﻿84 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED* 
  

  

  33205 
  to 
  33234— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  33215 
  to 
  33218. 
  Amygdalus 
  communis 
  L. 
  Almond. 
  

  

  33215. 
  " 
  Malaguena. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  famous 
  Jordan 
  almond, 
  which 
  is 
  

   exported 
  so 
  largely 
  from 
  Malaga. 
  I 
  was 
  told 
  at 
  the 
  American 
  consulate 
  

   that 
  some 
  $800,000 
  worth 
  of 
  almonds 
  had 
  been 
  exported 
  from 
  the 
  

   port 
  of 
  Malaga 
  alone 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  1911. 
  These 
  exports 
  consist 
  

   largely 
  of 
  the 
  Malaguena 
  variety. 
  Jordan 
  almonds 
  are 
  classified 
  by 
  the 
  

   wholesale 
  dealers 
  as 
  to 
  number 
  per 
  ounce. 
  They 
  run 
  from 
  15 
  to 
  30 
  

   or 
  more 
  per 
  ounce. 
  The 
  English 
  market 
  takes 
  the 
  very 
  large 
  size, 
  the 
  

   American 
  market 
  taking 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  30's 
  and 
  other 
  small 
  sizes. 
  Out 
  

   of 
  100,000 
  boxes 
  only 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  hundred 
  would 
  be 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  15 
  to 
  16 
  

   to 
  the 
  ounce. 
  This 
  is 
  called 
  the 
  export 
  variety 
  by 
  the 
  cultivators 
  

   around 
  Malaga, 
  after 
  the 
  Spanish 
  word 
  'exportacion.' 
  It 
  is 
  grown 
  in 
  

   very 
  dry 
  situations 
  and 
  is 
  properly 
  speaking 
  a 
  dry-land 
  crop 
  of 
  very 
  

   great 
  importance. 
  Pedro 
  Giraud, 
  from 
  whom 
  the 
  plants 
  were 
  secured, 
  

   says 
  of 
  almonds 
  in 
  general 
  that 
  they 
  give 
  best 
  results 
  in 
  warm, 
  dry, 
  

   rocky, 
  limestone 
  soils." 
  

  

  33216. 
  " 
  Almendro 
  de 
  Esperanza. 
  A 
  variety 
  of 
  almond 
  recommended 
  

   for 
  culture 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Giraud." 
  

  

  33217. 
  " 
  Almendro 
  de 
  la 
  P. 
  This 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  large, 
  early 
  variety 
  of 
  

   almond." 
  

  

  332 
  18. 
  ' 
  ' 
  Almendro 
  del 
  Desmayo. 
  This 
  is 
  an 
  especially 
  valuable 
  variety 
  

   of 
  almond 
  for 
  testing 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  hardiness. 
  Pedro 
  Giraud 
  says: 
  

   'The 
  variety 
  of 
  almond 
  del 
  Desmayo 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  resistant 
  to 
  frost, 
  which 
  

   is 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  peculiar 
  attachment 
  of 
  the 
  flower, 
  which 
  is 
  turned 
  

   downward, 
  its 
  corolla 
  and 
  sepals 
  protecting 
  it 
  against 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  

   frost, 
  in 
  this 
  way 
  insuring 
  the 
  fertility 
  of 
  this 
  sort 
  when 
  all 
  other 
  

   varieties 
  would 
  have 
  their 
  crops 
  destroyed." 
  

  

  33219 
  to 
  33221. 
  Amygdalus 
  persica 
  L. 
  Peach. 
  

  

  "As 
  to 
  these 
  three 
  varieties 
  of 
  peaches 
  no 
  definite 
  information 
  was 
  

   available, 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  Spanish 
  peaches 
  are 
  famous 
  for 
  their 
  quality, 
  any 
  

   variety 
  which 
  is 
  propagated 
  is 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  good. 
  ,? 
  

  

  33219. 
  " 
  Vanqueur." 
  

  

  33220. 
  " 
  Campiel 
  Amarillo." 
  

  

  33221. 
  " 
  Tempeanos 
  Junto.' 
  1 
  

  

  33222 
  and 
  33223. 
  Prunus 
  avium 
  L. 
  Cherry. 
  

  

  33222. 
  "Garrafal. 
  A 
  giant 
  cherry 
  having 
  firm, 
  sweet 
  flesh." 
  

  

  33223. 
  "Garrafal 
  le 
  Grand. 
  Another 
  large 
  variety 
  of 
  cherry, 
  possibly 
  

   of 
  French 
  origin. 
  Said 
  to 
  ripen 
  in 
  June." 
  

  

  33224. 
  Prunus 
  domestica 
  L. 
  Plum. 
  

   "Ciruelade 
  Fraile. 
  A 
  variety 
  ripening 
  in 
  June, 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  excellent 
  

  

  quality." 
  

  

  33225. 
  Olea 
  europea 
  L. 
  Olive. 
  

   l( 
  Gordal 
  or 
  Sevillana. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  famous 
  variety 
  which 
  yields 
  the 
  large, 
  

  

  green, 
  pickled 
  olives 
  so 
  common 
  in 
  America. 
  It 
  is 
  largely 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  

   zone 
  immediately 
  about 
  Seville, 
  where 
  its 
  culture 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  succeed 
  better 
  

   than 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  part 
  of 
  Spain. 
  They 
  run 
  from 
  about 
  70 
  to 
  200 
  per 
  kilo, 
  or 
  

   about 
  30 
  to 
  90 
  to 
  the 
  pound. 
  These 
  enormous 
  olives 
  are 
  of 
  beautiful 
  appear- 
  

   ance, 
  but 
  by 
  the 
  Spaniards 
  are 
  not 
  considered 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  as 
  good 
  quality 
  as 
  some 
  

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