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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

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  to 
  31832— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  31806. 
  Pisum 
  arvense 
  L. 
  Field 
  pea. 
  

   From 
  Khotan, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  " 
  (No. 
  1498a, 
  November 
  26, 
  1910.) 
  Various 
  varieties 
  of 
  peas 
  mixed. 
  Grown 
  

   as 
  an 
  early 
  crop 
  on 
  light, 
  sandy, 
  alkaline 
  lands. 
  See 
  remarks 
  under 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   ceding 
  number. 
  " 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  31807. 
  Pisum 
  arvense 
  L. 
  Field 
  pea. 
  

   From 
  Pushki, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1500a, 
  December 
  1, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  small 
  speckled 
  pea 
  called 
  Puchok. 
  

   Grown 
  between 
  wheat 
  on 
  sandy 
  lands. 
  See 
  also 
  remarks 
  under 
  No. 
  1497a 
  

   (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  31805)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31808. 
  Pisum 
  arvense 
  L. 
  Field 
  pea. 
  

   From 
  Khanaka, 
  Oasis 
  of 
  Sandju, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1501a, 
  December 
  4, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  small 
  speckled 
  pea 
  sown 
  on 
  rather 
  light 
  

   soils 
  between 
  barley. 
  See 
  also 
  remarks 
  under 
  No. 
  1497a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  31805)." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31809. 
  Pisum 
  sativum 
  L. 
  Pea. 
  

   From 
  Pudskiya, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1502a, 
  November 
  29, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  pea 
  called 
  Puchok, 
  sown 
  on 
  rather 
  sandy 
  

   and 
  alkaline 
  soils 
  between 
  wheat. 
  See 
  remarks 
  under 
  No. 
  1497a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  

   31805)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31810. 
  Lathyrus 
  sativus 
  L. 
  

   From 
  Pudskiya, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1503a, 
  November 
  29, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  legume 
  called 
  Kara 
  puchok, 
  meaning 
  

   black 
  pea, 
  sown 
  on 
  light, 
  alkaline 
  soils 
  between 
  wheat. 
  The 
  seeds 
  are 
  eaten 
  

   as 
  food, 
  boiled 
  in 
  soups 
  or 
  ground 
  and 
  mixed 
  with 
  wheat 
  flour 
  and 
  baked 
  into 
  

   Utile 
  loaves. 
  I 
  asked 
  especially 
  about 
  the 
  supposed 
  poisonous 
  effects 
  of 
  this 
  

   legume, 
  but 
  the 
  natives 
  said 
  they 
  never 
  heard 
  of 
  it. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  like 
  No. 
  

   1497a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  31805)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31811. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   From 
  Khotan, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1504a, 
  November 
  24, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  variety 
  of 
  alfalfa 
  called 
  Chilga 
  beda, 
  

   meaning 
  fibery 
  lucern. 
  This 
  variety 
  seems 
  to 
  need 
  less 
  irrigation 
  than 
  the 
  

   following 
  number. 
  A 
  tall 
  grower; 
  stems 
  erect, 
  slightly 
  woody; 
  leaves 
  rather 
  

   small; 
  good 
  for 
  hay." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31812. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   From 
  Khotan, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1505a, 
  November 
  24, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  variety 
  of 
  alfalfa 
  called 
  Kara 
  beda, 
  

   meaning 
  black 
  lucern. 
  Leaves 
  large, 
  dark 
  green; 
  stems 
  succulent, 
  not 
  very 
  

   high 
  growing. 
  Not 
  as 
  good 
  for 
  hay 
  as 
  the 
  preceding 
  number; 
  however, 
  it 
  sup- 
  

   plies 
  green 
  fodder 
  until 
  frost, 
  while 
  the 
  Chilga 
  variety 
  stops 
  growing 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  summer. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  able 
  to 
  stand 
  as 
  severe 
  cold 
  as 
  the 
  Chilga." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  31813. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   From 
  Kashgar, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  " 
  (No. 
  1506a, 
  January 
  14, 
  1911.) 
  An 
  alfalfa 
  called 
  Kara 
  beda. 
  In 
  Kashgar 
  this 
  

   is 
  considered 
  the 
  better 
  of 
  two 
  varieties. 
  It 
  is 
  apparently 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  

   Chilga 
  beda 
  from 
  Khotan." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

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