﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1911. 
  37 
  

  

  31687. 
  Medic 
  ago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  Chugutchak, 
  Mongolia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricul- 
  

   tural 
  explorer, 
  August 
  18, 
  1911. 
  

   "(No. 
  1617a, 
  May 
  16, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  strain 
  of 
  alfalfa 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  much 
  hardier 
  than 
  the 
  

   ordinary 
  varieties, 
  but 
  also 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  slower 
  growth. 
  While 
  fields 
  sown 
  to 
  imported 
  

   Turkestan 
  seed 
  give 
  three 
  cuttings 
  a 
  year 
  in 
  Chugutchak, 
  this 
  variety 
  gives 
  but 
  two, 
  

   but 
  while 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  of 
  the 
  Turkestan 
  alfalfa 
  are 
  killed 
  in 
  a 
  severe 
  winter, 
  

   this 
  strain 
  is 
  said 
  not 
  to 
  suffer 
  at 
  all. 
  It 
  should 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  a 
  cool 
  and 
  dry 
  region 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States, 
  especially 
  in 
  Wyoming, 
  Montana, 
  Idaho, 
  etc. 
  This 
  seed 
  was 
  saved 
  by 
  

   a 
  Sart 
  farmer 
  from 
  his 
  own 
  plants 
  and 
  obtained 
  through 
  the 
  assistance 
  of 
  the 
  Russian 
  

   Aksakal 
  at 
  Chugutchak." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  31688 
  to 
  31697. 
  

  

  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  August 
  18, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  31688. 
  Malus 
  sp. 
  Apple. 
  

   From 
  mountains 
  near 
  Kulja, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1619a, 
  April 
  20, 
  1911.) 
  Very 
  hardy 
  wild 
  apples, 
  collected 
  in 
  semiarid 
  

   mountains 
  at 
  altitudes 
  between 
  5,000 
  and 
  6,000 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level. 
  The 
  

   trees 
  growing 
  at 
  4,500 
  feet 
  were 
  in 
  bloom 
  at 
  time 
  of 
  visit, 
  but 
  those 
  at 
  alti- 
  

   tudes 
  between 
  5,500 
  and 
  6,000 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level 
  were 
  perfectly 
  dormant. 
  

   To 
  be 
  used 
  as 
  hybridization 
  material 
  in 
  creating 
  hardier 
  varieties 
  which 
  will 
  

   be 
  able 
  to 
  stand 
  better 
  than 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  strains, 
  the 
  climate 
  of 
  the 
  

   upper 
  Mississippi 
  Valley 
  and 
  the 
  regions 
  west 
  of 
  it. 
  See 
  also 
  Nos. 
  968 
  to 
  971 
  

   (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  Nos. 
  30946 
  to 
  30949) 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  this." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31689. 
  Malus 
  sp. 
  Apple. 
  

   From 
  Saisansk, 
  southern 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1620a, 
  May 
  29, 
  1911.) 
  An 
  apple, 
  said 
  to 
  grow 
  in 
  gardens 
  around 
  

   Saisansk; 
  apparently 
  seedlings 
  from 
  wild 
  varieties, 
  occurring 
  in 
  the 
  mountains. 
  

   The 
  remarks 
  made 
  under 
  Nos. 
  968 
  to 
  971 
  and 
  1619a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  Nos. 
  30946 
  to 
  30949 
  

   and 
  31688) 
  also 
  apply 
  to 
  this 
  one." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31690. 
  Malus 
  sp. 
  Apple. 
  

   From 
  Saisansk, 
  southern 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1621a, 
  May 
  29, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  small 
  apple 
  of 
  bright-red 
  color 
  and 
  possess- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  most 
  excellent 
  flavor. 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  grown 
  sparingly 
  near 
  Saisansk; 
  appar- 
  

   ently 
  an 
  improved 
  variety 
  of 
  Malus 
  baccata 
  or 
  perhaps 
  a 
  hybrid 
  ; 
  is 
  sold 
  locally 
  

   dried 
  as 
  a 
  sweetmeat 
  and 
  for 
  compote 
  and 
  preserve 
  material. 
  To 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  

   the 
  same 
  purposes 
  as 
  the 
  preceding." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31691. 
  Sorbus 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Santai, 
  Mongolia. 
  

   " 
  (No. 
  1622a, 
  April 
  23, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  rowan 
  tree 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  slopes 
  of 
  a 
  semi- 
  

   arid 
  mountain, 
  occurring 
  at 
  altitudes 
  between 
  8,000 
  and 
  9,000 
  feet; 
  is 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  shrubby 
  in 
  growth. 
  Apparently 
  very 
  resistant 
  to 
  cold 
  and 
  adverse 
  con- 
  

   ditions; 
  recommended 
  therefore 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  garden 
  and 
  park 
  shrub 
  for 
  

   the 
  most 
  northern 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31692. 
  Rosa 
  sp. 
  Rose. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Bogh-dalak, 
  Mongolia. 
  

  

  " 
  (No. 
  1623a, 
  April 
  24, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  small 
  growing 
  rose, 
  occurring 
  on 
  sunburned, 
  

   dry, 
  rocky 
  hills 
  at 
  altitudes 
  of 
  between 
  6,000 
  and 
  7,000 
  feet. 
  Of 
  value 
  possi- 
  

   bly 
  in 
  hybridization 
  work 
  to 
  create 
  hardy, 
  drought-resistant 
  strains 
  of 
  yellow- 
  

   flowered 
  roses 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer 
  . 
  ) 
  

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