56 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



27028 to 27031 Continued. 



27031. • PBUNUS DA8YCABPA Klirh. Plum-apricot. 

 osidered to be a hybrid between I'runus cerasifera myrobalana and /'. 



uriiit ilium. 



"This tree has white blooms in the early spring, and the fruit ripens at the 

 beginning of August. It is medium sized, blackish purple, with fine hairs; the 

 flesh is blood red, t urning to orange near the stone, juicy, sweet, and of apricot 

 taste." 



27032 and 27033. Citrus spp. 



Prom Tanable, Wakayamaken, Japan. Presented by Mr. Sietaro Matsuba, at the 

 request of Mr. A. J. Perkins. Received March 14, 1910. 



27032. < mi: i - \i RANTIUM L. Orange. 

 Natsu-mikan. Sec No. 22G70 for description. (Cuttings.) 



27033. Citrus Bp. 



Uchi inurasaH. (Seeds.) 



27034. Diospyeos kaki L. f. Persimmon. 



From Gifu, Japan. Procured from the Gifu Agricultural Experimental Station, 

 through the Yokohama Nursery Company, Yokohama, Japan, at the suggestion 

 of Mr. A. J. Perkins. Received March 9, 1910. 



Suyugaki . (Plants.) 



27035 to 27042. Diospyros kaki L. f. Persimmon. 



Presented by Rev. H. Loomis, American Bible Society, Yokohama, Japan. 

 Received February 21, 1910. 



Cuttings of the following: 



27035-27041. From Sendai, Japan, 237 miles from Yokohama, 217 miles 

 north of Tokyo. 



27035. Tsurunoko. (Ana.) 27039. Hegaki. (Shibu.) 



27036. Tanenashi. (Shibu.) 27040. Toyama. (Shibu.) 



27037. Ilachiya. (Shibu.) 27041. Okame. (Shibu.) 



27038. Heyakume. (Ana.) 



' ; Nos. 27035 and 27038 are not astringent." 



27042. From Korea. "This fruit is not astringent and is of excellent flavor. 

 It grows in a climate that is like that of Philadelphia." (Loomis.) 



27043. Diospyros kaki L. f. Persimmon. 



From Tokyo, Japan. Procured by Rev. H. Loomis, American Bible Society, 

 Yokohama, Japan, from the garden of Count Date. Received March 12, 1910. 



"I think these persimmons are of rare value, being very sweet, not astringent, quite 

 large, and almost seedless, probably a distinctly new variety." (Loomis.) 



27044. Dioscorea alata L. Yam. 



From Miami, Florida. Grown at the Subtropical Garden, sent in by Mr. P. J. 

 Wester. Received March 15, 1910. 



"One of the most promising of the yams." (Wester.) 

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