﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1910. 
  83 
  

  

  27335 
  to 
  27343— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  27343. 
  Medicago 
  hispida 
  denticulata 
  (Willd.) 
  Urban. 
  Bur 
  clover. 
  

   From 
  Sukhum-Kale, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  '1272a, 
  February 
  12, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  An 
  annual 
  bur 
  clover, 
  found 
  growing 
  along 
  an 
  embankment. 
  For 
  remarks 
  as 
  

   to 
  probable 
  uses 
  see 
  No. 
  1201a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26673)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

   Note. 
  — 
  For 
  other 
  species 
  picked 
  out 
  of 
  this 
  lot 
  see 
  No. 
  27675. 
  

  

  27344 
  to 
  27360. 
  

  

  From 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  

   March 
  31, 
  1910. 
  

   Cuttings, 
  unless 
  otherwise 
  noted, 
  were 
  received 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27344. 
  Corylus 
  maxima 
  Miller. 
  Filbert. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Sukhum-Kale, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  430, 
  February 
  10, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  A 
  filbert 
  bearing 
  the 
  name 
  Badem 
  fondook, 
  a 
  native 
  of 
  the 
  Caucasus. 
  Much 
  

   grown 
  for 
  its 
  fine, 
  oblong 
  nuts, 
  which 
  find 
  a 
  ready 
  sale. 
  Obtained 
  from 
  the 
  

   experimental 
  station 
  near 
  Sukhum. 
  Suitable 
  for 
  the 
  Gulf 
  region 
  and 
  the 
  

   southeastern 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  (Plants 
  and 
  cuttings.) 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Southern 
  Europe, 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  Istrian 
  peninsula 
  of 
  

   Austria 
  eastward 
  to 
  Macedonia. 
  

  

  27345. 
  Corylus 
  avellana 
  L. 
  Hazelnut. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Sukhum-Kale, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  431, 
  February 
  10, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  A 
  hazelnut 
  bearing 
  the 
  name 
  Zaksky 
  fondook, 
  a 
  native 
  of 
  the 
  Caucasus. 
  Nuts 
  

   medium 
  sized. 
  See 
  No. 
  430 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27344) 
  for 
  source 
  and 
  regions 
  to 
  

   which 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  best 
  adapted." 
  (Meyer.) 
  (Plants 
  and 
  cuttings.) 
  

  

  27346. 
  Corylus 
  avellana 
  L. 
  Hazelnut. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Sukhum-Kale, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  432, 
  February 
  10, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  A 
  hazelnut 
  bearing 
  the 
  name 
  Trapezond 
  fondook, 
  a 
  native 
  of 
  the 
  Caucasus. 
  Nuts 
  

   very 
  large 
  and 
  generally 
  well 
  filled. 
  The 
  most 
  widely 
  grown 
  variety 
  here 
  in 
  

   the 
  Caucasus. 
  See 
  No. 
  430 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27344) 
  for 
  source 
  and 
  regions 
  to 
  which 
  

   it 
  will 
  be 
  best 
  adapted." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27347. 
  Corylus 
  avellana 
  L. 
  Hazelnut. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Sukhum-Kale, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  433, 
  February 
  10, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  A 
  hazelnut 
  bearing 
  the 
  name 
  Kerasund 
  fondook, 
  a 
  native 
  of 
  the 
  Caucasus. 
  Nuts 
  

   medium 
  sized. 
  See 
  No. 
  430 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27344) 
  for 
  source 
  and 
  regions 
  to 
  which 
  

   it 
  will 
  be 
  best 
  adapted." 
  (Meyer.) 
  (Plants 
  and 
  cuttings.) 
  

  

  27348. 
  Corylus 
  avellana 
  L. 
  Hazelnut. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Sukhum-Kale, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  434, 
  February 
  10, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  A 
  native 
  hazelnut 
  of 
  the 
  Caucasus, 
  called 
  Basset. 
  It 
  bears 
  medium-sized 
  nuts. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  430 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27344) 
  for 
  source 
  and 
  regions 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  best 
  

   adapted." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27349. 
  Vitis 
  vinifera 
  L. 
  Grape. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Sukhum-Kale, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  441, 
  February 
  15, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  Aturk 
  ash 
  (translated 
  Turkish 
  grape). 
  This 
  produces 
  medium-sized 
  clusters 
  of 
  

   white 
  grapes 
  which 
  ripen 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  and 
  are 
  suitable 
  for 
  table 
  use 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  for 
  wine. 
  A 
  strong 
  grower; 
  has 
  to 
  be 
  pruned 
  with 
  long 
  wood, 
  like 
  all 
  Cau- 
  

   casian 
  grapes, 
  to 
  insure 
  good 
  harvests. 
  Obtained 
  from 
  the 
  vineyard 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Smitskoi, 
  near 
  Sukhum." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27350. 
  Vitis 
  vinifera 
  L. 
  Grape. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Sukhum-Kale, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  442, 
  February 
  15, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  Ash 
  Khuta. 
  This 
  produces 
  a 
  medium-sized 
  bunch 
  of 
  whitish-colored 
  berries, 
  

   207 
  

  

  