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  JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1910. 
  85 
  

  

  27344 
  to 
  27360— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  27358. 
  Vitis 
  vinifera 
  L. 
  Grape. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Sukhum-Kale, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  450, 
  February 
  15, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  Schachisum. 
  A 
  native 
  Caucasian 
  grape, 
  coming 
  originally 
  from 
  Derbent. 
  

   Considered 
  a 
  fine 
  table 
  grape; 
  berries 
  long, 
  finger-shaped, 
  with 
  hard 
  flesh; 
  

   color 
  whitish, 
  but 
  rose 
  when 
  fully 
  ripe; 
  very 
  late 
  in 
  ripening, 
  not 
  very 
  sweet, 
  

   but 
  having 
  excellent 
  keeping 
  qualities, 
  a 
  good 
  grape 
  for 
  shipping. 
  To 
  be 
  

   pruned 
  with 
  long 
  wood 
  to 
  insure 
  good 
  crops. 
  Obtained 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  source 
  

   as 
  No. 
  441 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27349)." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  27359. 
  Vitis 
  vinifera 
  L. 
  Grape. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Sukhum-Kale, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  451, 
  February 
  15, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  Achisum. 
  A 
  Turkish 
  table 
  grape, 
  having 
  round 
  berries 
  of 
  a 
  white 
  color, 
  some- 
  

   what 
  striped, 
  sweet 
  taste, 
  hard 
  flesh, 
  and 
  good 
  keeping 
  and 
  shipping 
  qualities. 
  

   Obtained 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  source 
  as 
  No. 
  441 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27349)." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  27360. 
  Laurocerasus 
  officinalis 
  Roem. 
  Laurel 
  cherry. 
  

   From 
  Dioscuria, 
  near 
  Sukhum-Kale, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  453, 
  Febru- 
  

   ary 
  16, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  very 
  handsome 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  laurel 
  cherry, 
  having 
  very 
  dense, 
  

   glossy 
  foliage. 
  Comes 
  from 
  the 
  high 
  mountains 
  of 
  the 
  Caucasus, 
  and 
  is 
  able 
  to 
  

   stand 
  20° 
  Reaumur 
  below 
  zero 
  ( 
  — 
  13° 
  F.) 
  For 
  this 
  reason 
  it 
  is 
  suitable 
  for 
  

   regions 
  where 
  heretofore 
  we 
  have 
  been 
  unable 
  to 
  grow 
  this 
  handsome 
  evergreen. 
  

   Obtained 
  through 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  H. 
  Albrecht, 
  head 
  gardener 
  of 
  the 
  estates 
  Sings 
  and 
  

   Dioscuria, 
  near 
  Sukhum." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  woods 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  in 
  Greece, 
  

   in 
  the 
  transcaucasian 
  provinces 
  of 
  Russia, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  Persia. 
  

  

  27361. 
  Dysoxylum 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Buitenzorg, 
  Java. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  J. 
  Perkins. 
  Received 
  March 
  11, 
  

   1910. 
  

   Seed 
  of 
  a 
  forest 
  tree. 
  

  

  27362 
  and 
  27363. 
  Vitis 
  vinifera 
  L. 
  Grape. 
  

  

  From 
  Almeria, 
  Spain. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Edward 
  J. 
  Norton, 
  American 
  consul, 
  

   Malaga, 
  Spain. 
  Received 
  March 
  31, 
  1910. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27362. 
  Ohanez. 
  Procured 
  for 
  growing 
  in 
  California 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  determine 
  

   definitely 
  whether 
  what 
  is 
  now 
  grown 
  quite 
  extensively 
  there 
  as 
  the 
  Ohanez 
  

   is 
  in 
  reality 
  this 
  variety. 
  

  

  27363. 
  Castiza 
  or 
  black 
  grape 
  and 
  Castiza 
  especial. 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  The 
  letter 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  consul 
  on 
  April 
  11, 
  1910, 
  discloses 
  the 
  

   fact 
  that 
  there 
  were 
  two 
  varieties 
  in 
  this 
  lot; 
  as 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  way 
  of 
  distinguish- 
  

   ing 
  this 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  they 
  were 
  given 
  the 
  one 
  number 
  and 
  distributed; 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  

   impossible 
  to 
  distinguish 
  them 
  now 
  until 
  the 
  vines 
  fruit, 
  at 
  which 
  time 
  they 
  

   will 
  be 
  separated 
  and 
  given 
  different 
  numbers. 
  

  

  "Ohanez 
  grape, 
  synonym 
  Casta 
  de 
  Ohanez 
  or 
  Uva 
  de 
  Lonja. 
  Though 
  several 
  

   different 
  grapes 
  are 
  met 
  with 
  near 
  Almeria, 
  this 
  is 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  

   one, 
  and 
  the 
  extraordinary 
  carrying 
  and 
  keeping 
  qualities 
  of 
  its 
  fruit 
  has 
  led 
  to 
  

   the 
  establishment 
  of 
  the 
  shipping 
  industry 
  for 
  which 
  Almerias 
  are 
  now 
  so 
  well 
  

   known 
  . 
  Some 
  confusion 
  seems 
  to 
  exist 
  as 
  to 
  this 
  variety, 
  various 
  varieties 
  being 
  

   sometimes 
  called 
  Almeria 
  which 
  have 
  nothing 
  in 
  common 
  with 
  the 
  true 
  Ohanez. 
  

   It 
  will 
  need 
  to 
  be 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  warmer 
  localities 
  of 
  the 
  Vinifera 
  regions 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  

   a 
  very 
  late 
  grape 
  and 
  would 
  not 
  ripen 
  in 
  the 
  cooler 
  sections. 
  As 
  the 
  fertile 
  buds 
  

  

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