Bureau of Plant \U*tivj 
Jl L i 1 • 
NO. 33. 
EULLETIN OF FOREIGN PLANT INTRODUCTION. 
March 24 to 31, 1910... 
NEW PLANT IMMIGRANTS. 
LONICERA. 27047. Prom Prance through Mr. P. N. Meyer. 
"This is a good plant for rockeries and at the end of 
beds of shrubbery; it is of caespitose habit like Coton- 
easter horizontalis . " (Meyer.) 
MALUS. 27151. Prom near Kopetnari, Caucasus. A yellow win- 
ter apple of medium size with fairly firm flesh. The 
trees are able to st^nd high summer temperatures, out re- 
quire mild winters. Obtained from a native Mingrelian 
orchard. 27152. A red apple said to be large and. fine 
looking. 27153. A white apple said to grow very large; 
according to a native fruit grower, .some fruits weighing 
several pounds apiece. 27060. Prom near Souchoum Kale, 
Caucasus. A native variety of apple, generally called 
Afghasian apple, grown by the natives for centuries. 
(See photograph.) The fruits are large, of a grayish- 
green color, except on the side exposed to the sun, where 
they have narrow vertical red stripes. Taste, fresh-sour. 
Picked late in October or early in November, it can be 
kept until late in spring. The young trees are character- 
ized by the upright growth of the branches and the clean 
bark. When the trees get older, they are of spreading 
habit and the bark is rough. 27061. A Circassian apple 
obtained originally from a native prince. An indigenous 
variety of the Caucasus; said to be very fine. (Meyer's 
introduction. ) 
MALUS SP. 27108. Prom E. C. Parker, Mukden, Manchuria. 
Common in the hills of Manchuria as far north as 45°. 
Very hardy. Fruit resembles a thorn apple. Valuable in 
America for grafting only. (Parker.) For distribution 
later. 
MEDICAGO RIGIDULA. 27190. Prom near Nikita, Crimea. An 
annual alfalfa growing here and there on gravelly' hill 
slopes. Of value as a spring forage plant in mild 
wintered regions with hot, dry summers. (Meyer's 
int r oduc t i on . ) 
