of the following standard varieties: 



25938. Carabao. 



- P. [. Noe. 24927 and 25659 for previous introductions. 



25939. / 



See S. P. I. No. 24170 for previous introduction. 



25940. Pahutan. "From my viewpoint this is the best, not horticulturally, 

 other than being a vigorous grower, early fruiter, and enormously prolific. 

 Its very serious defects — small size, scanty flesh, and excessively large seed — 

 are from my point of view fully offset by a smoothness, sweetness, juiciness, 

 and flavor unapproached by any other. I have eaten the famous Alphonso 

 mango in Calcutta and do not consider it ace high with pahutan. Pahutan 

 further has a very thick rind. This, while still further diminishing its scanty 

 flesh, probably adds to its shipping qualities." (Lyon.) 



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