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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOBTED. 
  

  

  27685 
  to 
  27703— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  27691. 
  "Zatchinak." 
  Grapes 
  used 
  for 
  wine 
  making 
  in 
  combination 
  

   with 
  other 
  varieties. 
  ("Zatchinak" 
  means 
  spice.) 
  

  

  27692. 
  "Plovdina." 
  Blue 
  grape 
  used 
  for 
  wine 
  making. 
  

  

  27693. 
  "Kroupna 
  Bellina" 
  Large, 
  round, 
  white 
  grape 
  used 
  for 
  wine 
  

   making. 
  

  

  27694. 
  "Skadarka" 
  Used 
  for 
  wine 
  making. 
  

   Name 
  derived 
  from 
  Lake 
  Skadar 
  of 
  Montenegro. 
  

  

  27695. 
  (Name 
  illegible.) 
  Used 
  for 
  wine 
  making. 
  

  

  27696. 
  "Smederevka." 
  Used 
  for 
  table 
  grapes 
  and 
  wine 
  making. 
  

  

  27697. 
  Red 
  " 
  Adackalcka." 
  For 
  table 
  use. 
  

  

  27698. 
  Cydonia 
  sp. 
  Quince. 
  

   "Quince 
  of 
  Leskovatz." 
  Leskovatz 
  is 
  a 
  town 
  of 
  southern 
  Servia. 
  

  

  27699. 
  Pyrus 
  sp. 
  Pear. 
  

   "Summer 
  Butter- 
  pear." 
  

  

  27700. 
  Prunus 
  sp. 
  Plum. 
  

   "Servian." 
  By 
  this 
  name 
  is 
  known 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  dark 
  plums 
  that 
  ripen 
  very 
  

  

  late 
  in 
  autumn. 
  "Pekmez" 
  (marmalade) 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  them. 
  

  

  27701 
  and 
  27702. 
  Mespilus 
  germanica 
  L. 
  Medlar. 
  

  

  27701. 
  Royal. 
  

  

  27702. 
  " 
  Vrlo 
  kroupna 
  moushmoula." 
  Very 
  large 
  variety. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  woods 
  of 
  Greece 
  and 
  the 
  Caucasus 
  region, 
  Asia 
  

  

  Minor, 
  and 
  western 
  Persia, 
  also 
  occasionally 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  countric 
  ~ 
  f 
  

   southern 
  Europe, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  probably 
  introduced. 
  

  

  27703. 
  Cydonia 
  sp. 
  Quince. 
  

   " 
  Vranya." 
  Vranya 
  is 
  a 
  town 
  in 
  southern 
  Servia. 
  

  

  27704 
  to 
  27713. 
  

  

  From 
  Hankow, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Sugden. 
  

   Received 
  April 
  14, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Sugden: 
  

  

  27704. 
  Canavali 
  gladiatum 
  (Jacq.) 
  DO. 
  

  

  27705. 
  Pisum 
  arvense 
  L. 
  Pea. 
  

   Field 
  variety. 
  

  

  27706. 
  Pisum 
  sativum 
  L. 
  Pea. 
  

   Field 
  variety. 
  

  

  27707. 
  Glycine 
  hispida 
  (Moench) 
  Maxim. 
  Soy 
  bean. 
  

   Yellow 
  seeded. 
  

  

  27708. 
  Gleditsia 
  sinensis 
  Lam. 
  

  

  "Grows 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  large 
  tree. 
  Pods 
  used 
  for 
  washing 
  clothes." 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  provinces 
  of 
  Chihli, 
  Kiangsu, 
  and 
  Chekiang 
  in 
  the 
  Chinese 
  

   Empire. 
  

  

  27709. 
  Gymnocladus 
  chinensis 
  Baill. 
  

  

  "Soap 
  is 
  made 
  from 
  this 
  by 
  pounding 
  the 
  pod 
  and 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  washing 
  the 
  

   person, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  scented. 
  The 
  seed 
  is 
  used 
  much 
  as 
  we 
  use 
  bluing. 
  The 
  leaf 
  is 
  

   said 
  to 
  be 
  large 
  and 
  long." 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  26281 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

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