﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1911. 
  53 
  

  

  30042 
  to 
  30060— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  30043. 
  Vitis 
  vinifera 
  L. 
  Grape. 
  

   From 
  Khotan, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  803, 
  November 
  25, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  table 
  grape 
  called 
  Kishmis. 
  Bunches 
  small, 
  very 
  compact; 
  berries 
  small, 
  of 
  

   greenish-white 
  color; 
  stands 
  some 
  alkali 
  in 
  the 
  soil; 
  bears 
  best 
  when 
  pruned 
  

   with 
  short 
  wood 
  . 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Meyer 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  30044. 
  Vitis 
  vinifera 
  L. 
  Grape. 
  

  

  From 
  Khotan, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  832, 
  November 
  26, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

   table 
  grape 
  called 
  Sm.be 
  or 
  Ghusaine. 
  Bunches 
  large, 
  very 
  elongated, 
  with 
  side 
  

   bunches; 
  berries 
  large, 
  of 
  long 
  shape, 
  often 
  pointed; 
  color, 
  light 
  amber; 
  taste 
  

   very 
  sweet 
  and 
  aromatic; 
  has 
  good 
  keeping 
  and 
  shipping 
  qualities, 
  but 
  dis- 
  

   appears 
  rather 
  quickly 
  from 
  the 
  markets 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  being 
  so 
  much 
  in 
  demand. 
  

   See 
  note 
  under 
  No 
  . 
  30042 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  30045. 
  Vitis 
  vinifera 
  L. 
  Grape. 
  

   From 
  Karawag, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  865, 
  December 
  10, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  table 
  grape 
  called 
  At-Barre. 
  Bunches 
  long; 
  berries 
  of 
  elongated 
  shape, 
  blue- 
  

   black 
  in 
  color; 
  ripens 
  late 
  in 
  summer; 
  not 
  a 
  keeper; 
  to 
  be 
  pruned 
  with 
  long 
  

   wood 
  to 
  obtain 
  best 
  results. 
  See 
  remarks 
  under 
  No. 
  30042." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  30046. 
  Vitis 
  vinifera 
  L. 
  Grape. 
  

   From 
  Karawag, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  866, 
  December 
  10, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  table 
  grape 
  called 
  Ak-uzum. 
  Bunches 
  medium 
  large, 
  of 
  round 
  form; 
  berries 
  

   round, 
  greenish 
  white 
  in 
  color; 
  taste 
  fresh, 
  sweet; 
  to 
  be 
  pruned 
  with 
  long 
  wood. 
  

   See 
  remarks 
  under 
  No 
  . 
  30042 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  30047. 
  Vitis 
  vinifera 
  L. 
  Grape. 
  

   From 
  Shagra-Bazar, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  867, 
  December 
  24, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  A 
  table 
  grape 
  called 
  Kara-uzum. 
  Bunches 
  medium 
  large, 
  round 
  in 
  shape, 
  

   berries 
  round, 
  black 
  in 
  color; 
  taste 
  quite 
  sweet; 
  not 
  a 
  keeper; 
  stands 
  a 
  fair 
  

   amount 
  of 
  alkali 
  in 
  the 
  soil; 
  to 
  be 
  pruned 
  like 
  preceding 
  number." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  30048. 
  Vitis 
  vinifera 
  L. 
  Grape. 
  

   From 
  Karawag, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  868, 
  December 
  10, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  table 
  grape 
  called 
  Ak-saibe 
  (in 
  Russian 
  Turkestan 
  called 
  Akghusaine) 
  . 
  Bunches 
  

   very 
  long, 
  with 
  side 
  bunches; 
  berries 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  slightly 
  pointed; 
  color, 
  

   waxy 
  white; 
  taste 
  very 
  sweet 
  and 
  aromatic. 
  A 
  good 
  keeper 
  when 
  hung 
  in 
  a 
  

   cool, 
  dry 
  place; 
  to 
  be 
  pruned 
  like 
  preceding 
  numbers." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  30049. 
  Tamarix 
  sp. 
  Tamarisk. 
  

   From 
  Sullras, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  869, 
  December 
  6, 
  1910.) 
  Found 
  

  

  on 
  dry 
  saline 
  places; 
  the 
  shoots 
  when 
  young 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  spiny 
  bracts 
  

   which 
  drop 
  off 
  afterwards. 
  This 
  plant 
  seems 
  to 
  thrive 
  in 
  regions 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  

   moving 
  sand 
  and 
  grows 
  vigorously 
  through 
  a 
  forming 
  sand 
  hill. 
  Some 
  of 
  these 
  

   tamarisk 
  mounds 
  are 
  20 
  or 
  more 
  meters 
  high 
  and 
  consist 
  of 
  a 
  mass 
  of 
  sand 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  tamarisk 
  roots 
  and 
  branches 
  are 
  the 
  framework 
  that 
  holds 
  the 
  whole 
  

   together; 
  recommended 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  bush 
  and 
  fuel 
  supplier 
  in 
  desert 
  

   regions 
  . 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Meyer. 
  ) 
  

  

  30050. 
  Tamarix 
  sp. 
  Tamarisk. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Karghalik, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  870, 
  December 
  13, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  Found 
  in 
  moist, 
  saline 
  places. 
  Produces 
  masses 
  of 
  rosy 
  flowers 
  all 
  through 
  

   the 
  summer. 
  The 
  amount 
  of 
  alkali 
  these 
  plants 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  withstand 
  is 
  truly 
  

   remarkable. 
  Often 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  soil 
  is 
  coated 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  cake, 
  and 
  

   yet 
  they 
  thrive. 
  Recommended 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  shrub 
  and 
  a 
  fuel 
  supply 
  

   in 
  strongly 
  alkaline 
  regions." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

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