﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1910. 
  §& 
  

  

  28801 
  to 
  28809— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  28802. 
  Amygdalus 
  communis 
  L. 
  Almond. 
  

   ' 
  'A 
  large 
  almond 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  hard 
  shell 
  . 
  Said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  Persia. 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Meyer. 
  ) 
  

  

  28803. 
  Corylus 
  avellana 
  L. 
  Hazelnut. 
  

   "A 
  hazelnut 
  called 
  ' 
  Trepizond.' 
  A 
  very 
  popular 
  variety 
  and 
  much 
  grown 
  

  

  in 
  this 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  Caucasus. 
  Quantities 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  exported 
  to 
  England 
  

   and 
  America. 
  Selling 
  at 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  rubles 
  per 
  pood 
  (36 
  pounds). 
  " 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28804. 
  Corylus 
  maxima 
  Miller. 
  Filbert. 
  

   "A 
  small 
  filbert, 
  quantities 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  sold 
  locally. 
  " 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28805. 
  Corylus 
  maxima 
  Miller. 
  Filbert. 
  

   "A 
  filbert 
  called 
  'Kerasund.' 
  Grown 
  quite 
  extensively 
  and 
  exported 
  to 
  

  

  England 
  and 
  America. 
  Sells 
  at 
  8 
  rubles 
  per 
  pood 
  (36 
  pounds). 
  " 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28806. 
  Elaeagnus 
  angustifolia 
  L. 
  Oleaster. 
  

   ' 
  ' 
  Sold 
  sparingly 
  as 
  a 
  sweetmeat. 
  Said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  Turkestan. 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer. 
  ) 
  

  

  28807. 
  Pistacia 
  vera 
  L. 
  Pistache. 
  

   "A 
  very 
  white 
  pistache, 
  of 
  rather 
  poor 
  quality. 
  Said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  Persia. 
  " 
  

  

  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28808. 
  Prunus 
  domestica 
  L. 
  Plum. 
  

   "These 
  plums 
  when 
  dried 
  are 
  used 
  stewed 
  with 
  meats 
  and 
  in 
  soups. 
  Said 
  to 
  

  

  come 
  from 
  Persia." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28809. 
  Prunus 
  cerasus 
  L. 
  Cherry. 
  

   "Said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  Gori, 
  central 
  Caucasus. 
  " 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28810. 
  Canarium 
  luzonicum 
  (Blume) 
  Gray. 
  Pili 
  nut. 
  

   From 
  Nueva 
  Caceres, 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Hon. 
  P. 
  M. 
  Moir, 
  

  

  judge, 
  8th 
  judicial 
  district, 
  Province 
  of 
  Ambos 
  Camarines. 
  Received 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  22, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "These 
  nuts 
  grow 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  Luzon 
  and 
  nowhere 
  else 
  in 
  the 
  Philippines. 
  

   The 
  tree 
  is 
  quite 
  large 
  and 
  fairly 
  pretty. 
  The 
  nut 
  is 
  the 
  richest 
  in 
  flavor 
  of 
  any 
  nut 
  I 
  

   have 
  ever 
  eaten, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  Americans 
  in 
  the 
  Philippines 
  think 
  it 
  the 
  finest 
  nut 
  

   grown. 
  When 
  the 
  nuts 
  are 
  roasted, 
  if 
  you 
  touch 
  a 
  lighted 
  match 
  to 
  one 
  it 
  will 
  burn 
  

   like 
  a 
  lamp, 
  it 
  is 
  so 
  rich 
  in 
  oil. 
  I 
  think 
  you 
  will 
  have 
  to 
  have 
  them 
  planted 
  in 
  Florida, 
  

   southern 
  Louisiana, 
  or 
  Mississippi, 
  where 
  the 
  climate 
  is 
  warm 
  and 
  damp, 
  as 
  that 
  is 
  the 
  

   kind 
  of 
  climate 
  we 
  have 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  Luzon, 
  and 
  our 
  rains 
  are 
  very 
  frequent 
  

   and 
  abundant. 
  The 
  ground 
  should 
  be 
  well 
  drained. 
  The 
  trees 
  are 
  male 
  and 
  female, 
  

   and 
  it 
  will 
  take 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  years 
  for 
  them 
  to 
  bear 
  nuts. 
  " 
  (Moir.) 
  

  

  See 
  Nos. 
  21860 
  and 
  23536 
  for 
  previous 
  introductions. 
  

  

  28811. 
  Psidium 
  guajava 
  L. 
  Guava. 
  

  

  From 
  Tlacotalpan, 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Edward 
  Everest. 
  

  

  Received 
  September 
  26, 
  1910. 
  To 
  be 
  grown 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  guava- 
  

  

  breeding 
  work. 
  

   "An 
  evergreen, 
  arborescent 
  shrub, 
  10 
  to 
  20 
  feet 
  tall, 
  indigenous 
  to 
  the 
  tropical 
  

   mainland 
  of 
  America 
  whence 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  introduced 
  to 
  practically 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  

   Tropics. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  round, 
  oblong, 
  or 
  pyriform, 
  the 
  best 
  forms 
  attaining 
  a 
  weight 
  of 
  

   8 
  to 
  10 
  ounces. 
  The 
  surface 
  is 
  smooth, 
  yellowish, 
  and 
  the 
  flesh, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  numerous 
  

   seeds 
  are 
  embedded, 
  whitish, 
  yellowish, 
  or 
  reddish 
  and 
  usually 
  very 
  aromatic. 
  The 
  

   quality 
  and 
  flavor 
  vary 
  exceedingly, 
  certain 
  types 
  being 
  flat 
  and 
  insipid, 
  others 
  very 
  

   sweet, 
  and 
  still 
  others 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  acid. 
  The 
  sweet 
  and 
  subacid 
  sorts 
  may 
  be 
  eaten 
  

  

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