﻿20 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26143 
  and 
  26144. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Himalayas, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  J. 
  Mollison, 
  esq., 
  Inspector-General 
  of 
  

   Agriculture 
  in 
  India. 
  Received 
  October 
  26, 
  1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26143. 
  Malus 
  sylvestris 
  Mill. 
  Crab 
  apple. 
  

   "Pala 
  (Palu) 
  is 
  generally 
  propagated 
  by 
  cuttings. 
  When 
  grown 
  from 
  seeds, 
  

  

  the 
  method 
  of 
  raising 
  the 
  plants 
  is 
  as 
  follows: 
  In 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  January, 
  the 
  plat 
  

   to 
  be 
  sown 
  is 
  dug 
  about 
  one-half 
  foot 
  deep 
  and 
  is 
  manured. 
  Then 
  the 
  seeds 
  are 
  

   sown 
  and 
  germinate 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  summer. 
  

  

  "In 
  January 
  next 
  (i. 
  e., 
  a 
  year 
  after), 
  the 
  plants 
  are 
  transplanted, 
  where 
  

   desired, 
  in 
  pits 
  dug 
  for 
  that 
  purpose. 
  Pala 
  is 
  only 
  grafted 
  on 
  seb 
  (apple). 
  It 
  

   is 
  also 
  grafted 
  with 
  nashpati 
  (pears), 
  but 
  the 
  pears 
  produced 
  are 
  sour." 
  

   {Mollison.) 
  

  

  26144. 
  Prunus 
  padus 
  L. 
  

  

  " 
  Jamu. 
  The 
  process 
  of 
  cultivating 
  jamu 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  pala 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  

   No. 
  26143). 
  

  

  "This 
  plant 
  is 
  grafted 
  with 
  aloocha 
  (plum) 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26049) 
  and 
  yields 
  

   aloocha 
  fruit. 
  If 
  it 
  is 
  grafted 
  on 
  aloocha 
  plant, 
  jamu 
  fruits 
  will 
  be 
  produced." 
  

   (Mollison.) 
  

  

  26145 
  and 
  26146. 
  Andropogon 
  sorghum 
  (L.) 
  Brot. 
  Durra. 
  

  

  From 
  Igatpuri, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  Effie 
  Pyle 
  Fisher, 
  through 
  Miss 
  Aud- 
  

   rey 
  Goss. 
  Received 
  August 
  31, 
  1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Carleton 
  R. 
  Ball: 
  

  

  26145. 
  "Apparently 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  No. 
  9856, 
  Dagdi 
  durra, 
  which 
  we 
  are 
  

   selecting 
  for 
  grain 
  production, 
  and 
  which 
  now 
  gives 
  considerable 
  promise 
  of 
  

   value 
  for 
  the 
  Southwest." 
  

  

  26146. 
  "A 
  white 
  durra 
  with 
  black 
  hulls, 
  probably 
  a 
  late 
  sort." 
  

  

  26147. 
  Citrus 
  aurantium 
  sinensis 
  L. 
  Orange. 
  

  

  From 
  Mount 
  Gravatt, 
  Brisbane, 
  Australia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  John 
  Williams. 
  

   Received 
  October 
  28, 
  1909. 
  

   " 
  Usher's 
  Favorite. 
  It 
  ripens 
  in 
  October 
  here, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  splendid 
  keeper; 
  quality, 
  

   flavor, 
  and 
  all 
  things 
  considered, 
  I 
  believe 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  really 
  first 
  class." 
  ( 
  Williams.) 
  

  

  (Plants.) 
  

  

  26148 
  to 
  26155. 
  Anona 
  cherimola 
  Mil. 
  Cherimoyer. 
  

  

  From 
  Santa 
  Inez, 
  Chile. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Salvador 
  Izquierdo. 
  Received 
  

  

  October 
  26, 
  1909. 
  

  

  "Nos. 
  26148, 
  26152, 
  26153, 
  26154, 
  and 
  26155 
  are 
  different 
  cherimolas 
  with 
  very 
  

  

  large 
  fruits, 
  of 
  the 
  form 
  'ananas.' 
  No. 
  26149 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  cherimolia 
  with 
  smooth 
  

  

  skin. 
  Nos. 
  26150 
  and 
  26151 
  are 
  large-fruited 
  cherimolias, 
  smooth 
  skin, 
  form 
  'concha.' 
  " 
  

  

  (Izquierdo.) 
  (Cuttings.) 
  

  

  26156 
  to 
  26160. 
  

  

  From 
  Foochow, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Samuel 
  L. 
  Gracey, 
  American 
  consul. 
  

   Received 
  October 
  25, 
  1909. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26156 
  to 
  26158. 
  Citrullus 
  vulgaris 
  Schrad. 
  Watermelon. 
  

  

  26156. 
  "White 
  or 
  Shanghai 
  melon, 
  very 
  popular 
  in 
  this 
  district." 
  

   (Gracey.) 
  

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