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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



34264 to 34272— Continued. 



84269. Prunus armeniaca L. Apricot. 



"Crisomelo. From Boscotrecase. Very large, rounded oblong without 

 points, color orange, ripens evenly all around." 



34270. Prunus armeniaca L. Apricot. 

 "These apricots are all from the same garden and are said to be Crisomelo. 



As, however, the lots differ from each other, I take it that they must be from 

 different trees, probably seedlings, though about this I can give no absolute 

 information, not having collected them myself. But the fact that the seeds 

 differ in size as well as in shape from the other Crisomelos, to me indicates a 

 difference in variety. I have, however, been assured that all were selected 

 from the best Crisomelos ^ 



34271. Prunus domestica L, Plum. 

 "Roman market. Best plum coming to this market, and seems especially 



good for shipment, as the flesh is firm. Size 2 to 2^ inches long by inches 

 wide. Color green with red cheek. Ko particular name. Quality fair, but 

 neither so sweet nor so well flavored as Papagone and Prunaringia, S. P. I. Nos. 

 34267 and 34268, which both belong to the Naples market." 



34272. Prunus domestica L. Plum. 

 "Very large, globular, golden yellow. A variety of Pteineclaude of the very 



best quality. From Frascati." 



34274. Annona keticiilata L. Custard -apple. 



From Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. Presented by Mr. Charles M. Hath- 

 away, jr., American consul. Received August 16, 1912. 



34275. Amygdalus persica L. Peach. 



(Prunus persica Stokes.) 

 From Soochow, China. Presented by Mr. N. Gist Gee. Received August 19, 

 1912. 



"This is a mixed lot of peach seeds containing some from red clingstones and some 

 from white freestones." 



34289. GossYPiuM hirsutum L. Cotton. 



From Coimbatore, India. Presented by Mr. R. Cecil Wood, president, Agricul- 

 tural College, through Mr. C. V. Piper. Received August 20, 1912. 



^'Cambodia. This cotton is said to have been introduced from Cambodia into 

 southern India, where it has yielded far more heavily than any, other cotton. It 

 is of the American Upland type." (Piper.) 



"This cotton has a close resemblance to the American Upland type and has been 

 looked upon as an American cotton that has been acclimatized in Cambodia, though 

 this may not prove to be the case. There is historical evidence of the introduction 

 of a superior type of cotton from Siam to Louisiana in early days, and this may have 

 been the origin of the long-staple varieties formerly grown so extensively in the 

 Delta regions of Louisiana and Mississippi. Thus the Cambodia cotton may prove 

 to be related to the American long-staple type. A variety of Upland cotton from 

 Cochin China was studied in Egypt in 1910 which may prove to be similar to the 

 present importation. An account of this cotton was published in Bulletin 210 of 

 the Bureau of Plant Industry on Hindi Cotton in Egypt. The Cambodia cotton 

 has been grown for a few years in southern India and has given much better results 

 than any variety introduced from America. An account of the experiments in 

 India was published in the Daily Consular and Trade Reports, December 7, 1910," 

 (0. F. Cook.) 



