﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1911. 
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  to 
  30955 
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  30947— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  cultivated 
  varieties. 
  Twigs 
  long 
  and 
  strong. 
  The 
  bark 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  trunk 
  and 
  

   of 
  the 
  older 
  branches 
  peels 
  off 
  in 
  patches 
  and 
  gives 
  the 
  tree 
  a 
  hardy-looking 
  

   appearance. 
  At 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  my 
  visit 
  (March 
  17) 
  the 
  trees 
  were 
  still 
  standing 
  

   in 
  2 
  feet 
  of 
  hard-frozen 
  snow, 
  and 
  this 
  fact, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  decided 
  semiarid 
  

   character 
  of 
  the 
  locality, 
  the 
  short, 
  hot, 
  and 
  dry 
  summers, 
  and 
  the 
  long, 
  cold 
  

   winters, 
  should 
  make 
  this 
  species 
  of 
  apple 
  a 
  valuable 
  one 
  as 
  a 
  hybridization 
  

   factor 
  in 
  the 
  creation 
  of 
  hardier 
  types 
  of 
  apples 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  Mississippi 
  

   Valley 
  region 
  and 
  the 
  localities 
  west 
  of 
  it." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  30948. 
  Malus 
  sp. 
  Apple. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Kitchik 
  Djighilan, 
  Tien 
  Shan 
  Range, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  Alti- 
  

   tude 
  of 
  4,100 
  feet. 
  "(No. 
  970, 
  March 
  17, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  variety 
  of 
  wild 
  apple. 
  The 
  

   tree 
  attains 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  25 
  feet, 
  has 
  slender 
  branches, 
  but 
  a 
  good-sized 
  trunk. 
  

   Its 
  fruits 
  are 
  apparently 
  small. 
  Seems 
  to 
  be 
  much 
  hardier 
  than 
  our 
  cultivated 
  

   apples. 
  Otherwise 
  the 
  same 
  remarks 
  apply 
  to 
  it 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  preceding. 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Meyer.) 
  

  

  30949. 
  Malus 
  sp. 
  Apple. 
  

   From 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Chong 
  Djighilan, 
  Tien 
  Shan 
  Range, 
  Chinese 
  Tur- 
  

   kestan. 
  Altitude 
  of 
  3,700 
  feet. 
  "(No. 
  971, 
  March 
  18, 
  1911.) 
  The 
  valley 
  of 
  

   the 
  Chong 
  Djighilan 
  River 
  and 
  its 
  small 
  tributaries 
  is 
  one 
  vast 
  wild 
  apple 
  and 
  

   apricot 
  garden, 
  and 
  these 
  wild 
  trees 
  vary 
  in 
  all 
  possible 
  ways. 
  The 
  quality 
  

   and 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  fruits 
  of 
  the 
  wild 
  apples 
  exhibit 
  great 
  variations, 
  ranging 
  from 
  

   small, 
  sour, 
  hard 
  fruits 
  up 
  to 
  medium-sized 
  apples 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  fair 
  taste. 
  The 
  

   local 
  people 
  collect 
  the 
  best 
  varieties 
  in 
  autumn, 
  slice 
  them, 
  and 
  keep 
  them 
  

   dried 
  for 
  winter 
  use; 
  while 
  bears 
  and 
  wild 
  hogs 
  come 
  down 
  from 
  the 
  higher 
  

   mountains 
  especially 
  to 
  enjoy 
  both 
  the 
  apples 
  and 
  the 
  apricots 
  in 
  late 
  summer 
  

   and 
  autumn. 
  These 
  wild 
  apples 
  are 
  apparently 
  much 
  slower 
  growers 
  than 
  

   those 
  we 
  have 
  now 
  in 
  cultivation, 
  but 
  they 
  make 
  up 
  for 
  it 
  in 
  all-around 
  hardi- 
  

   ness, 
  and 
  one 
  may 
  expect 
  to 
  obtain 
  from 
  them 
  strains 
  able 
  to 
  stand 
  much 
  

   greater 
  cold 
  than 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  varieties 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  developed 
  from 
  the 
  

   apples 
  coming 
  originally 
  from 
  moist 
  and 
  mild 
  western 
  Europe." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  30950. 
  Malus 
  sylvestris 
  Miller. 
  Apple. 
  

   From 
  Aksu, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  973, 
  February 
  25, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  variety 
  

  

  of 
  cultivated 
  apple 
  called 
  Kabak 
  alma. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  trees 
  have 
  a 
  drooping, 
  

   spreading 
  habit 
  and 
  bear 
  abundantly 
  only 
  every 
  other 
  year, 
  also 
  that 
  the 
  fruit 
  

   is 
  of 
  oblong 
  shape, 
  white 
  color, 
  and 
  ripens 
  in 
  summer. 
  Of 
  possible 
  value 
  in 
  

   those 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  where 
  the 
  summers 
  are 
  hot 
  and 
  dry, 
  but 
  

   the 
  winters 
  moderately 
  cold, 
  and 
  where 
  ordinary 
  apples 
  do 
  not 
  succeed." 
  

   {Meyer.) 
  

  

  30951. 
  Malus 
  sylvestris 
  Miller. 
  Apple. 
  

   From 
  Aksu, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  974, 
  February 
  25, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  variety 
  

  

  of 
  cultivated 
  apple 
  called 
  Kizlik 
  alma. 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  very 
  good 
  winter 
  apple. 
  

   Shape 
  oblong, 
  of 
  medium 
  size, 
  red 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  and 
  greenish 
  white 
  on 
  the 
  other. 
  

   Ripens 
  in 
  November. 
  Of 
  good 
  keeping 
  qualities 
  and 
  a 
  prolific 
  bearer. 
  To 
  be 
  

   tested 
  like 
  the 
  preceding 
  number." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  30952. 
  Prunus 
  armeniaca 
  L. 
  Apricot. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Kitchik 
  Djighilan, 
  Tien 
  Shan 
  Range, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  Alti- 
  

   tude 
  of 
  4,100 
  feet. 
  "(No. 
  976, 
  March 
  17, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  variety 
  of 
  wild 
  apricot, 
  

   found 
  between 
  clumps 
  of 
  wild 
  apples 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  barren 
  mountain, 
  

   the 
  trees 
  standing 
  in 
  2 
  feet 
  of 
  hard-frozen 
  snow 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  my 
  visit. 
  Of 
  

   possible 
  value 
  in 
  the 
  creation 
  of 
  a 
  race 
  of 
  late-blooming, 
  hardy 
  apricots 
  for 
  the 
  

   northern 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

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