﻿OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1909. 
  19 
  

  

  26135— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  notes 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  letter 
  written 
  by 
  Doctor 
  Schroder 
  to 
  Pro- 
  

   fessor 
  Hansen; 
  clause 
  in 
  brackets 
  is 
  by 
  Professor 
  Hansen: 
  

  

  "In 
  Persia 
  the 
  schabdar 
  seed 
  is 
  usually 
  sown 
  in 
  the 
  fall, 
  not 
  too 
  late. 
  It 
  endures 
  

   the 
  winter 
  quite 
  well. 
  By 
  sowing 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  it 
  develops 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  so 
  quickly 
  that 
  

   the 
  first 
  cutting 
  is 
  ready 
  before 
  the 
  first 
  cutting 
  of 
  alfalfa. 
  According 
  to 
  information 
  

   obtained 
  in 
  Persia 
  the 
  schabdar 
  endures 
  several 
  years. 
  This 
  lot 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  variety 
  

   which 
  endures 
  from 
  five 
  to 
  seven 
  years. 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  this 
  plant 
  is 
  perennial 
  comes 
  

   in 
  conflict 
  with 
  botanical 
  statements 
  [that 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  annual]. 
  

  

  "In 
  Persia 
  the 
  fresh 
  shoots 
  of 
  the 
  schabdar 
  are 
  also 
  used 
  for 
  salad. 
  The 
  flowers 
  are 
  

   visited 
  by 
  bees." 
  

  

  26136. 
  Gossypium 
  barbadense 
  L. 
  Cotton. 
  

  

  From 
  Nyassaland 
  Protectorate, 
  British 
  Central 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  

   Stewart 
  J. 
  McCall, 
  director 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  Zomba. 
  Received 
  October 
  23, 
  1909. 
  

   " 
  Egyptian 
  (Abbasi). 
  Our 
  Egyptian 
  is 
  not 
  nearly 
  so 
  good 
  as 
  our 
  Upland 
  cotton 
  

   (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  25964)." 
  (McCall) 
  

  

  26137. 
  Fragaria 
  sp. 
  Strawberry. 
  

  

  From 
  Germany. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Rev. 
  J. 
  M. 
  W. 
  Farnham, 
  Chinese 
  Tract 
  Society, 
  

   Shanghai, 
  China. 
  Received 
  September 
  13, 
  1909 
  

   White 
  fruited. 
  (Seed.) 
  

  

  26138 
  to 
  26140. 
  Ribes 
  hybrids. 
  Gooseberry. 
  

  

  From 
  Little 
  Silver, 
  N. 
  J. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  Van 
  Fleet. 
  Received 
  October 
  

   22, 
  1909. 
  

   Plants 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Doctor 
  Van 
  Fleet: 
  

  

  26138. 
  Ribes 
  missouriense 
  X 
  reclinatum. 
  

  

  "Third 
  generation. 
  (R. 
  gracile 
  (R. 
  missouriense) 
  X 
  Red 
  Warrington 
  X 
  Tri- 
  

   umph 
  X 
  Keepsake.) 
  Six-year-old 
  plant, 
  very 
  vigorous, 
  6 
  feet 
  high, 
  disease- 
  

   resistant 
  foliage, 
  productive, 
  berries 
  dark 
  reddish-purple 
  when 
  ripe, 
  smooth, 
  

   thin 
  skinned, 
  larger 
  than 
  Houghton, 
  excellent 
  quality, 
  seeds 
  small." 
  

  

  26139. 
  Ribes 
  cynosbati 
  X 
  reclinatum. 
  

  

  "Second 
  generation. 
  (R. 
  cynosbati 
  X 
  Triumph 
  X 
  Whitesmith.) 
  Fair 
  grower; 
  

   rather 
  spreading; 
  good, 
  disease-resistant 
  foliage; 
  berries 
  large, 
  dark 
  red 
  when 
  

   ripe, 
  few 
  soft 
  spines, 
  very 
  firm, 
  agreeable 
  flavor, 
  small 
  seeds; 
  excellent 
  for 
  

   jelly." 
  

  

  26140. 
  Ribes 
  rotundifolium 
  X 
  reclinatum. 
  

  

  "Third 
  generation. 
  (R. 
  rotundifolium 
  X 
  Houghton 
  X 
  Triumph 
  X 
  Keepsake.) 
  

  

  Healthy, 
  upright 
  grower; 
  disease-resistant 
  foliage; 
  berries 
  rather 
  small, 
  smooth, 
  

  

  bright 
  red 
  when 
  ripe, 
  brisk, 
  pleasant 
  quality, 
  exceedingly 
  productive." 
  

  

  "These 
  hybrids 
  are 
  final 
  selections 
  from 
  hundreds 
  of 
  seedlings, 
  representing 
  12 
  

  

  years 
  of 
  arduous 
  work." 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  "Houghton 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  R. 
  oxycanthoides 
  X 
  grossularia 
  (reclinatum)." 
  

  

  26141 
  and 
  26142. 
  

  

  From 
  Pretoria, 
  Transvaal, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  T. 
  Nicholson, 
  sec- 
  

   retary, 
  Transvaal 
  Agricultural 
  Union. 
  Received 
  October 
  25, 
  1909. 
  

  

  26141. 
  ViciafabaL. 
  Horse 
  bean. 
  

   Light 
  brown 
  seeded. 
  (Seed.) 
  

  

  26142. 
  Gladiolus 
  sp. 
  (Bulbs.) 
  

   205 
  

  

  