
          33215. AMYGDALUS COMMUNIS. Malaguena Almond. From Granada, 
Spain. Introduced by Dr. Walter T. Swingle, of this Department. This 
is one of the famous Jordan almonds, of which large quantities are 
exported from Spain to the United States, Dr. Swingle states that it 
withstands arid conditions and succeeds best on warm limestone soils. 
For trial in the almond-growing regions of the Pacific coast.

33217. AMYGDALUS COMMUNIS. Almond. From Granada, Spain. Received through Dr. Walter T. Swingle, of this Department. A large, 
early, hard-shelled variety, highly recommended hy Spanish growers.

33218. AMYGDALUS COMMUNIS. Del Desmayo Almond. Introduced from 
Spain by Dr. Walter T. Swingle, of this Department. This variety is 
said to he somewhat more cold-resistant than other varieties because 
of the peculiar attachment of the flowers, which are turned downward 
so that the corolla protects them from light frosts and permits the 
development of fruits when the flowers of other varieties are nipped.

24807. AMYGDALUS PERSICA. Peach. Original introduction from 
Tashkent, Turkestan. Seeds collected by Prof. N. E. Hansen, Agricultural Explorer. Budded plants are available from a selected seedling. 
This variety produces a small, white, freestone peach with delicate, 
white, melting, juicy, highly flavored fruits, too small to be valuable 
commercially but excellent for home use.

32374. AMYGDALUS PERSICA. Mexican Seedling Peach. Selected at 
the Government Experimental Farm, San Antonio, Texas, from plants 
grown from seed introduced by Onderdonk. A large, yellow, clingstone 
peach of pleasant subacid flavor, ripening at the San Antonio Station 
about the first of September. As it is a good shipper, it may prove 
to be a fruit of commercial value.

33219. AMYGDALUS PERSICA. Vainqueur Peach. From Granada, Spain. 
Scions imported by Dr. Walter T. Swingle, of this Department. A medium-sized, very early ripening peach having white skin flushed with 
red, and white, soft, juicy flesh of good flavor; the pit is pink. 
While not a good shipper, this variety is an excellent one for home 
use and near-by markets.

35201. AMYGDALUS PERSICA. Peach. Original introduction from 
Mengtsze, Yunnan, China. Seeds presented by the Commissioner of Customs. Budded plants are available from a selected seedling. The 
fruit of this variety is a fine golden cling with pure yellow flesh. 
The pit is flattened, not marking the flesh, which is very firm and 
of good quality. This peach should prove excellent for commercial 
canning.

36125. AMYGDALUS PERSICA. Sutter Creek Peach. Grown at the Plant 
Introduction Garden, Chico, Calif. A clingstone variety of large size 
and good quality, ripening a little later than the well-known Elberta 
which it resembles. It is of interest to breeders and commercial 
growers that this variety shows resistance to the peach leaf-curl.

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