﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1910. 
  55 
  

  

  27980 
  to 
  27995— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  large 
  size, 
  almost 
  globular 
  in 
  shape, 
  color 
  pale 
  yellow 
  with 
  green 
  stripes; 
  \ery 
  

   early, 
  no 
  shipper. 
  Obtained 
  from 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  K. 
  Dieterichs, 
  who 
  recommends 
  this 
  

   melon 
  for 
  trial 
  in 
  hotbeds." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  27992. 
  Cucumis 
  sativus 
  L. 
  Cucumber. 
  

   From 
  Geok-Tepe, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1327a, 
  April 
  12, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  very 
  

  

  fine 
  local 
  variety 
  of 
  cucumber, 
  green, 
  medium 
  large, 
  and 
  very 
  tender. 
  Ob- 
  

   tained 
  from 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  K. 
  Dieterichs. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  like 
  No. 
  1319a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  

   27984)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27993. 
  Pistacia 
  vera 
  L. 
  Pistache. 
  

   From 
  Yelisavetpol, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1328a, 
  April 
  7, 
  1910.) 
  Pis- 
  

   tachio 
  nuts 
  bought 
  on 
  the 
  market 
  in 
  Yelisavetpol, 
  said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  Persia. 
  

   Not 
  of 
  very 
  fine 
  flavor." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27994. 
  Panicum 
  miliaceum 
  L. 
  Proso 
  millet. 
  

   From 
  Erivan, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1329a, 
  March 
  28, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  local 
  

  

  variety 
  of 
  proso 
  having 
  large, 
  brownish-red 
  seeds. 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  drought 
  resist- 
  

   ant." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27995. 
  Triticum 
  aestivum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  Erivan, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1330a, 
  March 
  28, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  local 
  

  

  variety 
  of 
  soft, 
  white, 
  winter 
  wheat. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  under 
  irrigation 
  in 
  mild- 
  

   wintered 
  climates." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27996 
  to 
  28015. 
  

  

  From 
  Peru, 
  South 
  America. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  William 
  Curtis 
  Farabee, 
  Divi- 
  

   sion 
  of 
  Anthropology, 
  Harvard 
  University, 
  Cambridge, 
  Mass. 
  Received 
  

   May 
  2, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  notes 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  packets: 
  

  

  27996. 
  Amarantus 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Amazon 
  River. 
  A 
  plant 
  with 
  red 
  leaves, 
  eaten 
  by 
  cattle. 
  

  

  27997. 
  Cajan 
  indicum 
  Spreng. 
  

   Grows 
  and 
  produces 
  all 
  year. 
  

  

  27998. 
  Canavali 
  ensiforme 
  (L.) 
  DC. 
  

   From 
  Madre 
  de 
  Dios 
  River, 
  altitude 
  900 
  feet. 
  

  

  27999. 
  Cucurbita 
  ficifolia 
  Bouche. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Cuzco, 
  altitude 
  10,000 
  feet. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Cultivated 
  generally 
  in 
  the 
  Tropics; 
  said 
  by 
  some 
  authors 
  to 
  

   be 
  native 
  in 
  eastern 
  Asia, 
  but 
  probably 
  native 
  in 
  Peru, 
  although 
  nothing 
  defi- 
  

   nite 
  can 
  be 
  stated 
  as 
  to 
  its 
  native 
  region. 
  

  

  28000. 
  Cucurbita 
  pepo 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Urubamba 
  River. 
  A 
  pumpkin 
  or 
  squash, 
  round, 
  small, 
  very 
  good 
  to 
  

   bake. 
  

  

  28001. 
  Cucurbita 
  sp. 
  

   From 
  Cuzco. 
  Very 
  sweet. 
  

  

  28002. 
  Gossypium 
  peruvianum 
  Cav. 
  

   From 
  upper 
  Ucayali 
  River. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Peru, 
  Chile, 
  and 
  Ecuador; 
  cultivated 
  generally 
  in 
  cotton-pro- 
  

   ducing 
  countries. 
  

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