﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1910. 
  47 
  

  

  28745. 
  Prunus 
  sp. 
  "Plurncot." 
  

  

  From 
  Harput, 
  Turkey. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  William 
  W. 
  Masterson, 
  American 
  

   consul. 
  Received 
  August 
  26, 
  1910. 
  

   "An 
  unusually 
  fine-tasting 
  fruit 
  that 
  might 
  be 
  called 
  a 
  'plurncot.' 
  It 
  was 
  about 
  

   the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  greengage 
  plum, 
  of 
  a 
  light-yellow 
  color, 
  and 
  had 
  a 
  decided 
  apricot 
  flavor, 
  

   indicatiDg 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  hybrid 
  between 
  the 
  plum 
  and 
  the 
  apricot." 
  (Masterson.) 
  

  

  28746. 
  Solanttm 
  commersonii 
  Dun. 
  Wild 
  potato. 
  

  

  From 
  Montevideo, 
  Uruguay. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Fred 
  W. 
  Goding, 
  American 
  

   consul. 
  Received 
  September 
  6, 
  1910. 
  

   Tubers. 
  

  

  28747. 
  Solanum 
  sp. 
  Wild 
  potato. 
  

  

  From 
  Asuncion, 
  Paraguay. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  R. 
  Gwynn. 
  Received 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  6, 
  1910. 
  

   "The 
  wild 
  potato 
  is 
  here 
  in 
  profusion. 
  The 
  plant 
  and 
  leaf 
  are 
  almost 
  exactly 
  like 
  

   the 
  cultivated 
  varieties, 
  but 
  the 
  roots 
  are 
  very 
  different. 
  It 
  puts 
  forth 
  a 
  long 
  under- 
  

   ground 
  stem 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  potatoes 
  are 
  attached. 
  These 
  are 
  sometimes 
  as 
  

   large 
  as 
  a 
  walnut, 
  hull 
  and 
  all, 
  though 
  generally 
  much 
  smaller." 
  (Gwynn.) 
  

  

  28748 
  to 
  28751. 
  Mangifera 
  indica 
  L. 
  Mango. 
  

  

  From 
  Poona, 
  Bombay, 
  India. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  the 
  Empress 
  Botanical 
  Gardens. 
  

   Received 
  August 
  31, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28748. 
  Badsha. 
  28750. 
  Gudbeli. 
  

  

  28749. 
  Fernandez. 
  28751. 
  P'ote(?). 
  

  

  28752 
  to 
  28760. 
  Mangifera 
  indica 
  L. 
  Mango. 
  

  

  From 
  Seharunpur, 
  India. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  the 
  Government 
  Botanic 
  Gardens. 
  

   Received 
  August 
  31, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28752. 
  Gola. 
  28757. 
  Fajri 
  (long). 
  

  

  28753. 
  Khaparia. 
  28758. 
  Lamba 
  Bhadra. 
  

  

  28754. 
  Langra. 
  28759. 
  Malda. 
  

  

  28755. 
  Bombay 
  (green). 
  28760. 
  Najibabadi. 
  

  

  28756. 
  Fajri 
  (round). 
  . 
  

  

  28761 
  and 
  28762. 
  

  

  From 
  Palestine. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Aaron 
  Aaronsohn, 
  director, 
  Jewish 
  Agri- 
  

   cultural 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  Haifa, 
  Palestine. 
  Received 
  August 
  22, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28761. 
  Vicia 
  ervilia 
  (L.) 
  Willd. 
  Bitter 
  vetch. 
  

  

  28762. 
  Lathyrus 
  sativus 
  L. 
  

  

  "I 
  think 
  that 
  Lathyrus 
  sativus 
  will 
  make 
  a 
  quicker 
  growth 
  in 
  the 
  California 
  orange 
  

   orchards 
  than 
  Vicia 
  ervilia, 
  and 
  for 
  this 
  reason 
  I 
  believe 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  better 
  adapted 
  as 
  a 
  

   green 
  manure. 
  Furthermore, 
  I 
  believe 
  it 
  will 
  make 
  a 
  heavier 
  growth 
  and 
  give 
  a 
  bigger 
  

   yield 
  than 
  Vicia 
  ervilia; 
  at 
  least, 
  this 
  is 
  its 
  behavior 
  in 
  Palestine, 
  where 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  

   experience 
  with 
  both 
  species. 
  In 
  my 
  opinion 
  Lathyrus 
  sativus 
  is 
  in 
  no 
  way 
  inferior 
  

   to 
  the 
  fenugreek, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  used 
  so 
  successfully 
  in 
  the 
  orange 
  orchards 
  in 
  Cali- 
  

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