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  27481. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  Westbrook, 
  Minn. 
  Obtained 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Gustave 
  Rasche 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  

   J. 
  Brand. 
  Received 
  April 
  1, 
  1910. 
  

   "This 
  sample 
  of 
  Grimm 
  was 
  produced 
  in 
  the 
  fifteenth 
  year 
  from 
  Grimm 
  seed 
  taken 
  

   to 
  Westbrook 
  from 
  Waconia, 
  Carver 
  County, 
  in 
  1893. 
  The 
  seed 
  crop 
  of 
  1909 
  is 
  the 
  

   tenth 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  original 
  planting. 
  Mr. 
  Rasche 
  originally 
  seeded 
  1 
  acre, 
  using 
  15 
  

   pounds 
  of 
  seed. 
  In 
  15 
  years 
  he 
  has 
  sold 
  about 
  8 
  bushels 
  of 
  seed 
  and 
  increased 
  his 
  

   own 
  acreage 
  to 
  15. 
  In 
  the 
  severe 
  test 
  at 
  Dickinson, 
  N. 
  Dak., 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  

   1908-9, 
  this 
  race, 
  grown 
  in 
  rows 
  3 
  feet 
  apart, 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  hardiest." 
  

   {Brand.) 
  

  

  27482. 
  Juglans 
  nigra 
  L. 
  Black 
  walnut. 
  

  

  From 
  Fresno, 
  Cal. 
  Sent 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  C. 
  Roeding, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  William 
  

   A. 
  Taylor, 
  to 
  the 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  Garden, 
  Chico, 
  Cal. 
  Received 
  April 
  1, 
  

   1910. 
  

  

  "I 
  would 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  'Peanut' 
  black 
  walnut 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  hybrid 
  form, 
  but 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  can 
  

   be 
  determined 
  is 
  merely 
  an 
  unusual 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  black 
  walnut, 
  Juglans 
  nigra. 
  

  

  "The 
  original 
  tree 
  is 
  a 
  seedling, 
  now 
  70 
  or 
  80 
  years 
  old, 
  on 
  the 
  land 
  of 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  C. 
  

   Kline, 
  South 
  Salem, 
  Ohio. 
  The 
  attention 
  of 
  our 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  N. 
  Irwin 
  was 
  called 
  to 
  this 
  

   tree 
  some 
  years 
  ago 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  a 
  large 
  proportion, 
  though 
  not 
  all, 
  of 
  the 
  nuts 
  

   were 
  very 
  slender 
  and 
  pyriform, 
  quite 
  unlike 
  the 
  usual 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  nut 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  

   The 
  kernels 
  in 
  these 
  pyriform 
  nuts 
  are 
  almost 
  cylindrical, 
  only 
  one 
  lobe 
  of 
  the 
  kernel 
  

   filling 
  and 
  maturing. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  positively 
  known 
  whether 
  these 
  peculiarly 
  formed 
  

   nuts 
  come 
  from 
  certain 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  or 
  not. 
  The 
  trees 
  sent 
  to 
  Chico 
  were 
  

   propagated 
  from 
  scions 
  cut 
  from 
  the 
  original 
  tree 
  two 
  years 
  ago. 
  I 
  quote 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  characterization 
  of 
  the 
  variety 
  from 
  the 
  report 
  on 
  nut 
  culture 
  published 
  by 
  

   the 
  Division 
  of 
  Pomology, 
  in 
  1896: 
  'Peanut 
  (pi. 
  7, 
  fig. 
  2). 
  — 
  Received 
  from 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  N. 
  

   Irwin, 
  South 
  Salem, 
  Ohio. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  rather 
  small, 
  pyriform 
  nut. 
  Its 
  name 
  was 
  given 
  

   because 
  of 
  the 
  resemblance 
  of 
  its 
  kernel 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  peanut. 
  The 
  shell 
  is 
  thin 
  and 
  

   is 
  easily 
  cracked, 
  while 
  the 
  kernel, 
  which 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  larger 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  nut, 
  comes 
  out 
  

   entire. 
  The 
  peculiar 
  form 
  is 
  apparently 
  due 
  to 
  some 
  defect 
  in 
  the 
  pistil, 
  as 
  but 
  one 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  nut 
  'fills' 
  and 
  matures. 
  A 
  large 
  proportion, 
  though 
  not 
  all, 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  

   on 
  the 
  tree 
  ia 
  of 
  this 
  form 
  each 
  year. 
  The 
  kernel 
  is 
  white 
  and 
  of 
  delicate 
  flavor.' 
  " 
  

   ( 
  Taylor.) 
  

  

  27483. 
  Anona 
  cherimola 
  Miller. 
  Cherimoya. 
  

  

  From 
  Santa 
  Barbara, 
  Cal. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  F. 
  Franceschi. 
  Received 
  April 
  6, 
  

   1910. 
  

   "Fruit 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  tree 
  planted 
  in 
  Santa 
  Barbara 
  some 
  40 
  years 
  ago. 
  The 
  fruit 
  

   when 
  received 
  weighed 
  13^ 
  ounces; 
  its 
  greatest 
  diameter 
  was 
  4£ 
  inches, 
  and 
  its 
  least 
  

   diameter 
  was 
  3 
  J 
  inches." 
  (Franceschi 
  and 
  Dor 
  sett.) 
  

  

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