﻿JANUAKY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1911. 
  47 
  

  

  29991. 
  Amygdalus 
  sp. 
  Chinese 
  flat 
  peach. 
  

  

  From 
  Tsinan, 
  Shantung, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  B. 
  Neal. 
  Received 
  March 
  

   6, 
  1911. 
  

   Feicheng. 
  "This 
  peach 
  is 
  grown 
  -not 
  far 
  from 
  here. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  cling 
  and, 
  though 
  rather 
  

   inconvenient 
  for 
  eating, 
  is 
  very 
  large 
  and 
  luscious, 
  coming 
  into 
  market 
  about 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  September 
  and 
  lasting 
  for 
  a 
  month 
  or 
  more. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  last 
  peach 
  we 
  get 
  

   during 
  the 
  season, 
  the 
  peach 
  supply 
  beginning 
  the 
  middle 
  or 
  last 
  of 
  June 
  and 
  continu- 
  

   ing 
  through 
  the 
  summer 
  and 
  early 
  autumn, 
  about 
  four 
  months 
  in 
  all." 
  {Neal.) 
  

   See 
  No. 
  21989 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  29992 
  and 
  29993. 
  

  

  From 
  Jerusalem, 
  Palestine. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  F. 
  Beaumont, 
  American 
  Col- 
  

   ony. 
  Received 
  February 
  28, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29992. 
  Asparagus 
  acutifolius 
  L. 
  Wild 
  asparagus. 
  

   Introduced 
  for 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Truck-Crop 
  Diseases 
  in 
  breeding 
  a 
  

  

  resistant 
  asparagus, 
  and 
  also 
  various 
  forms 
  for 
  florists' 
  use. 
  

  

  29993. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   Damascus. 
  

  

  29994 
  to 
  29998. 
  

  

  From 
  Haifa, 
  Palestine. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Aaronsohn, 
  director, 
  Jewish 
  Agri- 
  

   cultural 
  Experiment 
  Station. 
  Received 
  March 
  6, 
  1911. 
  

  

  29994. 
  Pyrus 
  syriaca 
  Boiss. 
  Wild 
  pear. 
  

   Cuttings. 
  

  

  " 
  Recommended 
  as 
  a 
  stock 
  for 
  pears 
  in 
  arid 
  soils. 
  These 
  cuttings 
  came 
  

   directly 
  from 
  the 
  forest 
  and 
  grew 
  spontaneously. 
  ' 
  ' 
  (Aaronsohn.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  island 
  of 
  Cyprus, 
  Syria, 
  southern 
  Kurdistan, 
  and 
  western 
  

   Persia. 
  

  

  29995. 
  Pyrus 
  sp. 
  

   Cuttings. 
  

  

  29996. 
  Prosopis 
  stephaniana 
  (Bieb.) 
  Kunth, 
  

  

  " 
  A 
  low 
  and 
  very 
  deep-rooting 
  shrub 
  . 
  Pods 
  readily 
  eaten 
  by 
  sheep 
  and 
  goats. 
  

   Crossing 
  with 
  Prosopis 
  juliflora 
  might 
  give 
  very 
  interesting 
  results." 
  (Aaron- 
  

   sohn.) 
  

  

  Seeds. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  countries 
  at 
  the 
  eastern 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  Mediterranean, 
  ex- 
  

   tending 
  from 
  the 
  Caucasus 
  region 
  through 
  Asia 
  Minor, 
  Syria, 
  western 
  Persia, 
  

   and 
  Assyria 
  to 
  Egypt. 
  

  

  29997. 
  Nicotiana 
  tabacum 
  L. 
  Tobacco. 
  

   "A 
  stout 
  variety, 
  broad 
  leaves, 
  and 
  white, 
  or 
  pink 
  flowers. 
  Cultivated 
  

  

  especially 
  in 
  central 
  and 
  northern 
  Palestine. 
  The 
  leaves 
  are 
  rather 
  coarse 
  and 
  

   of 
  poor 
  quality, 
  but 
  the 
  culture 
  of 
  this 
  variety 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  interest 
  for 
  hybridiza- 
  

   tion 
  or 
  systematic 
  purposes. 
  " 
  (Aaronsohn.) 
  

   Seeds. 
  

  

  29998. 
  Citrullus 
  vulgaris 
  Schrad. 
  Watermelon. 
  

   "Bizr 
  mactoob. 
  In 
  Arabic 
  this 
  means 
  'written 
  seeds.' 
  The 
  illiterate 
  Arabs 
  

  

  believe 
  that 
  sentences 
  of 
  the 
  holy 
  Koran 
  are 
  inscribed 
  on 
  the 
  parenchyma 
  of 
  the 
  

   seeds. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  curious 
  rather 
  than 
  economic 
  value. 
  " 
  (Aaronsohn.) 
  

   Seeds. 
  

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