﻿8 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOKTED. 
  

  

  The 
  problem 
  of 
  growing 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  the 
  large-fruited 
  English 
  

   gooseberry 
  has 
  proved 
  difficult 
  to 
  solve 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  gooseberry 
  

   mildew 
  to 
  which 
  all 
  English 
  gooseberry 
  varieties 
  seem 
  subject. 
  

   Those 
  interested 
  in 
  this 
  fruit 
  will 
  be 
  glad 
  to 
  test 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  Van 
  Fleet's 
  

   three 
  new 
  hybrids 
  between 
  Ribes 
  missouriense, 
  R. 
  cynosbati, 
  and 
  

   R. 
  rotundifolium 
  crossed 
  by 
  R. 
  reclinatum. 
  These 
  represent 
  twelve 
  

   years 
  of 
  careful 
  work 
  in 
  selection 
  from 
  hundreds 
  of 
  seedlings 
  from 
  

   various 
  crosses, 
  and 
  preliminary 
  tests 
  have 
  shown 
  them 
  remarkably 
  

   resistant 
  to 
  the 
  gooseberry 
  mildew. 
  (Nos. 
  26138 
  to 
  26140.) 
  

  

  Feijoa 
  sellowiana 
  (Nos. 
  26120 
  and 
  26121) 
  is 
  a 
  new 
  fruit 
  from 
  Uru- 
  

   guay 
  which 
  is 
  attracting 
  some 
  attention 
  in 
  California 
  and 
  Florida, 
  

   since 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  withstand 
  more 
  cold 
  than 
  the 
  guava 
  and 
  to 
  have 
  

   a 
  unique 
  flavor 
  of 
  its 
  own 
  which 
  is 
  especially 
  relished 
  by 
  many. 
  An 
  

   acid-fruited 
  species 
  of 
  Psidium 
  laurifolium 
  (No. 
  26413), 
  from 
  Trini- 
  

   dad, 
  will 
  interest 
  those 
  who 
  believe 
  in 
  the 
  future 
  of 
  the 
  guava 
  and 
  its 
  

   jelly-making 
  qualities, 
  since 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  jelly 
  much 
  quicker 
  than 
  the 
  

   common 
  West 
  Indian 
  varieties 
  and, 
  quite 
  distinct 
  from 
  them, 
  to 
  have 
  

   an 
  agreeable 
  acidity. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  Florida 
  and 
  California 
  fruit 
  growers 
  who 
  are 
  watching 
  the 
  

   possibilities 
  of 
  the 
  anonas, 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  eight 
  large-fruited, 
  

   smooth-skinned 
  varieties 
  from 
  Chile 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  interest. 
  (Nos. 
  26148 
  

   to 
  26155.) 
  

  

  The 
  loganberry 
  is 
  already 
  well 
  known 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  those 
  

   who 
  realize 
  its 
  value 
  will 
  doubtless 
  wish 
  to 
  test 
  the 
  lowberry 
  (No. 
  

   26197) 
  and 
  Low's 
  Phenomenal 
  raspberry-loganberry 
  hybrid 
  (No. 
  

   26198), 
  which 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  new 
  rivals 
  of 
  the 
  loganberry. 
  

  

  Those 
  who 
  are 
  experimenting 
  with 
  forage 
  plants 
  will 
  be 
  interested 
  

   in 
  a 
  new 
  importation 
  of 
  shaftal, 
  Trifoliwn 
  suaveolens, 
  from 
  Tashkend 
  

   (No. 
  26135), 
  a 
  clover 
  which 
  is 
  being 
  given 
  a 
  thorough 
  trial 
  in 
  the 
  irri- 
  

   gated 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  Southwest. 
  Although 
  normally 
  an 
  annual, 
  this 
  

   species 
  behaves 
  as 
  a 
  perennial 
  if 
  regularly 
  cut 
  for 
  hay. 
  The 
  Wallaby 
  

   grass, 
  Danihonia 
  semiannularis, 
  from 
  New 
  Zealand 
  (No. 
  26119), 
  is 
  

   recommended 
  especially 
  for 
  heavy 
  clay 
  soils 
  or 
  gumbo 
  lands 
  subject 
  

   to 
  drought; 
  and 
  ray-grass, 
  Lolium 
  strictum 
  (No. 
  26200), 
  coming 
  from 
  

   the 
  dry 
  regions 
  along 
  the 
  Mediterranean, 
  is 
  recommended 
  by 
  the 
  vet- 
  

   eran 
  experimenter, 
  Doctor 
  Trabut, 
  of 
  Mustapha, 
  Algiers, 
  as 
  being 
  an 
  

   excellent 
  forage 
  grass, 
  an 
  annual 
  worthy 
  of 
  cultivation 
  in 
  the 
  South- 
  

   west; 
  while 
  the 
  New 
  Zealand 
  rice-grass, 
  Microlaena 
  stipoides 
  (No. 
  

   26118), 
  may 
  find 
  a 
  use 
  in 
  America 
  for 
  pasture 
  or 
  lawn 
  purposes. 
  

  

  Potato 
  breeders 
  have 
  already 
  shown 
  an 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  introduction 
  

   of 
  a 
  few 
  tubers 
  of 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Solanum 
  thought 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  wild 
  hybrid 
  of 
  

   Solanum 
  tuberosum 
  (No. 
  26122), 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  used 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Paton, 
  

   of 
  Scotland, 
  to 
  originate 
  what 
  he 
  believes 
  are 
  varieties 
  practically 
  

   immune 
  to 
  the 
  potato 
  blight, 
  Phytophthora 
  infestans. 
  Interesting 
  

  

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