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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26537 
  to 
  26539— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  26539. 
  " 
  Second 
  seed 
  crop 
  of 
  Peruvian 
  alfalfa 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  plat 
  that 
  pro- 
  

   duced 
  No. 
  26538. 
  Both 
  of 
  these 
  lots 
  of 
  seed 
  are 
  second-generation 
  progeny 
  

   of 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  9303. 
  The 
  first-generation 
  seed 
  was 
  produced 
  at 
  Yuma, 
  

   Ariz., 
  from 
  the 
  original 
  lot." 
  

  

  26540. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  Tappen, 
  N. 
  Dak. 
  Grown 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Niles 
  in 
  cooperative 
  experiments 
  

  

  with 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  J. 
  Brand. 
  Received 
  January, 
  1910. 
  

  

  Grimm. 
  "This 
  seed 
  was 
  produced 
  in 
  1909 
  from 
  an 
  acre 
  plat 
  seeded 
  in 
  comparison 
  

  

  with 
  15 
  others 
  at 
  Tappen, 
  N. 
  Dak., 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1905. 
  To 
  date 
  it 
  has 
  proven 
  the 
  

  

  hardiest 
  variety 
  in 
  the 
  experiment, 
  which 
  includes 
  seed 
  from 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  points 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  United 
  States, 
  Germany, 
  France, 
  and 
  Russia." 
  (Brand.) 
  

  

  26543. 
  Amygdalus 
  communis 
  L. 
  Almond. 
  

  

  From 
  mountainous 
  regions 
  of 
  Algeria, 
  height 
  about 
  3,300 
  feet. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   L. 
  Trabut, 
  Algiers, 
  Algeria. 
  Received 
  January 
  18, 
  1910. 
  

   "A 
  wild 
  form 
  of 
  tolerably 
  large 
  size, 
  robust, 
  and 
  very 
  resistant 
  to 
  drought. 
  Would 
  

   be 
  a 
  good 
  stock." 
  (Trabut.) 
  

  

  26561. 
  Bauhinia 
  monandra 
  Kurz. 
  (?) 
  

  

  From 
  Port 
  Louis, 
  Mauritius. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Regnard. 
  Received 
  January 
  

   18, 
  1910. 
  

  

  26562. 
  Cydonia 
  sp. 
  Quince. 
  

  

  From 
  Shanghai, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Rev. 
  J. 
  M. 
  W. 
  Farnham. 
  Received 
  Jan- 
  

   uary 
  21, 
  1910. 
  

   "These 
  quinces 
  grow 
  very 
  large, 
  but 
  are 
  coarser 
  and 
  harder 
  than 
  American 
  varie- 
  

   ties. 
  The 
  one 
  from 
  which 
  part 
  of 
  these 
  seeds 
  were 
  taken 
  was 
  12 
  inches 
  in 
  circumfer- 
  

   ence 
  and 
  about 
  5 
  inches 
  long." 
  (Farnham,.) 
  

  

  26563 
  and 
  26564. 
  Brassica 
  oleracea 
  capitata 
  L. 
  Cabbage. 
  

  

  From 
  Manchuria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  A. 
  Williamson, 
  American 
  vice 
  and 
  dep- 
  

   uty 
  consul, 
  Dalny, 
  Manchuria. 
  Received 
  January 
  18, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26563. 
  From 
  Kinchow. 
  26564. 
  From 
  Chefoo. 
  

  

  26566. 
  Vitis 
  vinifera 
  L. 
  Grape. 
  

  

  From 
  Besni, 
  in 
  the 
  Deyarbekir 
  Valley, 
  Turkey. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Wm. 
  W. 
  Mas- 
  

   terson, 
  American 
  consul, 
  Mamuretul-Aziz 
  (Harput), 
  Turkey. 
  Received 
  Jan- 
  

   uary 
  20, 
  1910. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following. 
  The 
  white 
  and 
  the 
  black 
  variety 
  are 
  contained 
  in 
  this 
  

   shipment, 
  but 
  this 
  was 
  not 
  learned 
  until 
  some 
  time 
  after 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  received 
  : 
  

  

  Besni. 
  "This 
  grape 
  is 
  long 
  in 
  shape, 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  Thompson 
  Seedless, 
  and 
  from 
  

   what 
  I 
  have 
  heard, 
  larger 
  than 
  Muscat, 
  but 
  not 
  having 
  as 
  many 
  seeds, 
  only 
  one 
  or 
  two. 
  

   When 
  it 
  is 
  dried, 
  it 
  is 
  claimed 
  it 
  has 
  an 
  oblong 
  shape 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  clearer 
  and 
  lighter 
  color 
  

   than 
  a 
  Muscat." 
  (Extract 
  from 
  letter 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Z. 
  J. 
  Josephian, 
  which 
  was 
  inclosed 
  in 
  one 
  

   from 
  Miss 
  Dorothy 
  Farmer, 
  Oakland, 
  Cat., 
  received 
  February 
  26, 
  1908.) 
  

  

  "I 
  have 
  never 
  tasted 
  such 
  grapes 
  anywhere 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  here, 
  and 
  the 
  raisins 
  made 
  from 
  

   these 
  particular 
  grapes 
  (Besni) 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  wonderfully 
  fine 
  flavor 
  and 
  very 
  large, 
  and 
  I 
  

   think 
  if 
  such 
  vines 
  could 
  be 
  cultivated 
  in 
  America, 
  it 
  would 
  prove 
  a 
  wonderful 
  addi- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  our 
  grape 
  industry." 
  (Masterson.) 
  

  

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