﻿90 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southeastern 
  Russia 
  and 
  Turkey, 
  and 
  eastward 
  through 
  Armenia, 
  

   and 
  Persia 
  to 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  33271. 
  Myrtus 
  arayan 
  H. 
  B. 
  K. 
  Arayan. 
  

  

  From 
  Rio 
  Verde, 
  San 
  Luis 
  Potosi, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Foex, 
  Director, 
  

   Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station 
  of 
  Rio 
  Verde, 
  through 
  Mr. 
  William 
  A. 
  Taylor, 
  

   Assistant 
  Chief, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry. 
  Received 
  March 
  8, 
  1912. 
  

   "These 
  seeds 
  are 
  from 
  a 
  fruit 
  tree 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Jalisco. 
  This 
  fruit 
  is 
  well 
  appre- 
  

   ciated 
  by 
  young 
  boys, 
  and, 
  above 
  all, 
  by 
  young 
  girls, 
  but 
  not 
  by 
  older 
  people, 
  because 
  

   they 
  are 
  acid. 
  But 
  they 
  are 
  delicious 
  — 
  First, 
  cooked 
  with 
  sugar; 
  second, 
  dried 
  in 
  

   sugar 
  powder; 
  third, 
  in 
  sauces 
  for 
  puddings, 
  etc.; 
  fourth, 
  in 
  sirups. 
  These 
  fruits 
  are 
  

   very 
  small, 
  but 
  when 
  the 
  young 
  trees 
  are 
  18 
  months 
  old 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  budded 
  with 
  

   larger 
  and 
  better 
  varieties." 
  (Foex.) 
  

   See 
  No. 
  30499 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  33272 
  to 
  33277. 
  

  

  From 
  Valencia, 
  Spain. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  Frazer, 
  jr., 
  American 
  consul, 
  at 
  

   the 
  request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Harry 
  B. 
  Chase, 
  Riverside, 
  Cal. 
  Received 
  March 
  29, 
  1912. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Frazer: 
  

  

  33272 
  to 
  33274. 
  Citrullus 
  vulgaris 
  (L.) 
  Schrad. 
  Watermelon. 
  

  

  "The 
  watermelon 
  of 
  this 
  district, 
  and 
  indeed 
  of 
  all 
  Spain, 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  

   fixed 
  species 
  that 
  has 
  undergone 
  very 
  little 
  modification 
  for 
  centuries. 
  The 
  

   varying 
  degrees 
  of 
  color 
  and 
  different 
  percentages 
  of 
  sugar 
  that 
  distinguish 
  

   the 
  pulp 
  of 
  fruit 
  grown 
  in 
  different 
  localities 
  in 
  Spain 
  appear 
  to 
  depend 
  almost 
  

   entirely 
  on 
  soil 
  conditions 
  rather 
  than 
  varieties, 
  and 
  the 
  Valencia 
  watermelon 
  

   still 
  differs 
  little 
  from 
  similar 
  fruit 
  grown 
  in 
  northern 
  Africa. 
  It 
  does 
  not 
  

   attain 
  very 
  great 
  size, 
  but 
  has 
  a 
  remarkably 
  thin 
  rind 
  and 
  highly 
  colored 
  meat, 
  

   and 
  is 
  of 
  superior 
  quality. 
  

  

  "The 
  principal 
  pests 
  from 
  which 
  melons 
  of 
  all 
  kinds 
  suffer 
  here 
  are 
  mildew, 
  

   scale, 
  and 
  snails. 
  The 
  scale, 
  which 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  family 
  of 
  the 
  rose 
  

   scale, 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  difficult 
  to 
  combat 
  successfully, 
  especially 
  when 
  dull, 
  foggy, 
  

   warm 
  weather 
  conditions 
  favor 
  its 
  rapid 
  propagation. 
  The 
  dry, 
  parching 
  

   winds 
  that 
  blow 
  at 
  irregular 
  intervals 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  from 
  the 
  semiarid 
  

   interior 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  effectively 
  arrest 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  this 
  scale 
  and 
  if 
  continued 
  

   two 
  or 
  three 
  days 
  will 
  exterminate 
  it 
  altogether. 
  Snails 
  are 
  dealt 
  with 
  in 
  a 
  

   very 
  practical 
  and 
  economic 
  way 
  by 
  turning 
  flocks 
  of 
  ducklings 
  into 
  the 
  melon 
  

   plantations 
  affected." 
  

   33275 
  to 
  33277. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

  

  33275. 
  ' 
  ' 
  Bronceado 
  . 
  This 
  melon 
  is 
  oval 
  or 
  slightly 
  conical 
  in 
  shape, 
  

   with 
  very 
  thick 
  meat 
  and 
  small 
  seed 
  cavity." 
  

  

  33276. 
  "Negro. 
  This 
  melon 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  dark 
  unchanging-green 
  color, 
  

   of 
  an 
  elongated 
  oval 
  or 
  cylindrical 
  shape 
  and 
  unusually 
  large, 
  weighing 
  

   9 
  to 
  16 
  pounds." 
  

  

  33277. 
  " 
  Bronceado 
  and 
  Negro 
  seed 
  mixed." 
  

  

  "These 
  are 
  the 
  genuine 
  winter 
  melons 
  of 
  this 
  zone, 
  they 
  are 
  by 
  far 
  

   the 
  best 
  varieties 
  and 
  receive 
  the 
  greatest 
  care 
  in 
  selection 
  and 
  cultiva- 
  

   tion. 
  Both 
  at 
  their 
  best 
  are 
  wonderfully 
  fine, 
  and 
  probably 
  nothing 
  

   superior 
  of 
  their 
  kind 
  can 
  be 
  produced 
  in 
  any 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  

  

  "The 
  fame 
  of 
  the 
  fine 
  winter 
  melons 
  grown 
  in 
  this 
  district, 
  of 
  which 
  

   12,000 
  to 
  15,000 
  tons 
  are 
  exported 
  annually, 
  has 
  extended 
  over 
  the 
  

   282 
  

  

  