﻿18 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  32405 
  to 
  32424— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  32417. 
  Malus 
  sp. 
  Apple. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Sarepta, 
  Saratov 
  Government. 
  Rdssia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1719a, 
  November 
  28, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  genuine 
  wild 
  apple, 
  occurring 
  in 
  the 
  

   ravines 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Sarepta. 
  Sometimes 
  seen 
  as 
  solitary 
  shrubby 
  speci- 
  

   mens, 
  sometimes 
  as 
  medium-sized 
  trees 
  in 
  groves. 
  The 
  fruits 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  

   very 
  variable 
  as 
  regards 
  size, 
  flavor, 
  and 
  color. 
  Of 
  value 
  possibly 
  for 
  breeding 
  

   experiments 
  in 
  originating 
  varieties 
  of 
  apples 
  that 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  stand 
  more 
  drought 
  

   than 
  our 
  present 
  varieties." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32418. 
  Juglans 
  regia 
  L. 
  Walnut. 
  

   From 
  Rostov, 
  Russia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1720a, 
  December 
  12, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  very 
  large 
  variety 
  of 
  walnut, 
  being 
  

   imported 
  from 
  Constantinople, 
  but 
  possibly 
  grown 
  somewhere 
  in 
  northern 
  

   Persia 
  or 
  Asia 
  Minor. 
  Sells 
  in 
  Rostov 
  at 
  30 
  kopecks 
  (15 
  cents) 
  a 
  pound." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32419. 
  Corylus 
  avellana 
  L. 
  Hazelnut. 
  

   From 
  Rostov, 
  Russia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1721a, 
  December 
  12, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  very 
  large 
  variety 
  of 
  hazelnut, 
  said 
  to 
  

   come 
  from 
  Persia, 
  called 
  Persisky 
  kurtshawi. 
  This 
  name 
  may 
  be 
  fictitious, 
  as 
  

   Armenian 
  fruit 
  dealers 
  in 
  Rostov 
  are 
  unreliable." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32420. 
  Corylus 
  avellana 
  L. 
  Hazelnut. 
  

   From 
  Rostov, 
  Russia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1722a, 
  December 
  12, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  very 
  large 
  variety 
  of 
  hazelnut, 
  said 
  to 
  

   come 
  from 
  Constantinople, 
  but 
  cultivated 
  probably 
  somewhere 
  in 
  the 
  south- 
  

   western 
  Caucasus 
  or 
  in 
  Asia 
  Minor." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32421. 
  Phoenix 
  dactylifera 
  L. 
  Date. 
  

   From 
  Rostov, 
  Russia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1723a, 
  December 
  12, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  very 
  large 
  variety 
  of 
  date 
  of 
  dark 
  

   color 
  and 
  having 
  little 
  saccharine. 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  grown 
  in 
  Persia 
  and 
  imported 
  

   through 
  Constantinople. 
  New 
  types 
  may 
  possibly 
  be 
  obtained 
  from 
  this 
  lot." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32422. 
  Acer 
  tataricum 
  L. 
  Maple. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Sarepta, 
  Saratov 
  Government, 
  Russia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1724a, 
  November 
  28 
  and 
  December 
  1, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  shrubby 
  maple 
  

   occurring 
  on 
  dry 
  hill 
  slopes 
  and 
  in 
  gullies 
  and 
  ravines, 
  effectually 
  preventing 
  

   the 
  soil 
  from 
  being 
  washed 
  away, 
  and 
  of 
  value 
  for 
  this 
  reason 
  in 
  those 
  semiarid 
  

   sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  where 
  much 
  land 
  is 
  being 
  lost 
  through 
  erosion." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southeastern 
  Europe, 
  extending 
  from 
  Hungary 
  and 
  Bulgaria 
  

   eastward 
  to 
  the 
  Caucasus 
  region, 
  and 
  in 
  Asia 
  Minor 
  and 
  Armenia. 
  

  

  32423. 
  Euonymus 
  verrucosus 
  Scopoli. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Sarepta, 
  Saratov 
  Government, 
  Russia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1725a, 
  November 
  28, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  hard\ 
  shrub 
  growing 
  3 
  to 
  5 
  feet 
  in 
  

   height, 
  occurring 
  in 
  shady 
  places. 
  Of 
  value 
  as 
  undergrowth 
  beneath 
  trees 
  

   and 
  tall 
  shrubs 
  in 
  the 
  parks 
  and 
  gardens 
  of 
  the 
  semiarid 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  shrub 
  found 
  in 
  central 
  and 
  southern 
  Europe 
  and 
  western 
  

   Asia, 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  German 
  Empire 
  eastward 
  through 
  

   Dalmatia, 
  Bosnia, 
  central 
  and 
  southern 
  Russia 
  to 
  the 
  Ural 
  region 
  of 
  Siberia. 
  

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