The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-13

pest european varieties.
Considerable attention is being paid
by the plant industry bureau to the
propagation Of barleys. One Of tha inn
ported varieties is the Hanna. from
kWassitz. Moravia- This IS ce1eprareo
all over Europe as one of the best brew
ing barleys in the world 1t IS noted for
its early time Of ripening, its unusually
heavy yield and the starch1ness OF its
kernels. Although there is heavy duty
on barley in Germany large quantities
OF this variety are imported every year
for use py the famous hOfbrauhaus.
German state institution. The average
yield of Hanna" barley is said TO range
from seventy to eighty bushels per acre.
1t is grown in the region OF Hungary.
where the climate is similar to that Of
our prairie states, the summers being
very hot and dry It is sown in March
anc Tipens by the middle of July I'M
pOrtations have also been made of PHI
sen barley, which is said to be IN some
respects superior to Hanna barley Tor
brewing purposes in that 1t works
easier than the last named variety
Lower FTankish brewing barley is one
Of the most noted brewing barleys IN
Germany. It has a very heavy gram
thin chaff and a large percentage Of
starch. Mr.. FairchiId secured a small
quantity of the brewing barley, which
was awarded the gold medal over $50
competitors at the brewing exposition
held in Munich from September % to
October 3, 1900 Besides these he secured
samples of all the prize winning barlsys
barleys exhibited at that exposition A
variety of barley in which the depart
ment places much hope is Princess bar
ley from Sweden. 1t has very strong
straw and an excellent quality of grain
and a phenomenal yield. It has been
bred up so that tho yield averages about
80 bushels per acre, and is suited for
heavy clay soils It is said to be es-
peclally suited for growth on heavy or
wet Soils where there is danger of the
grain lodging. Chevalier barley II,
from Sweden, is a selected grain which
took two first prizes at the brewers e1-
position of 1899 and is considered to be
an absolutely new strain and very uni
form. 1t is suited for warm, light soils
near the seashore. It has weak straw.
All of these barIeys have been distrib-
uted.
An acquisition in the vegetable line is
the Adler bean from Saxenfeldt, Styria,
fine garden bean of exceptional quail
ity. Prof. Irfth Of the Missouri botanical
gardens, who has Just monographed the
garden beans cultivated in the United
States, says that this is an entirely new
importation.
Mr.. Fairchfld has sent to this country
the following fruits, with which expert
mentS are now being conducted by the
department of agriculture: Boglish grape
from the Island Of Lesina, in the Adriat-
ic: cuttings of vine which has yielded
punches Of grapes 80 inches long and
weighing IA pounds. This one vine grew
nine of these large punches in one sea-
son. It is dark grape, sweet, with rath-
er thick skin, and suitable for limestone
soils. Marascino grape, from the Island
of Lesina, in the Adriatic, this is an I'M
usually sweet grape, with rather small,
transparent, light brown berries; a high
grade dessert wine, which sells on the IS
land for as high as 8 cents per bottle,
when the common wines sell for ten
cents per quart. is produced from this
variety. Kurtelaska grape. from Lesina
Island; cuttings of a grape from which
the apollo" wine is made. This wine is
very highly priced in Germany and Aus
tria. TT is white wine grape, growing
on stony calcareous soils and native to
the land BanjOska grape from the Is
land of San Clementa. in the Adriatie.
This is a very heavy bearer. A strong
wine manufactured from this grape is
exported IN considerable quantities in
Hungary. Trojka grape from the Island
Of Lesina, in the Adriatic, is a table
grape with very large finely Favored
berries one inch in diameter. It is a very
fine keeper and a. heavy bearer and or
iginated in Lesina.
San Pietro fig from the Island of Les
ina, IS said to be the most delicate1y fla
vored fig marketed in Triest, excepting
only the Smyrna fig. It does not require
fertilizing with the capri-fig insect. 1t
is very early and exceptionally large, Of
ten as large as a mans fist, and weigh
ing half pound. It is sold in the
fresh state. Zamozujich fig from the
same island is a drying fig shipped in
large quantities to Triest- It is conSid-
cred superior to either the italian or
Greek fig. 1t has a very tender skin
and q fine flavor.
Cattaro giant lemon, comes from Dali
malta. These lemons weigh from four
to five pounds. The skin is quite thick,
flavor excellent and flesh juicy. The flesh
is of light greenish color. Giant of Cat
taro olive-an olive the picked fruits of
which are two inches long and one inch
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grower. Sultanina. seedless raisin grape.
from Corfu, Greece. is a seedless, light
golden colored grape which brings high
er prices in the Greek markets than the
Corinth raisin. Giant of Corfu lemon,
from Corfu, Greece, comes next. Its
fruit weighs about five pounds and one
fruit yields two full glasses of juice.
Musk ounce, from Zante-the fruit is
oval, shaped more like the cantaloupe
than the ounce and has an oily, smooth
skin. 1T is very fragrant and Is highly
priced on account of its odor-
The flesh lis hard and sweet and is
seldom eaten The fruits sometime
weigh over two pounds. Queen orange.
from Zante-a delicious. almost seedless
orange. Mr.. Fairchild considers the
flavor exquisite. 1t is a very dark orange
color and Is of a good size. Seedless
lemon from Zante, is very. juicy thick
skinned lemon, averaging two to three
seeds in each fruit Apple ounce. from
Zante, is commonly eaten by the peas
ants as one would eat an apple. Corfu
apple, from Greece, is a large, fine-f1av-
ored apple, which can be grown in warm
climates probably even in Porto Rico
and Hawaii. Cola giant lemon, from
the same place in Greece. is an enor-
mously productive tree, bearing lemons
from one to three pounds in weight.
Salmon-feshed lemon is a lemon with
a sa1mon-tinted flesh
The tree itself is highly ornamental, the
The fruits are thfck-skinned and almost
seedless. It Is a blood lemon similar to
the blood orange. Then there comes a
lemon from Patras, Greece, which 80 per
cent. of its fruits are seedless. 1t is a
good sour lemon of fair size D0lan prune
from Saaz, is a fruit superior to many OF
its kind 1t is large. with a thin, fat
stone, which iooSens easily from the flesh.
1t is very sweet and is said to be equal
in quality to the famous Bosnian prunes.
SIaVonian is another variety of nllirca