﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1910. 
  55 
  

  

  28816 
  to 
  28822— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  28820. 
  "Raspuri. 
  Weight 
  12 
  to 
  15 
  ounces; 
  size 
  6 
  by 
  4^ 
  inches; 
  color 
  greenish 
  

   yellow 
  with 
  dark 
  spots 
  and 
  red 
  shade; 
  pulp 
  yellow, 
  fiberless; 
  thin 
  skin; 
  

   taste 
  good 
  ; 
  flavor 
  pleasant. 
  Profusely 
  fruiting. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  earliest 
  varieties. 
  " 
  

  

  28821. 
  "Romani. 
  Weight 
  10 
  to 
  14 
  ounces; 
  size 
  4 
  by 
  3^ 
  inches; 
  skin 
  very 
  

   thin; 
  pulp 
  pale 
  yellow; 
  color 
  varying 
  from 
  pale 
  yellow 
  with 
  reddish 
  spots 
  

   to 
  golden 
  yellow; 
  taste 
  sweet; 
  stone 
  very 
  small. 
  Fruits 
  on 
  trees 
  look 
  like 
  

   apples 
  from 
  a 
  distance. 
  A 
  long-keeping 
  variety, 
  quite 
  fit 
  for 
  long 
  journeys." 
  

  

  28822. 
  " 
  S 
  'under 
  sha. 
  Weight 
  15 
  to 
  20 
  ounces; 
  size 
  8 
  by 
  \\ 
  inches; 
  color 
  

   yellowish 
  red 
  ; 
  pulp 
  white; 
  stone 
  thin 
  and 
  flat; 
  skin 
  thick; 
  unripe 
  ones 
  are 
  

   also 
  sweet; 
  shape 
  long, 
  with 
  a 
  pointed 
  curve 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  parrot's 
  bill. 
  A 
  

   late 
  variety." 
  

  

  28823 
  and 
  28824. 
  

  

  From 
  Oregon. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  R. 
  Schoch, 
  R. 
  R. 
  No. 
  1, 
  Forest 
  Grove, 
  

   Oreg. 
  Received 
  August 
  26, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28823. 
  Lathyrus 
  polyphyllus 
  Nutt. 
  

  

  From 
  northwestern 
  Oregon, 
  altitude 
  800 
  feet. 
  Crop 
  of 
  1910. 
  

  

  "A 
  perennial 
  species 
  with 
  violet-colored 
  flowers, 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  

   coniferous 
  woods 
  throughout 
  western 
  Washington 
  and 
  western 
  Oregon. 
  The 
  

   plants 
  appear 
  in 
  early 
  spring 
  and 
  become 
  fully 
  mature 
  and 
  dry 
  in 
  July. 
  Stock 
  

   are 
  not 
  fond 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  when 
  green, 
  but 
  eat 
  the 
  hay 
  readily." 
  (C. 
  V. 
  Piper.) 
  

  

  28824. 
  Vicia 
  gigantea 
  Hook. 
  Giant 
  vetch. 
  

   From 
  northwestern 
  Oregon, 
  latitude 
  45° 
  32', 
  longitude 
  46° 
  8', 
  altitude 
  1,000 
  

  

  feet. 
  Crop 
  of 
  1910. 
  

  

  "A 
  perennial 
  vetch 
  with 
  ochroleucous 
  flowers, 
  growing 
  along 
  the 
  Pacific 
  

   coast 
  from 
  Sitka 
  to 
  middle 
  California. 
  It 
  grows 
  to 
  a 
  great 
  size, 
  the 
  vines 
  being 
  

   often 
  8 
  to 
  10 
  feet 
  long 
  and 
  producing 
  a 
  great 
  abundance 
  of 
  plants 
  and 
  pods. 
  

   The 
  seeds, 
  however, 
  are 
  ordinarily 
  destroyed 
  by 
  insects. 
  Stock 
  ordinarily 
  

   will 
  not 
  eat 
  the 
  plants 
  while 
  green 
  and 
  are 
  not 
  particularly 
  fond 
  of 
  the 
  hay. 
  

   The 
  entire 
  plant 
  turns 
  black 
  on 
  drying." 
  (C. 
  V. 
  Piper.) 
  

  

  28825. 
  Catha 
  edulis 
  Forsk. 
  Khat. 
  

  

  From 
  Aden, 
  Arabia. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  K. 
  Moser, 
  American 
  consul. 
  

   Received 
  August 
  24, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "Khat 
  is 
  the 
  Arabic 
  name 
  for 
  Catha 
  edulis, 
  a 
  shrub 
  grown 
  commercially 
  in 
  only 
  

   two 
  localities 
  in 
  the 
  world, 
  the 
  Yemen 
  and 
  near 
  Harrar 
  in 
  Abyssinia. 
  The 
  word 
  is 
  

   said 
  to 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  another 
  Arabic 
  word, 
  kut, 
  meaning 
  food 
  or 
  sustenance, 
  and 
  

   refers 
  to 
  the 
  most 
  salient 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  plant, 
  that 
  of 
  sustaining 
  one 
  who 
  eats 
  of 
  its 
  

   leaves 
  under 
  the 
  most 
  extraordinary 
  bodily 
  labor. 
  The 
  Arabs 
  say 
  that 
  life 
  and 
  hard 
  

   work 
  would 
  be 
  unendurable 
  in 
  their 
  country 
  without 
  khat. 
  

  

  "The 
  shrub 
  is 
  found 
  only 
  in 
  certain 
  localities 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  from 
  3,500 
  to 
  5,000 
  

   feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level. 
  It 
  will 
  not 
  grow, 
  even 
  in 
  highlands, 
  near 
  salt 
  water, 
  or 
  in 
  any 
  

   soil 
  containing 
  sand. 
  The 
  height 
  of 
  a 
  full-grown 
  plant 
  varies 
  from 
  5 
  to 
  12 
  feet, 
  appar- 
  

   ently 
  more 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  climate 
  than 
  to 
  the 
  quality 
  of 
  the 
  soil, 
  as 
  has 
  

   been 
  demonstrated 
  by 
  the 
  Arabs. 
  It 
  appears 
  that 
  its 
  chief 
  requirements 
  for 
  cultiva- 
  

   tion 
  are 
  a 
  fair 
  amount 
  of 
  water, 
  a 
  cool 
  but 
  not 
  cold 
  climate, 
  and 
  a 
  soil 
  composed 
  largely 
  

   of 
  disintegrated 
  stone, 
  well 
  manured 
  with 
  sheep 
  and 
  goat 
  droppings. 
  A 
  peculiarity 
  

   of 
  the 
  plant 
  is 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  not 
  thrive 
  in 
  soil 
  manured 
  with 
  camel 
  or 
  cattle 
  dung. 
  

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