﻿20 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28942 
  to 
  29012— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  28953 
  to 
  28962— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  28981. 
  Prunus 
  armeniaca 
  L. 
  Apricot. 
  

  

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

   1361a, 
  July 
  13, 
  1910.) 
  An 
  orange-yellow 
  apricot; 
  flesh 
  firm 
  and 
  slightly 
  

   subacid; 
  kernels 
  sweet. 
  Locally 
  much 
  used 
  dried." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28962. 
  Prunus 
  armeniaca 
  L. 
  Apricot. 
  

  

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

   1362a, 
  July 
  12, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  fine 
  variety 
  of 
  apricot 
  of 
  pale-yellow 
  color; 
  

   flesh 
  firm 
  but 
  sweet 
  and 
  melting; 
  kernels 
  sweet; 
  freestone." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28963. 
  Amygdalus 
  persica 
  nectarina 
  Ait. 
  Nectarine. 
  

   From 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1363a, 
  July 
  4, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  small 
  nectarine 
  

  

  of 
  very 
  firm 
  flesh 
  and 
  of 
  subacid 
  flavor; 
  red 
  throughout; 
  from 
  a 
  distance 
  resem- 
  

   bles 
  a 
  crab 
  apple 
  more 
  than 
  anything 
  else. 
  Said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  Chartchui." 
  

  

  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28964. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

  

  From 
  Merv, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1364a, 
  June 
  13, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  muskmelon 
  said 
  

   to 
  be 
  very 
  sweet 
  and 
  early. 
  Obtained 
  from 
  a 
  native 
  dealer 
  in 
  Merv. 
  To 
  be 
  

   tried 
  under 
  irrigation 
  in 
  the 
  hot 
  and 
  dry 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  southwestern 
  United 
  

   States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28965. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

   From 
  Merv, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1365a, 
  June 
  13, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  muskmelon 
  said 
  

  

  to 
  be 
  very 
  sweet 
  but 
  later 
  than 
  the 
  preceding 
  number, 
  otherwise 
  the 
  same 
  

   remarks 
  apply 
  to 
  it 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  28966. 
  Cucumis 
  sativus 
  L. 
  Cucumber. 
  

   From 
  Askabad, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1366a, 
  June 
  7, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  Persian 
  variety 
  

  

  of 
  greenish-yellow, 
  medium-long 
  cucumber, 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  early." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28967. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

   From 
  Old 
  Bokhara, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1357a, 
  June 
  21, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  fine 
  variety 
  

  

  of 
  muskmelon, 
  being 
  early, 
  of 
  greenish-yellow 
  color, 
  small 
  size, 
  and 
  very 
  

   sweet." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28968. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

  

  From 
  Askabad, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1368a, 
  June 
  7, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  muskmelon 
  said 
  

   to 
  be 
  of 
  very 
  fine 
  quality 
  and 
  very 
  sweet. 
  Obtained 
  from 
  a 
  Persian 
  seed 
  dealer. 
  

   To 
  be 
  tried 
  like 
  No. 
  1364a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  28964)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28969 
  to 
  28971. 
  Citrullus 
  vulgaris 
  Schrad. 
  Watermelon. 
  

  

  From 
  Tarasowka, 
  Podolsk, 
  Russia. 
  "(June, 
  1910.) 
  The 
  climate 
  of 
  Podolsk 
  

   is 
  very 
  temperate 
  and 
  as 
  these 
  melons 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  something 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  

   they 
  should 
  be 
  carefully 
  tested 
  in 
  a 
  temperate 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

   They 
  were 
  obtained, 
  through 
  correspondence, 
  from 
  a 
  former 
  assistant. 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Meyer.) 
  

  

  28969. 
  "(No. 
  1369a.) 
  A 
  small-seeded 
  watermelon, 
  having 
  red 
  flesh 
  

   and 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  very 
  fine 
  quality." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28970. 
  "(No. 
  1370a.) 
  Like 
  the 
  preceding 
  number 
  but 
  with 
  white 
  

   flesh." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28971. 
  " 
  (No. 
  1371a.) 
  Like 
  the 
  preceding 
  numbers 
  but 
  with 
  yellow 
  

   flesh." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

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