﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1911. 
  83 
  

  

  30370 
  to 
  30392 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  30390. 
  Sophora 
  JAPONICA 
  L. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  20093 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  30391. 
  Sophora 
  secundiplora 
  (Ort.) 
  DO. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  3212 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  30392. 
  Ziziphus 
  mauritiana 
  Lam. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  28129 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  30393 
  to 
  30415. 
  

  

  From 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  

   explorer, 
  March 
  31, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  30393. 
  Hordeum 
  vulgare 
  himalayenoE 
  Rittig. 
  Barley. 
  

   From 
  Serik-Kol, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1488a, 
  January 
  10, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  

  

  small 
  quantity 
  of 
  hull-less 
  summer 
  barley 
  grown 
  in 
  a 
  dry 
  mountain 
  valley 
  at 
  

   elevations 
  from 
  7,000 
  to 
  9,000 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level. 
  Obtained 
  through 
  the 
  

   Hon. 
  George 
  Macartney, 
  British 
  consul 
  at 
  Kashgar." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  30394. 
  Pisum 
  sativum 
  L. 
  Pea. 
  

   From 
  Khotan, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1499a, 
  November 
  26, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  green 
  pea 
  called 
  Puchoh. 
  Grown 
  on 
  sandy 
  and 
  alkaline 
  lands." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  30395. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   From 
  Pustan 
  Terek, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan, 
  altitude 
  6,000 
  to 
  7,000 
  feet. 
  "(No. 
  

  

  1509a, 
  December 
  30, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  yellow-flowering 
  alfalfa, 
  growing 
  as 
  a 
  weed 
  

   between 
  wheat; 
  called 
  Serech 
  beda, 
  meaning 
  yellow 
  lucern. 
  As 
  the 
  climate 
  in 
  

   the 
  Pustan 
  Terek 
  region 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Manitou 
  region 
  of 
  Colo- 
  

   rado, 
  this 
  plant 
  might 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  regions." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  30396. 
  Citrullus 
  vulgaris 
  Schrad. 
  Watermelon. 
  

   From 
  Kara 
  wag, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1519a, 
  December 
  10, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  watermelon 
  of 
  remarkable 
  keeping 
  qualities; 
  ripens 
  toward 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  Septem- 
  

   ber 
  and 
  can 
  be 
  kept 
  until 
  May; 
  of 
  medium 
  size, 
  round-oval 
  shape; 
  very 
  thick 
  

   rind; 
  dark 
  sea 
  green 
  in 
  color; 
  slightly 
  ribbed 
  near 
  peduncle; 
  color 
  of 
  flesh 
  

   salmon 
  red; 
  taste 
  fresh 
  sweet; 
  seeds 
  large, 
  white 
  with 
  two 
  black 
  spots 
  at 
  the 
  

   tapering 
  end. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  the 
  desert 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  under 
  

   irrigation 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  30397. 
  Citrullus 
  vulgaris 
  Schrad. 
  Watermelon. 
  

   From 
  San 
  Kia, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1520a, 
  November 
  17, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  large 
  variety 
  of 
  watermelon. 
  Shape 
  round; 
  rind 
  medium 
  thick; 
  of 
  light-green 
  

   color; 
  flesh 
  pale 
  red; 
  of 
  fresh-sweet 
  taste; 
  seeds 
  large, 
  black; 
  possesses 
  good 
  

   keeping 
  and 
  shipping 
  qualities. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  like 
  the 
  preceding 
  number." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

  

  30398. 
  Citrullus 
  vulgaris 
  Schrad. 
  Watermelon. 
  

   From 
  Kashgar, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1521a, 
  January 
  28, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  

  

  watermelon 
  of 
  medium 
  size; 
  shape 
  round; 
  rind 
  dark 
  green, 
  thick; 
  flesh 
  pale 
  

   red, 
  of 
  fresh-sweet 
  taste; 
  seeds 
  red; 
  a 
  late 
  ripener; 
  keeps 
  well 
  for 
  several 
  

   months. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  like 
  the 
  preceding 
  numbers." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  30399. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

   From 
  Shagran-bazar, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1525a, 
  December 
  23, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  A 
  small, 
  round 
  melon; 
  ripens 
  very 
  early; 
  flesh 
  of 
  greenish 
  color, 
  very 
  sweet. 
  

   Called 
  Nuchata." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

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