﻿18 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26126 
  to 
  26129— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  26127. 
  " 
  Papas 
  Arrayanas, 
  criallas 
  coloradas. 
  Produced 
  on 
  the 
  mountain 
  tops 
  

   and 
  on 
  high 
  table 
  lands." 
  

  

  26128. 
  " 
  Papas 
  Paramunas. 
  Produced 
  on 
  the 
  mountain 
  slopes 
  above 
  the 
  

   Savannah 
  of 
  Bogota." 
  

  

  26129. 
  ' 
  ' 
  Papas 
  Amapald. 
  Produced 
  on 
  the 
  Savannah 
  of 
  Bogota." 
  

  

  26130. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  Talas, 
  Caesarea, 
  Turkey. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Wm. 
  S. 
  Dodd, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  

  

  Charles 
  J. 
  Brand. 
  Received 
  October 
  19, 
  1909. 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  In 
  his 
  letter 
  transmitting 
  this 
  seed 
  Doctor 
  Dodd 
  states: 
  ' 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  sure 
  whether 
  the 
  

  

  lucern 
  for 
  which 
  you 
  ask 
  is 
  the 
  plant 
  that 
  we 
  cultivate 
  here 
  for 
  horse 
  feed 
  or 
  not, 
  but 
  

  

  I 
  send 
  some 
  of 
  that. 
  Yonja 
  is 
  the 
  Turkish 
  name.' 
  Only 
  a 
  small 
  package 
  of 
  this 
  seed 
  

  

  was 
  received, 
  and 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  reserved 
  for 
  experiments 
  in 
  the 
  Southwest." 
  (Brand.) 
  

  

  26132 
  and 
  26133. 
  

  

  From 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  Agricultural 
  Explorer. 
  Received 
  October 
  13, 
  1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26132. 
  Prunus 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  China. 
  Obtained 
  at 
  the 
  M. 
  L. 
  de 
  Vilmorin 
  Arboretum, 
  Les 
  Barres, 
  

   Nogent 
  sur 
  Vernisson, 
  France. 
  

  

  26133. 
  Photinia 
  villosa 
  (Thunb.) 
  DC. 
  

  

  From 
  Western 
  China. 
  Obtained 
  at 
  the 
  M. 
  L. 
  de 
  Vilmorin 
  Arboretum, 
  Les 
  

   Barres, 
  Nogent 
  sur 
  Vernisson, 
  France. 
  "This 
  plant 
  has 
  a 
  rather 
  dwarfy 
  habit, 
  

   is 
  apparently 
  evergreen 
  in 
  a 
  climate 
  not 
  too 
  cold, 
  and 
  may 
  serve 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  

   loquats, 
  besides 
  being 
  also 
  ornamental. 
  The 
  plant 
  will 
  probably 
  not 
  be 
  hardy 
  

   in 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  native 
  of 
  the 
  southeastern 
  provinces 
  of 
  the 
  Chinese 
  Empire 
  

   and 
  of 
  Formosa, 
  and 
  widely 
  distributed 
  in 
  Japan. 
  

  

  26134. 
  Allium 
  cepa 
  L. 
  Onion. 
  

  

  From 
  Denia, 
  Spain. 
  Procured 
  from 
  Senor 
  Don 
  Luis 
  Tono, 
  American 
  consular 
  

  

  agent, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Robert 
  Frazer, 
  jr., 
  American 
  consul, 
  Valencia, 
  Spain. 
  

  

  Received 
  October 
  20, 
  1909. 
  

  

  "Seed 
  of 
  the 
  onion 
  that 
  is 
  commercially 
  grown 
  on 
  an 
  extensive 
  scale 
  in 
  Denia. 
  

  

  These 
  onions 
  come 
  upon 
  the 
  American 
  market 
  in 
  a 
  peculiar 
  type 
  of 
  package 
  and 
  are 
  

  

  the 
  large 
  yellow 
  or 
  straw-colored 
  onions 
  which 
  are 
  sold 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Spanish 
  

  

  onions. 
  The 
  closest 
  American 
  representative 
  of 
  this 
  type 
  is 
  the 
  Prizetaker, 
  which 
  I 
  

  

  understand 
  is 
  an 
  American 
  sport 
  from 
  this 
  variety. 
  It 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  largest 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  onions 
  which 
  are 
  grown 
  extensively 
  for 
  market, 
  has 
  the 
  thinnest 
  skin, 
  is 
  the 
  mildest 
  

  

  in 
  flavor, 
  and 
  altogether 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  onion 
  produced 
  in 
  the 
  world. 
  From 
  imported 
  seed 
  

  

  we 
  have 
  succeeded 
  in 
  producing 
  some 
  very 
  fine 
  specimens 
  in 
  parts 
  of 
  Texas, 
  and 
  we 
  

  

  hope 
  that 
  from 
  this 
  small 
  beginning 
  a 
  very 
  considerable 
  industry 
  will 
  be 
  built 
  up. 
  

  

  The 
  probabilities 
  are 
  that 
  we 
  shall 
  always 
  need 
  to 
  import 
  the 
  seed 
  direct 
  from 
  Spain 
  

  

  in 
  order 
  to 
  maintain 
  the 
  high 
  quality 
  in 
  the 
  American-grown 
  product. 
  " 
  (L. 
  C. 
  Corbet 
  t.) 
  

  

  26135. 
  Trifolium 
  suaveolens 
  Willd. 
  Shaftal, 
  or 
  schabdar. 
  

  

  From 
  Tashkend, 
  Turkestan. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Dr. 
  Richard 
  Schroder, 
  director 
  

   Chief 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  at 
  the 
  suggestion 
  of 
  Prof. 
  N. 
  E. 
  Hansen, 
  

   Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  Brookings, 
  S. 
  Dak. 
  Received 
  October 
  23, 
  

   1909. 
  

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