﻿82 
  SEEDS 
  AXD 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  31276 
  to 
  31307— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  31298. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

   From 
  Maral-Bashi, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1607a, 
  February 
  16, 
  1911.) 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  fine 
  variety 
  of 
  winter 
  melon, 
  medium 
  large; 
  rind 
  greenish 
  brown; 
  flesh 
  

   very 
  thick 
  and 
  of 
  pistache 
  color, 
  very 
  sweet 
  in 
  taste; 
  few 
  seeds. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  

   in 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  where 
  the 
  summers 
  are 
  hot 
  and 
  long, 
  the 
  air 
  

   dry, 
  and 
  where 
  the 
  soil 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  friable, 
  slightly 
  sandy 
  nature 
  and 
  contains 
  a 
  fair 
  

   percentage 
  of 
  alkaline 
  matter." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  31299. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

   From 
  Maral-Bashi, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1608a, 
  February 
  16, 
  1911.) 
  

  

  A 
  fine 
  winter 
  melon 
  called 
  Serick 
  Kizlik; 
  small 
  in 
  size; 
  shape 
  round 
  oblong; 
  

   rind 
  greenish 
  brown; 
  flesh 
  thick, 
  of 
  a 
  salmon-red 
  color, 
  and 
  of 
  very 
  sweet 
  taste. 
  

   To 
  be 
  tested 
  like 
  the 
  preceding 
  number." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  31300. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

   From 
  Maral-Bashi, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1609a, 
  February 
  16, 
  1911.) 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  fine 
  winter 
  melon 
  of 
  large 
  size; 
  oblong 
  in 
  shape; 
  rind 
  greenish 
  brown; 
  

   flesh 
  of 
  a 
  light-salmon 
  color 
  and 
  of 
  an 
  extraordinary 
  thickness; 
  taste 
  fresh 
  

   sweet, 
  with 
  a 
  slightly 
  saline 
  aftertaste 
  as 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  winter 
  melons 
  in 
  Chinese 
  

   Turkestan 
  have. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  like 
  the 
  preceding 
  numbers." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  31301. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

   From 
  Kashgar, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1610a, 
  February 
  3, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  

  

  summer 
  melon 
  called 
  Ak-Kokchi, 
  of 
  small 
  size, 
  round 
  shape, 
  and 
  having 
  white 
  

   meat 
  of 
  very 
  sweet 
  taste. 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  early. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  like 
  preceding 
  num- 
  

   bers." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  31302. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

  

  From 
  Kashgar, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1611a, 
  February 
  3, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  

   summer 
  melon 
  called 
  Kok-Kokcid; 
  of 
  small 
  size 
  and 
  round 
  shape; 
  rind 
  and 
  

   meat 
  both 
  green 
  in 
  color, 
  the 
  latter 
  very 
  sweet 
  and 
  melting. 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  early. 
  

   To 
  be 
  tested 
  like 
  preceding 
  numbers." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  31303. 
  Medicago 
  falcata 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Chong 
  Djighilan, 
  Tien 
  Shan 
  Range, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

   Altitude 
  3,700 
  feet. 
  "(No. 
  1612a, 
  March 
  18, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  wild 
  yellow-flowered 
  

   alfalfa. 
  Roots 
  sent 
  under 
  No. 
  30955, 
  which 
  number 
  see 
  for 
  further 
  remarks." 
  

  

  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31304. 
  Medicago 
  sattva 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   From 
  Lou 
  Tchao 
  Ku, 
  Hi 
  Valley, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1613a, 
  April 
  9, 
  

  

  1911.) 
  A 
  wild 
  alfalfa." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31305. 
  Medicago 
  sp. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Kurre, 
  Tien 
  Shan 
  Range, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  Altitude 
  7,000 
  

   feet, 
  "(No. 
  1614a, 
  March 
  13, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  wild 
  alfalfa. 
  Roots 
  sent 
  under 
  No. 
  

   30954, 
  which 
  number 
  see 
  for 
  further 
  remarks." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31306. 
  Vicia 
  sp. 
  Vetch. 
  

  

  From 
  Kurre, 
  Tien 
  Shan 
  Range, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  Altitude 
  7,100 
  feet. 
  

   "(No. 
  1615a, 
  March 
  13, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  vetch 
  found 
  in 
  wild 
  harvested 
  hay, 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  very 
  nutritious 
  food 
  for 
  cattle, 
  but 
  especially 
  

   good 
  for 
  horses. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  for 
  its 
  possible 
  fodder 
  value 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  sec- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

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