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  JUNE 
  30, 
  1910. 
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  27772. 
  Punica 
  granatum 
  L. 
  Pomegranate. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  706, 
  Mar. 
  22, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  native 
  Cau- 
  

   casian 
  variety 
  of 
  pomegranate, 
  called 
  ' 
  Schirin 
  nar.' 
  Fruits 
  of 
  medium 
  size, 
  

   globular, 
  compressed 
  on 
  the 
  sides. 
  Rind 
  light 
  red; 
  flesh 
  rosy 
  white, 
  sweet. 
  

   A 
  medium-prolific 
  bearer." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27773. 
  Punica 
  granatum 
  L. 
  Pomegranate. 
  

   From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  707, 
  Mar. 
  22, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  native 
  Cau- 
  

   casian 
  variety 
  of 
  pomegranate, 
  called 
  ' 
  Cumzi 
  gabuch.' 
  Fruits 
  very 
  large; 
  rind 
  

   thick, 
  red; 
  flesh 
  dark 
  red, 
  juicy, 
  of 
  sour-sweet 
  taste; 
  seeds 
  large. 
  A 
  very 
  

   prolific 
  bearer. 
  A 
  sour-sweet 
  sirup, 
  called 
  'Nardashi,' 
  is 
  prepared 
  from 
  the 
  

   fruits 
  with 
  grape 
  juice 
  added." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27774. 
  Punica 
  granatum 
  L. 
  Pomegranate. 
  

   From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  708, 
  Mar. 
  22, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  native 
  Cau- 
  

   casian 
  variety 
  of 
  pomegranate, 
  called 
  'Savalan 
  Nar." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27775. 
  Elaeagnus 
  angustifolia 
  L. 
  Oleaster. 
  

   From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  709, 
  Mar. 
  22, 
  1910.) 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  

  

  and 
  most 
  prolific 
  varieties, 
  called 
  ' 
  Matna-jpshatJ 
  Fruits 
  large, 
  nearly 
  cylin- 
  

   drical 
  in 
  shape; 
  color 
  yellowish 
  gray, 
  sun 
  side 
  dark 
  red. 
  Skin 
  very 
  thin, 
  easily 
  

   peeled 
  off 
  from 
  the 
  fruit 
  when 
  fully 
  ripe. 
  Flesh 
  light 
  grayish 
  yellow, 
  tender, 
  

   and 
  sweet. 
  Eaten 
  fresh 
  or 
  dried 
  as 
  a 
  dessert, 
  also 
  stewed 
  in 
  milk 
  as 
  an 
  invigorat- 
  

   ing 
  food, 
  or 
  boiled 
  with 
  sugar 
  as 
  a 
  compote. 
  Recommended 
  as 
  a 
  fruit 
  for 
  the 
  

   home 
  garden 
  in 
  the 
  mild-wintered, 
  rather 
  arid 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27776. 
  Citrus 
  beegamia 
  Risso. 
  Bergamot 
  orange. 
  

  

  From 
  Bronte, 
  Sicily. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  Beek, 
  manager 
  for 
  the 
  Duke 
  

   of 
  Bronte. 
  Received 
  April 
  28, 
  1910. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  25544 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  27777. 
  Fueceaea 
  cabuta 
  integea 
  Trelease. 
  Cabuya 
  blanca. 
  

  

  From 
  San 
  Ramon, 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  Received 
  from 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  C. 
  Worthen, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  

   Lyster 
  H. 
  Dewey, 
  April 
  28, 
  1910. 
  

   "A 
  fiber 
  plant 
  native 
  in 
  Central 
  America 
  and 
  now 
  beginning 
  to 
  be 
  cultivated 
  on 
  

   large 
  plantations 
  in 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  It 
  grows 
  on 
  the 
  dry 
  highlands, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  places 
  at 
  

   altitudes 
  of 
  8,000 
  feet. 
  It 
  is 
  occasionally 
  subjected 
  to 
  temperatures 
  in 
  the 
  winter 
  

   nearly 
  as 
  low 
  as 
  freezing. 
  A 
  fiber, 
  similar 
  in 
  character 
  to 
  sisal, 
  but 
  whiter 
  and 
  some- 
  

   what 
  stronger 
  than 
  the 
  sisal 
  from 
  the 
  henequen, 
  is 
  produced 
  in 
  the 
  leaves. 
  This 
  

   fiber 
  may 
  be 
  cleaned 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  kind 
  of 
  machinery 
  as 
  that 
  used 
  for 
  sisal. 
  The 
  

   plant 
  is 
  recommended 
  only 
  for 
  Porto 
  Rico, 
  Hawaii, 
  and 
  possibly 
  the 
  Florida 
  Keys." 
  

   (Dewey.) 
  

  

  27778. 
  Teiphasia 
  teifoliata 
  (L.) 
  DC. 
  

  

  From 
  Mazatlan, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  N. 
  Rose, 
  associate 
  curator, 
  Divi- 
  

   sion 
  of 
  Plants, 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  Received 
  April 
  

   23, 
  1910. 
  

   "Grown 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  tree 
  at 
  Mazatlan; 
  20 
  feet 
  high; 
  flowers 
  white, 
  fragrant; 
  

   fruit 
  small, 
  red." 
  (Rose.) 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  21284 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Native 
  locality 
  not 
  known; 
  naturalized 
  and 
  cultivated 
  in 
  India, 
  

   Cochin 
  China, 
  and 
  most 
  other 
  tropical 
  countries. 
  

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