﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1912* 
  41 
  

  

  32708 
  to 
  32712. 
  Aralia 
  cordata 
  Thunb. 
  Udo. 
  

  

  From 
  Yokohama, 
  Japan. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  L. 
  Boehmer 
  & 
  Co. 
  Received 
  Feb- 
  

   ruary 
  7, 
  1912. 
  

  

  Roots 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  32708. 
  "Shirooku." 
  82711. 
  "Ohuaka.'* 
  

  

  32709. 
  "Kanudo." 
  32712. 
  " 
  Shiro 
  wase. 
  " 
  

  

  32710. 
  "Waseaka." 
  

  

  32713 
  to 
  32725. 
  Phoenix 
  dactylifera 
  L. 
  Date. 
  

  

  From 
  Egypt. 
  Procured 
  through 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Aaronsohn, 
  Managing 
  Director, 
  Jewish 
  

   Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  Haifa, 
  Palestine. 
  Received 
  February 
  2, 
  1912. 
  

  

  "A 
  collection 
  of 
  date 
  palms 
  secured 
  from 
  Upper 
  Egypt 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Aaronsohn 
  under 
  my 
  

   direction. 
  The 
  object 
  of 
  the 
  expedition 
  was 
  primarily 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  Wahi 
  date, 
  of 
  

   which 
  specimens 
  were 
  secured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  David 
  Fairchild 
  in 
  1900-1901. 
  This 
  name, 
  as 
  

   was 
  pointed 
  out 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  A. 
  Rankin 
  in 
  1904, 
  is 
  merely 
  an 
  English 
  translation 
  of 
  the 
  

   Arabic 
  word 
  meaning 
  'oasis 
  date.' 
  Mr. 
  Rankin 
  further 
  suggests 
  that 
  the 
  dates 
  at 
  

   Fayum, 
  such 
  as 
  Mr. 
  Fairchild 
  secured, 
  are 
  probably 
  from 
  the 
  oasis 
  of 
  Bahriyeh. 
  Prof. 
  

   G. 
  Schweinfurth, 
  of 
  Berlin, 
  informed 
  me 
  in 
  July, 
  1911, 
  that 
  a 
  large 
  date 
  by 
  this 
  name 
  

   is 
  imported 
  into 
  Egypt 
  from 
  the 
  oasis 
  of 
  El 
  Khargeh. 
  

  

  "Besides 
  this 
  variety, 
  Mr. 
  Aaronsohn 
  hoped 
  to 
  get 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  fine 
  Nubian 
  varieties 
  

   that 
  have 
  been 
  reported 
  by 
  various 
  travelers. 
  In 
  October, 
  1911, 
  Mr. 
  Aaronsohn 
  found 
  

   at 
  Aswan 
  trees 
  of 
  the 
  Wahi 
  variety 
  which 
  originally 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  oasis 
  of 
  Khargeh. 
  

   He 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  secure 
  offshoots 
  from 
  these 
  particular 
  trees. 
  Mr. 
  Aaronsohn 
  did, 
  

   however, 
  secure 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  offshoots 
  of 
  other 
  varieties 
  of 
  considerable 
  importance, 
  

   as 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  list. 
  The 
  most 
  important 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  Sultany. 
  

   If 
  these 
  offshoots 
  prove 
  true 
  to 
  name 
  this 
  one 
  variety 
  would 
  undoubtedly 
  repay 
  the 
  

   expense 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  trip." 
  (Walter 
  T. 
  Swingle.) 
  

  

  32713. 
  "SuTchoti. 
  1 
  This 
  variety 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Sukka, 
  in 
  Nubia, 
  

   and 
  along 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  Say 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  that 
  grows 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  

   of 
  the 
  Nile. 
  Burckhardt 
  (Nubia, 
  ed. 
  2, 
  p. 
  752) 
  says: 
  ' 
  They 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  

   kind, 
  generally 
  3 
  inches 
  long. 
  As 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  navigation 
  northward 
  through 
  

   the 
  Batn 
  el 
  Hadjar, 
  these 
  dates 
  reach 
  northern 
  parts 
  of 
  Nubia 
  only 
  in 
  small 
  

   quantities 
  at 
  present.' 
  The 
  date 
  is 
  listed 
  by 
  Delchevalerie 
  as 
  a 
  Nubian 
  

   variety." 
  (Walter 
  T. 
  Swingle.) 
  

  

  32714. 
  "Gundela. 
  1 
  This 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  Gondaila 
  of 
  Fletcher's 
  report 
  in 
  

   Bulletin 
  No. 
  28 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Lands 
  and 
  Agriculture 
  at 
  Bombay, 
  page 
  

   17. 
  He 
  states 
  that 
  it 
  ripens 
  in 
  September, 
  grows 
  in 
  sandy 
  soil, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  large, 
  

   yellowish 
  brown 
  variety." 
  (Walter 
  T. 
  Swingle.) 
  

  

  32715. 
  "Kilma, 
  or 
  Sultany. 
  1 
  According 
  to 
  Lipsius 
  this 
  is 
  considered 
  the 
  

   best 
  date 
  in 
  Nubia 
  and 
  is 
  believed 
  to 
  keep 
  for 
  two 
  years. 
  This 
  date, 
  perhaps 
  

   the 
  most 
  celebrated 
  of 
  the 
  Nubian 
  country, 
  was 
  formerly 
  exported 
  in 
  some 
  

   quantities 
  through 
  Egypt 
  to 
  Constantinople, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  gone 
  to 
  

   the 
  Sultan's 
  palace. 
  It 
  is 
  perhaps 
  the 
  most 
  famous 
  of 
  the 
  Upper 
  Egyptian 
  

   varieties." 
  (Walter 
  T. 
  Swingle.) 
  

  

  32716. 
  "Ihrimy. 
  A 
  famous 
  variety 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  of 
  Babir, 
  and 
  in 
  

   Lower 
  Nubia. 
  It 
  ripens 
  in 
  September 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  brown 
  color. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  

   said 
  to 
  resemble 
  somewhat 
  the 
  carob 
  in 
  flavor." 
  (Walter 
  T. 
  Swingle.) 
  

  

  i 
  " 
  Drying 
  dates 
  from 
  Upper 
  Egypt." 
  (Aaronsohn.) 
  

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