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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26116— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  as 
  1 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter. 
  The 
  acid 
  flesh 
  has 
  a 
  delicate 
  flavor, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  not 
  enough 
  

   of 
  it 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  fruits 
  a 
  commercial 
  value. 
  Fruits 
  are 
  occasionally 
  found, 
  however, 
  

   that 
  are 
  practically 
  without 
  seeds 
  and 
  it 
  might 
  be 
  possible 
  to 
  fix 
  this 
  character 
  by 
  

   selection. 
  As 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  often 
  sold 
  in 
  the 
  oriental 
  markets. 
  

  

  "I 
  particularly 
  recommend 
  this 
  Crataegus 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  pears. 
  It 
  is 
  good 
  for 
  dry 
  

   localities 
  at 
  any 
  altitude. 
  It 
  is 
  found 
  as 
  low 
  as 
  200 
  meters 
  below 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  

   Mediterranean 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Jordan 
  and 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  1,800 
  meters 
  above 
  sea 
  level 
  

   in 
  the 
  desert 
  near 
  Petra. 
  It 
  ought, 
  therefore, 
  to 
  thrive 
  in 
  southern 
  California 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  plateaus 
  of 
  Colorado. 
  

  

  "My 
  personal 
  experience 
  has 
  shown 
  that 
  a 
  top 
  graft 
  6 
  inches 
  or 
  a 
  foot 
  above 
  the 
  

   ground 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  for 
  this 
  stock. 
  It 
  is 
  best 
  suited 
  for 
  the 
  early 
  varieties 
  of 
  pears. 
  

  

  "I 
  recommend 
  this 
  as 
  a 
  stock, 
  therefore, 
  in 
  high, 
  arid 
  situations 
  where 
  water 
  is 
  

   scarce 
  or 
  costly. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  ideal 
  stock 
  for 
  dwarf 
  early 
  pears. 
  At 
  Indio, 
  Cal., 
  for 
  

   instance, 
  it 
  ought 
  to 
  yield 
  prime 
  fruit 
  with 
  very 
  little 
  irrigation. 
  

  

  "Palestine 
  (where 
  my 
  father 
  has 
  had 
  trees 
  grafted 
  in 
  this 
  way 
  for 
  18 
  years) 
  is 
  not 
  

   the 
  only 
  region 
  in 
  which 
  Crataegus 
  azarolus 
  has 
  been 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  the 
  pear. 
  

   Mr. 
  Dumont 
  has 
  used 
  it 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  purpose 
  near 
  Tunis. 
  

  

  "I 
  speak 
  of 
  pears 
  because 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  personal 
  experience 
  with 
  this 
  fruit. 
  But 
  I 
  

   can 
  see 
  no 
  reason 
  why 
  it 
  would 
  not 
  do 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  dwarf 
  early 
  apples." 
  

   (A. 
  Aaronsohn.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  native 
  of 
  southern 
  Europe, 
  western 
  Asia, 
  and 
  northern 
  Africa, 
  

   being 
  found 
  in 
  Spain, 
  Italy, 
  Crete, 
  Caucasia, 
  Asia 
  Minor, 
  Syria, 
  Palestine, 
  Arabia; 
  

   Persia, 
  and 
  Algeria. 
  

  

  26117. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  Indian 
  Head, 
  Saskatchewan, 
  Canada. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Angus 
  Mackay, 
  

  

  superintendent, 
  Dominion 
  Experimental 
  Farm 
  for 
  Saskatchewan, 
  through 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Charles 
  J. 
  Brand. 
  Received 
  October 
  18, 
  1909. 
  

  

  Grimm. 
  — 
  "Grown 
  at 
  Indian 
  Head 
  from 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  12991; 
  seeded 
  in 
  comparison 
  

  

  with 
  eight 
  other 
  strains 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1905. 
  No. 
  12991 
  was 
  produced 
  in 
  Minnesota 
  

  

  in 
  1904 
  and 
  was 
  secured 
  from 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  B. 
  Lyman, 
  Excelsior, 
  Minn. 
  In 
  the 
  Indian 
  

  

  Head 
  experiments 
  it 
  has 
  proven 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  (1905 
  to 
  1909) 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  nine 
  strains 
  under 
  test." 
  (Brand.) 
  

  

  26118 
  and 
  26119. 
  

  

  From 
  Wellington, 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  W. 
  Kirk, 
  Biologist, 
  

   Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  October 
  18, 
  1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26118. 
  Microlaena 
  stipoides 
  (Labill.) 
  R. 
  Br. 
  New 
  Zealand 
  rice-grass. 
  

   A 
  native 
  grass, 
  much 
  relished 
  by 
  all 
  kinds 
  of 
  stock; 
  the 
  herbage 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  rich 
  

  

  green 
  color, 
  and 
  is 
  produced 
  in 
  great 
  abundance. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  native 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand 
  and 
  Australia, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  widely 
  

   distributed 
  and 
  used 
  for 
  a 
  lawn 
  and 
  pasture 
  grass. 
  

  

  26119. 
  Danthonia 
  semiannularis 
  (Labill.) 
  R. 
  Br. 
  Wallaby 
  grass. 
  

   A 
  grass 
  which 
  does 
  well 
  on 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  poorer 
  classes 
  of 
  gumbo 
  land, 
  also 
  on 
  

  

  heavy 
  clay 
  soils. 
  It 
  stands 
  drought 
  with 
  impunity, 
  and 
  throws 
  up 
  a 
  good 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  feed, 
  which 
  is 
  eaten 
  by 
  all 
  classes 
  of 
  stock. 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  21024 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  Tasmania, 
  and 
  the 
  temperate 
  parts 
  of 
  Australia. 
  

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