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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  30592. 
  Zinziber 
  officinale 
  Rose. 
  White 
  ginger. 
  

  

  From 
  Tsinan, 
  Shantung, 
  North 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  S. 
  Whitewright, 
  

   Tsinan 
  Institute. 
  Received 
  April 
  21, 
  1911. 
  

   "These 
  specimens 
  are, 
  I 
  believe, 
  of 
  somewhat 
  better 
  quality 
  than 
  those 
  formerly 
  

   sent 
  (No. 
  29355)." 
  (Whitewright.) 
  

  

  30593 
  to 
  30601. 
  Glycine 
  hispida 
  (Moench) 
  Maxim. 
  Soy 
  bean. 
  

  

  From 
  Manchuria. 
  Procured 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Edward 
  C. 
  Parker, 
  Agricultural 
  Experi- 
  

   ment 
  Station, 
  Mukden, 
  Manchuria. 
  Received 
  April 
  19, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Parker: 
  

  

  30593. 
  "Yellow. 
  Chinese 
  name 
  Huang 
  tou. 
  Sample 
  collected 
  at 
  Ninguta, 
  

   in 
  Kirin 
  Province, 
  45° 
  north 
  latitude. 
  Ninguta 
  is 
  a 
  Chinese 
  town 
  about 
  10 
  

   miles 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Trans-Siberian 
  Railway 
  and 
  halfway 
  between 
  Harbin 
  and 
  

   Vladivostok. 
  The 
  Ninguta 
  beans 
  are 
  famous 
  as 
  seed 
  beans, 
  large 
  quantities 
  

   being 
  distributed 
  among 
  the 
  Chinese 
  in 
  Kirin 
  Province 
  for 
  seed 
  purposes. 
  

   The 
  date 
  of 
  maturity 
  for 
  this 
  variety 
  is 
  the 
  last 
  week 
  in 
  September, 
  the 
  crop 
  

   having 
  occupied 
  the 
  land 
  about 
  130 
  days. 
  This 
  variety 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  have 
  

   been 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  Ninguta 
  district 
  for 
  40 
  years, 
  or 
  since 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  country 
  

   was 
  opened 
  for 
  settlement. 
  Chinese 
  state 
  that 
  the 
  variety 
  is 
  prized 
  for 
  its 
  thin 
  

   skin, 
  heavy 
  weight 
  per 
  bushel, 
  and 
  its 
  high 
  oil 
  content." 
  

  

  30594. 
  "Green. 
  Chinese 
  name 
  Ching 
  tou. 
  Sample 
  collected 
  at 
  Ninguta 
  

   (see 
  No. 
  30593). 
  No 
  information 
  is 
  available 
  concerning 
  time 
  of 
  maturity 
  or 
  

   special 
  qualities 
  of 
  this 
  variety. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  grown 
  at 
  Ninguta 
  for 
  about 
  40 
  

   years." 
  

  

  30595. 
  "Big, 
  round, 
  green. 
  Chinese 
  name 
  Tah 
  ching 
  yuan 
  tou. 
  Sample 
  

   collected 
  at 
  Antung, 
  in 
  southeast 
  Shengking 
  Province, 
  40° 
  north 
  latitude. 
  

   Antung 
  is 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Yalu 
  River, 
  which 
  divides 
  Chosen 
  (Korea) 
  and 
  Man- 
  

   churia. 
  No 
  information 
  is 
  available 
  concerning 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  maturity, 
  special 
  

   qualities, 
  or 
  length 
  of 
  time 
  this 
  variety 
  has 
  been 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  Antung 
  region. 
  

   From 
  my 
  own 
  observations, 
  however, 
  I 
  will 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  green 
  soy 
  beans 
  of 
  

   the 
  Antung 
  region 
  require 
  more 
  time 
  to 
  mature 
  than 
  the 
  small, 
  yellow 
  soy 
  

   beans 
  of 
  the 
  north. 
  Antung 
  has 
  been 
  settled 
  by 
  Shantung 
  Province 
  people 
  

   for 
  about 
  75 
  years 
  and 
  the 
  variety 
  is 
  doubtless 
  somewhere 
  near 
  the 
  same 
  age. 
  

   The 
  first 
  recorded 
  exports 
  of 
  soy 
  beans 
  from 
  Manchuria 
  took 
  place 
  from 
  a 
  port 
  

   in 
  this 
  region 
  (Takushan) 
  about 
  the 
  year 
  1830." 
  

  

  30596. 
  "Small, 
  round, 
  green. 
  Chinese 
  name 
  Hsiao 
  ching 
  yuan 
  tou. 
  Sample 
  

   collected 
  at 
  Antung 
  (see 
  No. 
  30595)." 
  

  

  30597. 
  "Big, 
  iron 
  corner, 
  green. 
  Chinese 
  name 
  Tah 
  tie 
  chiao 
  ching 
  tou. 
  

   Sample 
  collected 
  at 
  Antung 
  (see 
  No. 
  30595)." 
  

  

  30598. 
  "Small, 
  iron 
  corner, 
  green. 
  Chinese 
  name 
  Hsiao 
  tie 
  chiao 
  ching 
  tou. 
  

   Sample 
  collected 
  at 
  Antung 
  (see 
  No. 
  30595)." 
  

  

  30599. 
  "Compact, 
  round. 
  Chinese 
  name 
  Chin 
  yuan 
  tou. 
  Sample 
  collected 
  

   near 
  Ninguta. 
  Probably 
  the 
  same 
  variety 
  as 
  the 
  'yellow 
  soy 
  bean' 
  (No. 
  

   30593). 
  No 
  description 
  can 
  be 
  furnished 
  other 
  than 
  that 
  given 
  under 
  that 
  

   number." 
  

  

  30600. 
  "Compact, 
  round. 
  Chinese 
  name 
  Chin 
  yuan 
  tou. 
  Sample 
  collected 
  

   at 
  Shuangchengfu 
  in 
  Kirin 
  Province, 
  45° 
  north 
  latitude. 
  Shuangchengfu 
  is 
  

   a 
  Chinese 
  town 
  about 
  40 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Harbin 
  on 
  the 
  southern 
  division 
  of 
  

   the 
  Russian 
  railway. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  extensive 
  and 
  fertile 
  soil 
  areas 
  in 
  

   Manchuria 
  is 
  tributary 
  to 
  Shuangchengfu. 
  This 
  variety 
  is 
  undoubtedly 
  the 
  

   242 
  

  

  