﻿OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1910. 
  19 
  

  

  28942 
  to 
  29012— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  28951. 
  Prunus 
  cerasifera 
  divaricata 
  (Ledeb.) 
  Schneider. 
  Plum. 
  

   From 
  Zerafshan 
  Valley, 
  near 
  Wishist, 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1351a, 
  

  

  July 
  14, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  wild 
  plum 
  found 
  sparingly 
  along 
  watercourses 
  at 
  an 
  eleva- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  about 
  4,500 
  feet; 
  grows 
  as 
  a 
  dense 
  shrub 
  or 
  small 
  tree 
  and 
  bears 
  in 
  most 
  

   remarkable 
  quantities 
  small, 
  round, 
  green 
  plums 
  with 
  a 
  reddish 
  hue. 
  Owing 
  

   to 
  their 
  great 
  productiveness 
  and 
  their 
  resistance 
  to 
  long 
  periods 
  of 
  drought 
  

   and 
  heat 
  these 
  plums 
  may 
  prove 
  valuable 
  in 
  hybridizing 
  work." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28952. 
  Prunus 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Kulikalan, 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1352a, 
  July 
  9, 
  1910.) 
  

   An 
  ornamental 
  species 
  of 
  Prunus 
  which 
  grows 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  small 
  tree; 
  it 
  has 
  large 
  

   light-green 
  leaves 
  and 
  bears 
  long 
  racemes 
  of 
  small, 
  scarlet, 
  oval 
  fruits 
  of 
  a 
  sweet- 
  

   bitter 
  taste. 
  Found 
  along 
  a 
  watercourse 
  in 
  the 
  mountains, 
  altitude 
  about 
  

   6,000 
  feet. 
  Of 
  value 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  park 
  and 
  garden 
  tree." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

   28953 
  to 
  28962. 
  "The 
  following 
  numbers 
  of 
  apricots 
  should 
  be 
  sown 
  to 
  

  

  obtain 
  some 
  superior 
  varieties 
  of 
  apricots 
  with 
  sweet 
  kernels 
  which 
  would 
  

  

  bring 
  a 
  much 
  higher 
  price 
  on 
  the 
  market 
  than 
  the 
  present 
  bitter 
  kernels 
  

  

  do." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28953. 
  Prunus 
  armeniaca 
  L. 
  Apricot. 
  

   From 
  Askabad, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1353a, 
  June 
  9, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  small 
  

  

  pale-yellow 
  apricot, 
  flesh 
  rather 
  hard, 
  freestone, 
  kernel 
  large 
  and 
  sweet. 
  

   Said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  Persia." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28954. 
  Prunus 
  armeniaca 
  L. 
  Apricot. 
  

   From 
  Askabad, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1354a, 
  June 
  9, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  smooth- 
  

   skinned 
  apricot 
  of 
  pale-yellow 
  color; 
  looks 
  like 
  a 
  nectarine. 
  Said 
  to 
  

   have 
  come 
  from 
  Geok-tepe, 
  Turkestan." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28955. 
  Prunus 
  armeniaca 
  L. 
  Apricot. 
  

   From 
  Askabad, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1355a, 
  June 
  9, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  waxy- 
  

   white 
  variety 
  of 
  apricot 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  sweet 
  and 
  melting 
  taste; 
  clingstone; 
  

   sweet 
  kernel. 
  Said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  northern 
  Persia." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28956. 
  Prunus 
  armeniaca 
  L. 
  Apricot. 
  

   From 
  Askabad, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1356a, 
  June 
  9, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  large 
  

  

  orange-yellow 
  apricot 
  of 
  a 
  sweet 
  melting 
  taste; 
  somewhat 
  fibrous; 
  semi- 
  

   clingstone; 
  kernel 
  sweet. 
  Said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  Persia." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28957. 
  Prunus 
  armeniaca 
  L. 
  Apricot. 
  

   From 
  Askabad, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1357a, 
  June 
  9, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  yellow 
  

  

  apricot 
  of 
  remarkable 
  clingstone 
  properties." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28958. 
  Prunus 
  armeniaca 
  L. 
  Apricot. 
  

   From 
  Old 
  Bokhara, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1358a, 
  June 
  20, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  large 
  

  

  pale-yellow 
  apricot 
  of 
  very 
  fine 
  aromatic 
  taste; 
  freestone; 
  kernel 
  large 
  

   and 
  sweet." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28959. 
  Prunus 
  armeniaca 
  L. 
  Apricot. 
  

   From 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1359a, 
  July 
  3, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  large 
  

  

  smooth-skinned 
  apricot 
  of 
  white 
  color 
  with 
  a 
  red 
  cheek; 
  looks 
  totally 
  un- 
  

   like 
  an 
  apricot. 
  Flesh 
  melting 
  and 
  sweet." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28960. 
  Prunus 
  armeniaca 
  L. 
  Apricot. 
  

   From 
  Dirdar, 
  Zerafshan 
  Valley, 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  

  

  1360a, 
  July 
  13, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  large 
  pale-yellow 
  apricot 
  of 
  melting 
  flavor; 
  

   flesh 
  firm 
  and 
  sweet; 
  freestone; 
  kernel 
  sweet." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

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