﻿October 
  i 
  to 
  December 
  31, 
  1910. 
  47 
  

  

  29213 
  to 
  29270— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  29223. 
  Prunus 
  armeniaca 
  L. 
  Apricot. 
  

   From 
  Kashgar, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1423a, 
  October 
  27, 
  1910.) 
  Sweet- 
  

  

  kerneled 
  apricot 
  stones 
  sold 
  on 
  fruit 
  stands 
  in 
  Kashgar. 
  Eaten 
  like 
  almonds; 
  

   also 
  much 
  used 
  in 
  cakes." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  29224. 
  Prunus 
  cerasifera 
  divaricata 
  (Ledeb.) 
  Schneider 
  (?). 
  Plum. 
  

   From 
  Khokan, 
  Russian 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1424a, 
  September 
  28, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  Alitcha. 
  A 
  small, 
  very 
  sour 
  variety 
  of 
  plum 
  of 
  reddish 
  or 
  yellow 
  color. 
  Used 
  

   by 
  the 
  native 
  population 
  in 
  meat 
  stews, 
  making 
  tough 
  meat 
  more 
  digestible. 
  

   May 
  be 
  of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  plums 
  in 
  semiarid 
  regions 
  where 
  high 
  summer 
  

   temperatures 
  and 
  medium-cold 
  winters 
  prevail." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  29225. 
  Elaeagnus 
  angustipolia 
  L. 
  Oleaster. 
  

   From 
  Andijan, 
  Russian 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1425a, 
  October 
  4, 
  1910.) 
  Djigda. 
  

  

  A 
  large-fruited 
  variety 
  sold 
  on 
  the 
  market 
  in 
  Andijan 
  and 
  eaten 
  as 
  sweetmeats. 
  

   Of 
  value 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  small 
  tree 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  windbreak 
  in 
  alkaline 
  sections 
  

   in 
  the 
  mild-wintered 
  semiarid 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  29226. 
  Prunus 
  domestica 
  L. 
  Plum. 
  

   From 
  Kashgar, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1426a, 
  October 
  27, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  blue 
  plum 
  much 
  grown 
  around 
  Kashgar. 
  Sold 
  fresh 
  and 
  dried. 
  Makes 
  a 
  fair 
  

   preserve. 
  Apparently 
  the 
  ordinary 
  European 
  prune. 
  To 
  be 
  sown 
  for 
  identi- 
  

   fication 
  purposes." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  29227. 
  Amygdalus 
  persica 
  nectarina 
  Ait. 
  Nectarine. 
  

   From 
  Samarkand, 
  Russian 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1427a, 
  July 
  27, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  yellow 
  clingstone 
  nectarine 
  of 
  medium 
  size; 
  meat 
  very 
  firm 
  and 
  of 
  medium- 
  

   sweet 
  taste, 
  not 
  melting. 
  A 
  rare 
  variety." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  29228. 
  Amygdalus 
  sp. 
  Peach. 
  

   From 
  Tashkend, 
  Russian 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1428a, 
  September 
  10, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  A 
  large 
  flat 
  peach 
  having 
  white 
  meat, 
  very 
  juicy 
  and 
  sweet." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  29229. 
  Ribes 
  sp. 
  Red 
  currant. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Guldscha, 
  Russian 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1429a, 
  October 
  10, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  Found 
  growing 
  on 
  a 
  dry 
  mountain 
  side 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  about 
  6,000 
  feet 
  above 
  

   sea 
  level. 
  For 
  further 
  remarks 
  see 
  No. 
  791 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  29141), 
  under 
  which 
  

   cuttings 
  were 
  sent." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  29230. 
  Ribes 
  nigrum 
  L. 
  Black 
  currant. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Terek-Dawan, 
  Russian 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1430a, 
  October 
  13, 
  

  

  1910.) 
  Found 
  growing 
  in 
  a 
  cold 
  stony 
  canyon 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  over 
  9,000 
  feet 
  

   above 
  sea 
  level. 
  For 
  further 
  remarks 
  see 
  No. 
  792 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  29142), 
  under 
  

   which 
  cuttings 
  were 
  sent." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  29231. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

   From 
  Samarkand, 
  Russian 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1431a, 
  July 
  22, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  fine 
  

  

  muskmelon 
  of 
  round 
  shape; 
  rind 
  drab-green; 
  flesh 
  yellowish 
  colored, 
  of 
  very 
  

   sweet 
  and 
  aromatic 
  taste. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  under 
  irrigation 
  in 
  the 
  dry 
  and 
  hot 
  

   sections 
  of 
  the 
  southwestern 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  29232. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

   From 
  Samarkand, 
  Russian 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1432a, 
  July 
  23, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  muskmelon 
  of 
  round 
  shape; 
  medium 
  size; 
  rind 
  greenish 
  yellow; 
  flesh 
  of 
  deep- 
  

   green 
  color 
  and 
  of 
  very 
  spicy 
  flavor. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  like 
  preceding 
  number." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

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