﻿48 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  31780 
  to 
  31832— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  31788. 
  Triticum 
  aestivum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

  

  From 
  Burya 
  Lyang, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1479a, 
  December 
  8, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  red, 
  summer 
  wheat 
  called 
  Kizil 
  boog- 
  

   dai." 
  {Meyer.) 
  * 
  

  

  31789. 
  Triticum 
  aestivum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  Kara 
  wag, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1480a, 
  December 
  10, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  rare 
  local 
  variety 
  of 
  white, 
  summer 
  

   wheat 
  having 
  very 
  large 
  grains, 
  called 
  Ak-boogdai." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31790. 
  Triticum 
  aestivum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  Karghalik, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1481a, 
  December 
  12, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  local 
  variety 
  of 
  red, 
  hard 
  wheat 
  called 
  

   Kizil 
  boogdai." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31791. 
  Triticum 
  aestivum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  Kashgar, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1482a, 
  October 
  23, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  good 
  quality 
  of 
  Kashgar 
  wheat 
  called 
  

   Kizil 
  boogdai. 
  

  

  "All 
  of 
  these 
  wheats, 
  having 
  been 
  raised 
  for 
  centuries 
  in 
  an 
  arid 
  climate 
  

   under 
  irrigation, 
  may 
  thrive 
  better 
  in 
  the 
  hot 
  southwestern 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  than 
  anywhere 
  else; 
  still 
  they 
  might 
  also 
  be 
  given 
  a 
  trial 
  in 
  cooler 
  arid 
  

   and 
  semiarid 
  regions, 
  but 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  the 
  humid 
  eastern 
  sections." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31792. 
  Hordeum 
  vulgare 
  L. 
  Barley. 
  

   From 
  Nusi, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1483a, 
  November 
  28, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  winter 
  barley 
  called 
  Chilga 
  arpa. 
  

   Able 
  to 
  withstand 
  considerable 
  drought 
  and 
  alkali." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31793. 
  Hordeum 
  sp. 
  Hull-less 
  barley. 
  

   From 
  Khanaka, 
  Oasis 
  of 
  Sandju, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1484a, 
  December 
  4, 
  1910.) 
  Summer 
  barley, 
  grown 
  on 
  rather 
  sandy 
  

   land 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  over 
  6,000 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31794. 
  Hordeum 
  vulgare 
  htmalayense 
  Rittig. 
  Hull-less 
  barley. 
  

   From 
  Pushki, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1485a, 
  December 
  1, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  blue, 
  hull-less, 
  summer 
  barley 
  called 
  

   Kok-arpa. 
  Grown 
  in 
  a 
  dry, 
  cool 
  region 
  under 
  irrigation." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31795. 
  Hordeum 
  sp. 
  Hull-less 
  barley. 
  

   From 
  Pudskya, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1486a, 
  November 
  29, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  very 
  fine 
  variety 
  of 
  white, 
  hull-less, 
  

   summer 
  barley 
  called 
  Ah-arpa. 
  The 
  flour 
  made 
  from 
  this 
  is 
  used 
  mixed 
  with 
  

   wheat 
  flour 
  for 
  bread 
  making. 
  It 
  is 
  generally 
  sown 
  very 
  early, 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  

   frost 
  leaves 
  the 
  ground." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31796. 
  Hordeum 
  sp. 
  Hull-less 
  barley. 
  

   From 
  Pustan 
  Terek, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1487a, 
  December 
  29, 
  1910.) 
  An 
  excellent 
  large 
  variety 
  of 
  hull-less 
  

   summer 
  barley, 
  grown 
  by 
  the 
  Kirghiz 
  in 
  mountain 
  valleys 
  at 
  altitudes 
  from 
  

   6,000 
  to 
  7,000 
  feet. 
  The 
  flour 
  of 
  this 
  barley 
  mixed 
  with 
  wheat 
  flour 
  gives 
  the 
  

   little 
  loaves 
  baked 
  from 
  it 
  remarkable 
  nourishing 
  and 
  sustaining 
  qualities. 
  

   To 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  the 
  rocky 
  and 
  intermountain 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

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