﻿56 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  27028 
  to 
  27031— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  27031. 
  X 
  Prunus 
  dasycarpa 
  Ehrh. 
  Plum-apricot. 
  

   Considered 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  hybrid 
  between 
  Prunus 
  cerasifera 
  myrobalana 
  and 
  P. 
  

  

  armeniaca. 
  

  

  "This 
  tree 
  has 
  white 
  blooms 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  spring, 
  and 
  the 
  fruit 
  ripens 
  at 
  the 
  

   beginning 
  of 
  August. 
  It 
  is 
  medium 
  sized, 
  blackish 
  purple, 
  with 
  fine 
  hairs; 
  the 
  

   flesh 
  is 
  blood 
  red, 
  turning 
  to 
  orange 
  near 
  the 
  stone, 
  juicy, 
  sweet, 
  and 
  of 
  apricot 
  

   taste." 
  

  

  27032 
  and 
  27033. 
  Citrus 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Tanable, 
  Wakayamaken, 
  Japan. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Sietaro 
  Matsuba, 
  at 
  the 
  

   request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  J. 
  Perkins. 
  Received 
  March 
  14, 
  1910. 
  

  

  27032. 
  Citrus 
  aurantium 
  L. 
  Orange. 
  

   Natsu-mihan. 
  See 
  No. 
  22670 
  for 
  description. 
  (Cuttings.) 
  

  

  27033. 
  Citrus 
  sp. 
  

  

  Uchi 
  murasaki. 
  (Seeds.) 
  

  

  27034. 
  Diospyros 
  kaki 
  L. 
  f. 
  Persimmon. 
  

  

  From 
  Gifu, 
  Japan. 
  Procured 
  from 
  the 
  Gifu 
  Agricultural 
  Experimental 
  Station, 
  

   through 
  the 
  Yokohama 
  Nursery 
  Company, 
  Yokohama, 
  Japan, 
  at 
  the 
  suggestion 
  

   of 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  J. 
  Perkins. 
  Received 
  March 
  9, 
  1910. 
  

   Suyugdki. 
  (Plants.) 
  

  

  27035 
  to 
  27042. 
  Diospyros 
  kaki 
  L. 
  f. 
  Persimmon. 
  

  

  Presented 
  by 
  Rev. 
  H. 
  Loomis, 
  American 
  Bible 
  Society, 
  Yokohama, 
  Japan. 
  

   Received 
  February 
  21, 
  1910. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  

  

  27035-27041. 
  From 
  Sendai, 
  Japan, 
  237 
  miles 
  from 
  Yokohama, 
  217 
  miles 
  

   north 
  of 
  Tokyo. 
  

  

  27035. 
  TsurunoJco. 
  (Ana.) 
  27039. 
  Hegdki. 
  (Shibu.) 
  

  

  27036. 
  Tanenashi. 
  (Shibu.) 
  27040. 
  Toyama. 
  (Shibu.) 
  

  

  27037. 
  Hachiya. 
  (Shibu.) 
  27041. 
  Okame. 
  (Shibu.) 
  

  

  27038. 
  Heyakume. 
  (Ana.) 
  

  

  "Nos. 
  27035 
  and 
  27038 
  are 
  not 
  astringent." 
  

   27042. 
  From 
  Korea. 
  "This 
  fruit 
  is 
  not 
  astringent 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  excellent 
  flavor. 
  

   It 
  grows 
  in 
  a 
  climate 
  that 
  is 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  Philadelphia." 
  (Loomis.) 
  

  

  27043. 
  Diospyros 
  kaki 
  L. 
  f. 
  Persimmon. 
  

  

  From 
  Tokyo, 
  Japan. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Rev. 
  H. 
  Loomis, 
  American 
  Bible 
  Society, 
  

   Yokohama, 
  Japan, 
  from 
  the 
  garden 
  of 
  Count 
  Date. 
  Received 
  March 
  12, 
  1910. 
  

   ' 
  ' 
  I 
  think 
  these 
  persimmons 
  are 
  of 
  rare 
  value, 
  being 
  very 
  sweet, 
  not 
  astringent, 
  quite 
  

   large, 
  and 
  almost 
  seedless, 
  probably 
  a 
  distinctly 
  new 
  variety." 
  (Loomis.) 
  

  

  27044. 
  Dioscorea 
  alata 
  L. 
  Yam. 
  

  

  From 
  Miami, 
  Florida. 
  Grown 
  at 
  the 
  Subtropical 
  Garden, 
  sent 
  in 
  by 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  J. 
  

   Wester. 
  Received 
  March 
  15, 
  1910. 
  

   ' 
  ' 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  promising 
  of 
  the 
  yams. 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Wester.) 
  

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