10 SEEDS A.ND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



26485 to 26489 Continued. 



Manchuria, as far north as 43° to 41° north latitude. Thoir power to resist drying winds 

 and drought ia the most notable character they posses-. The fruits are all hard, 

 maturing late and keeping all winter. The quality of the fruit is not anywhere near 



as g 1 as the American Bartlett or Anjou; it is quite edible, however, and might be 



valuable for culture in such regions as Nortli and South Dakota, where hot winds, 

 short pcrio,I< of drought, and cold winters form a climate very similar to the native 

 habital of these trees; they might also be used for grafting stocks." 



26485. "(No. 6.) Chinese name Yali. A very popular pear in Chinese 

 markets; of medium size, shaped like the American Bartlett and of a yellowish- 

 white color; flesh rather coarse and not highly flavored, keeps all winter. 

 Kwangning is the oldest and best known producing center of this pear." 



26486. ''(No. 7.) Chinese name Hungli. Fruit is small, reddish yellow in 

 color, and in shape similar to Whitney crab apples. Flesh of fruit coarse and 

 not highly flavored." 



26487. "(No. 8.) Chinese name Chang pao li. Fruit is yellowish white in 

 color; shape long and oval; flesh of fruit coarse and not highly flavored." 



26488. "(No. 9.) Chinese name Yuen pao li. Fruit is yellowish white in 

 color, shape and size of a small round apple, flesh coarse and not highly 

 flavored." 



26489. (No name or description received with this lot of cuttings.) 



26490 to 26494. 



From Settsu, near Kobe, Japan. Procured by Mr. Albert J. Perkins, from the 

 Japan Nursery Company. Received January 3, 1910. 



Cuttings of the following: 



26490 and 26491. Diospyros sp. Persimmon. 



26490. Eachiya. 26491. FuyuTcaki. 



26492. Papyrius sp. 

 Kogo. 



26493. Papyrius papyrifera (L.) Kuntze. 



26494. Citrus aurantium L. Orange. 

 " Natsu-mikan." See No. 22670 for description. 



26496. LlMONIA ACIDISSIMA L. 



From Kirkee, India. Presented by Mr. G. A. Gammie, Imperial Cotton Special- 

 ist. Received January 5, 1910. 



"This is a shrub or small tree growing in dry situations in India, sometimes at a 

 height of as much as 4,000 feet. The fruits are very small, but are occasionally used as a 

 condiment by the natives. The wood is hard and suitable for parts of machinery 

 where great strength and toughness are required. This plant belongs to the orange 

 family and is introduced primarily in connection with the experiments now in progress 

 in the breeding of new types of citrus fruits and stocks for the same. " ( W. T. Swingle.) 



(Seed.) 



Distribution. — On dry hills in the northwestern Himalayas, ascending to 4,000 feet, 

 on the Monghyr Hills in Behar, in Assam, and from the Bombay Ghats and Coromandel 

 southward in the western peninsula of India. It occurs also in the Province of Yunnan , 

 southwestern China. 

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