35 SEEDS AND PLAXTS IMPORTED. 



17477. Physalis fraxcheti. Ground cherry. 



From Samarkand. Turkestan. Received through Mr. Frank Benton. February 

 9. 1906. 



"• No. 25. Similar to. if not identical with. Xo. IS ■ S. P. I. 15931) from Caucasus. 

 P Is same color, bright crimson, but longer and more pointed. Fruit seems better 

 in quality and is sold in native bazaars. 2So. IS is also eaten sometimes, but is more 

 acrid than No. 25." {Bent 



17478. Cucumis melo. Winter muskmelon. 



From Erivan. southern Caucasus. Russia. Received through Mr. Frank Benton. 

 January 26, 1906. 



'• No. 20.) Locally known as Dutma. Medium-sized yellow melon with light 

 green flesh. ' Good quality. Keeps into the winter if hung up in a cool room. A 

 gardener in Erivan states that it is their practice to cover the fruits, when partly 

 grown, with earth, which is left until autumn.** {Beni 



17479. Elaeagnus sp. Oleaster. 



From Wagarschapat, southern Caucasus. Russia. Received through Mr. Frank 



Benton. January 26, 19 



•• No. 21. Seeds of an edible fruit known in Armenian as - P-",v '•:?.' which grows 

 on a good-sized tree. The flesh of the fruit is dry and mealy, tastes something like 

 that of a banana, but is more acid. Much sought after by children. Probably an 

 Elaeagnus. Collected in October, 1905." Benton. | 



17480. Cucumis melo. Winter muskmelon. 



From Old Samarkand. Turkestan. Received through Mr. Frank Benton. Janu- 

 ary 22. 1906. 



■ • No. 22. Seed of a winter muskmelon purchased in Sart Bazaar at Old Samarkand. 

 Turkestan, in Dcce::. ">. Rather small, oval, yellow melon with dark bronze 



shading. Flesh light green or yellowish-green. Quality medium. Keeps until mid- 

 winter if hung ap in n i s >i room. Ripens when brought into a warm room.'* B- k 



17481. Cucumis melo. Winter muskmelon. 

 Prom Samarkand. Turkestan. Received through Mr. Frank Benton, January 



26. : 



• " No. 23. Seed of a winter muskmelon purchased in Samarkand in December. 1905. 

 Large, oblong, yellow melon, with thick, light green flesh, fair quality: weight about 

 ;nds. Keeps until midwinter if hung in a cool room. Some bronze shading on 

 outside: may be only a large specimen of No. 22 S. P. I. No. 17480 ."' [Benton.) 



17482. Cucumis melo. Winter muskmelon. 



From Samarkand. Turkestan. Received through Mr. Frank Benton. January 

 26. 1906. 



•• No. 24. Rather large, slightly oval in form, yellow outside with heavy bronze 

 shading : flesh light green, good quality. May be onlv a better specimen of Nos. 22 

 and 23 { S. P. I. Nos. 17480 and 17481 >." {Benton. 



17483 to 17487. 



From Hamilton. Canada. Received through John A. Bruce & Co., February 

 12. 1906. 



17483. Pisum abvense. Field pea. 

 GotiL . V 



17484. Lathyrus sativus. Bitter vetch. 

 Grass Pea. 



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