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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  27779 
  to 
  27788. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

  

  From 
  Greece. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Alfred 
  L. 
  Crowe, 
  British 
  vice 
  consul, 
  Zante, 
  

   Greece. 
  Received 
  April 
  20, 
  1910. 
  

   Seed 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  and 
  names 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Crowe: 
  

   27779 
  to 
  27784. 
  From 
  Cephalonia. 
  

  

  27779. 
  Beheeria. 
  Large 
  27782. 
  Good 
  Cassaba. 
  

  

  winter 
  melon. 
  27783. 
  Black. 
  

  

  27780. 
  Cassaba. 
  27784. 
  Winter 
  melon. 
  

  

  27781. 
  Black 
  Cassaba. 
  

   27785 
  to 
  27788. 
  From 
  Zante. 
  

  

  27785. 
  (No 
  name.) 
  27787. 
  Red. 
  

  

  27786. 
  White. 
  27788. 
  (No 
  name.) 
  

   "Directions 
  for 
  planting. 
  — 
  The 
  ground 
  must 
  be 
  most 
  carefully 
  prepared 
  (almost 
  

  

  sifted) 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  about 
  half 
  a 
  fathom 
  (3 
  feet); 
  then 
  divided 
  into 
  3-foot 
  squares. 
  

   In 
  these 
  squares 
  horse 
  dung 
  or 
  other 
  pure 
  animal 
  manure, 
  such 
  as 
  dung 
  of 
  goat 
  or 
  

   sheep, 
  at 
  least 
  2 
  years 
  old, 
  and 
  well 
  hand 
  picked, 
  is 
  spread 
  with 
  the 
  hand 
  in 
  each 
  

   square 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  about 
  25 
  inches. 
  Throw 
  about 
  20 
  pounds 
  of 
  manure 
  in 
  each 
  

   square 
  and 
  cover 
  with 
  a 
  little 
  earth, 
  over 
  which 
  put 
  another 
  10 
  pounds 
  of 
  manure 
  

   and 
  cover 
  again 
  with 
  good 
  earth. 
  Plant 
  the 
  seed 
  with 
  the 
  ringers 
  at 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  

   about 
  2 
  to 
  2\ 
  inches. 
  The 
  best 
  season 
  for 
  planting 
  is 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  April. 
  Before 
  

   planting 
  the 
  seed 
  put 
  it 
  in 
  thin 
  muslin, 
  well 
  tied, 
  and 
  then 
  in 
  a 
  plate 
  or 
  dish 
  full 
  of 
  

   water, 
  in 
  which 
  you 
  leave 
  it 
  for 
  about 
  twenty-four 
  hours 
  to 
  soak; 
  then 
  bury 
  the 
  seed, 
  

   as 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  muslin, 
  in 
  manure 
  until 
  it 
  begins 
  to 
  sprout, 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  ready 
  to 
  plant." 
  

   (Crowe.) 
  

  

  27789 
  to 
  27790. 
  Chrysophyllum 
  cainito 
  L. 
  Star-apple. 
  

  

  From 
  Culebra, 
  Canal 
  Zone, 
  Panama. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Alfred 
  Dyer. 
  Received 
  

   April 
  28, 
  1910. 
  

   "This 
  seed 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  variety, 
  but 
  from 
  different 
  localities." 
  (Dyer.) 
  

   See 
  No. 
  27572 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  27791. 
  Prunus 
  cerasus 
  marasca 
  (Host) 
  Schneider. 
  

  

  Marasca 
  cherry. 
  

  

  From 
  Dalmatia. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Ludwig 
  Winter, 
  Bordighera, 
  Italy. 
  

   Received 
  May 
  2, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "The 
  term 
  'Maraschino' 
  or 
  'Marasco' 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  liquor 
  which 
  is 
  distilled 
  

   from 
  cherries. 
  This 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  well-known 
  product 
  in 
  Dalmatia, 
  and 
  possibly 
  

   also 
  in 
  other 
  portions 
  of 
  southern 
  Europe. 
  The 
  cherries 
  used 
  for 
  this 
  purpose 
  are 
  

   commonly 
  known 
  as 
  'Maraschino' 
  cherries. 
  This 
  name, 
  also 
  the 
  names 
  ' 
  Marasquin,' 
  

   ' 
  Marasca,' 
  and 
  ' 
  Marasco,' 
  are 
  given 
  by 
  Le 
  Roy, 
  a 
  leading 
  French 
  pomological 
  author- 
  

   ity, 
  as 
  synonyms 
  of 
  a 
  variety 
  the 
  accredited 
  name 
  of 
  which 
  in 
  France 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  

   'Griotte 
  & 
  Ratafia 
  (Petite).' 
  This 
  name 
  signifies 
  a 
  liquor 
  made 
  from 
  small 
  black 
  

   cherries. 
  Whether 
  in 
  popular 
  usage 
  the 
  name 
  'Maraschino' 
  is 
  applied 
  to 
  other 
  

   varieties 
  than 
  this 
  one 
  does 
  not 
  appear." 
  (H. 
  P. 
  Gould.) 
  

  

  "The 
  exact 
  botanical 
  status 
  of 
  the 
  Maraschino 
  cherry 
  is 
  uncertain. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  

   variously 
  placed 
  by 
  different 
  botanists, 
  some 
  considering 
  it 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  Prunus 
  cerasus, 
  

   while 
  others 
  look 
  upon 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  P. 
  acida. 
  Still 
  others 
  have 
  classified 
  it 
  other- 
  

   wise." 
  (W. 
  F. 
  Wight.) 
  

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