﻿66 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOKTED. 
  

  

  27151 
  to 
  27157— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  27152. 
  Malus 
  sylvestris 
  Mill. 
  Apple. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Kopetnari, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  463, 
  March 
  1, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  red 
  apple, 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  large 
  and 
  fine 
  looking. 
  For 
  other 
  remarks 
  see 
  preceding 
  

   number 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27151.)" 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27153. 
  Malus 
  sylvestris 
  Mill. 
  Apple. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Kopetnari, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia, 
  "(No. 
  464, 
  March 
  1, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  white 
  

  

  apple 
  said 
  to 
  grow 
  very 
  large; 
  according 
  to 
  a 
  native 
  fruit 
  grower, 
  some 
  fruits 
  

   weigh 
  several 
  pounds 
  each. 
  For 
  other 
  remarks 
  see 
  preceding 
  numbers 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  

   Nos. 
  27151 
  and 
  27152.) 
  " 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27154. 
  Prunus 
  avium 
  L. 
  Cherry. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Kopetnari, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  465, 
  March 
  1, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  sweet, 
  white 
  cherry, 
  having 
  large 
  fruits 
  and 
  ripening 
  in 
  early 
  June. 
  Able 
  to 
  

   stand 
  high 
  summer 
  temperatures. 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  variety. 
  Obtained 
  

   from 
  a 
  native 
  Mingrelian 
  orchard." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27155. 
  Prunus 
  avium 
  L. 
  Cherry. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Kopetnari, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  , 
  "(No. 
  466, 
  March 
  1, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  sweet, 
  white 
  cherry 
  ripening 
  in 
  early 
  June, 
  fruits 
  not 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  number 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27154). 
  Obtained 
  from 
  a 
  native 
  Mingrelian 
  

   orchard." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27156. 
  Prunus 
  avium 
  L. 
  Cherry. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Kopetnari, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  467, 
  March 
  1, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  sweet, 
  red 
  cherry, 
  ripening 
  very 
  early, 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  April 
  or 
  beginning 
  of 
  May. 
  

   Fruit 
  not 
  very 
  large, 
  but 
  popular 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  earliness. 
  For 
  other 
  remarks 
  

   see 
  No. 
  465 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27154)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27157. 
  Prunus 
  avium 
  L. 
  Cherry. 
  

   From 
  Quirili, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  468, 
  March 
  1, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  sweet, 
  

  

  black, 
  early, 
  native 
  Caucasian 
  variety 
  of 
  cherry, 
  ripening 
  toward 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  

   May 
  and 
  able 
  to 
  stand 
  high 
  summer 
  temperatures." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27158. 
  Solanum 
  jamesii 
  Torr. 
  Potato. 
  

  

  From 
  Prescott, 
  Ariz. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Daniel 
  Hatz. 
  Received 
  March 
  23, 
  1910. 
  

   " 
  Tubers 
  of 
  a 
  native 
  potato, 
  grown 
  in 
  old 
  willow 
  land, 
  without 
  irrigation." 
  

   (Hatz.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  4,000 
  to 
  7,000 
  

   feet, 
  from 
  Colorado 
  southward 
  to 
  Texas 
  and 
  Arizona. 
  

  

  27159 
  and 
  27160. 
  

  

  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  O. 
  W. 
  Barrett, 
  Director 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Lourenco 
  Marquez, 
  

   Portuguese 
  East 
  Africa. 
  Received 
  March 
  21, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27159. 
  Bauhinia 
  monandra 
  Kurz. 
  (?) 
  

  

  From 
  Deli, 
  Portuguese 
  Timor, 
  East 
  Indies. 
  "(No. 
  32, 
  February 
  18, 
  1910.) 
  

   Ornamental 
  shrub. 
  Pod 
  20 
  to 
  22 
  cm. 
  long. 
  Probably 
  new 
  or 
  very 
  rare 
  in 
  

   America. 
  Adapted 
  to 
  California, 
  Gulf 
  States, 
  Porto 
  Rico, 
  etc." 
  (Barrett.) 
  

  

  27160. 
  Adansonia 
  digitata 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  territory 
  of 
  Tete, 
  Zambesia, 
  Portuguese 
  East 
  Africa, 
  "(No. 
  33, 
  Feb- 
  

   ruary 
  18, 
  1910.) 
  Shisena 
  name 
  ' 
  Chiwooia.' 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  if 
  not 
  the 
  very 
  

   largest 
  variety 
  (species 
  ?) 
  of 
  African 
  Baobab, 
  or 
  ' 
  Cream-of-Tartar 
  ' 
  tree. 
  Height 
  

   15 
  to 
  25 
  meters; 
  diameter 
  2 
  to 
  10 
  meters. 
  A 
  most 
  striking 
  tree 
  for 
  frostlese 
  

   regions." 
  (Barrett.) 
  

  

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