﻿OCTOBEE 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1911. 
  9 
  

  

  cessful 
  and 
  is 
  coming 
  into 
  great 
  favor 
  among 
  the 
  farmers, 
  is 
  likely 
  to 
  

   interest 
  forage-crop 
  men. 
  

  

  The 
  asparagus 
  is 
  already 
  such 
  a 
  highly 
  developed 
  vegetable 
  that 
  

   it 
  may 
  be 
  questioned 
  whether 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  much 
  improved 
  upon. 
  How- 
  

   ever, 
  the 
  finding 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Meyer 
  of 
  a 
  form 
  growing 
  on 
  dry 
  mountain 
  

   sides 
  in 
  the 
  southeastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Caucasus, 
  the 
  shoots 
  of 
  which 
  

   have 
  a 
  special 
  piquancy 
  (No. 
  32091), 
  and 
  the 
  introduction 
  through 
  

   Sir 
  Percy 
  Fitzpatrick 
  of 
  a 
  wild 
  form 
  (No. 
  32271) 
  from 
  Table 
  Mountain, 
  

   South 
  Africa, 
  which 
  he 
  declares 
  "is 
  a 
  great 
  delicacy 
  and 
  to 
  my 
  taste 
  

   better 
  than 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  cultivated 
  kinds," 
  can 
  hardly 
  fail 
  to 
  arouse 
  the 
  

   interest 
  of 
  progressive 
  asparagus 
  growers. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  scarcely 
  begun 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  acquaintance 
  of 
  the 
  cheri- 
  

   moya, 
  although 
  it 
  is 
  certainly 
  a 
  remarkable 
  subtropical 
  fruit, 
  the 
  

   cultivation 
  of 
  which 
  in 
  Madeira 
  is 
  a 
  valuable 
  industry. 
  It 
  is 
  claimed 
  

   that 
  the 
  annona 
  does 
  not 
  bear 
  well 
  at 
  sea 
  level, 
  but 
  one 
  of 
  five 
  vari- 
  

   eties 
  just 
  introduced 
  from 
  Costa 
  Rica 
  (Nos. 
  32298-32301 
  and 
  32319) 
  

   is 
  reported 
  to 
  thrive 
  on 
  the 
  coastal 
  plain 
  of 
  that 
  country. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Gustav 
  Eisen, 
  of 
  the 
  California 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences, 
  during 
  

   his 
  work 
  in 
  Italy 
  for 
  the 
  Academy, 
  has 
  sent 
  in 
  from 
  near 
  Naples 
  a 
  

   remarkable 
  plum 
  called 
  the 
  Papagone 
  (No. 
  32328), 
  which 
  seems 
  not 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  previously 
  introduced. 
  According 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Eisen 
  it 
  is 
  3 
  

   inches 
  long, 
  of 
  a 
  greenish 
  yellow 
  color, 
  has 
  a 
  thin, 
  slender 
  stone, 
  and 
  

   is 
  the 
  finest 
  plum 
  he 
  has 
  ever 
  eaten 
  in 
  any 
  country. 
  

  

  As 
  heretofore, 
  this 
  inventory 
  has 
  been 
  prepared 
  by 
  Miss 
  Mary 
  A. 
  

   Austin. 
  For 
  the 
  nomenclature 
  and 
  the 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  general 
  geograph- 
  

   ical 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  species 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  C. 
  Skeels 
  is 
  responsible, 
  

   working, 
  however, 
  under 
  the 
  general 
  direction 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Frederick 
  V. 
  

   Coville, 
  of 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Taxonomic 
  and 
  Range 
  Investigations. 
  The 
  

   general 
  supervision 
  of 
  this 
  inventory, 
  as 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  publications 
  of 
  

   this 
  office, 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  C. 
  Stuntz. 
  

  

  David 
  Fairchild, 
  

   Agricultural 
  Explorer 
  in 
  Charge. 
  

  

  Office 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Seed 
  and 
  Plant 
  Introduction, 
  

  

  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  April 
  29, 
  1912. 
  

  

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