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45670 to 45691— Continued. 



well worth a place in every collection in which handsome aiitunni fruits 

 are valued." (Arnnld Arhoretuin Bulletin of Popular Information No. 



34.) 



45690 and 45691. Vrns vinifeba L. Vitaceae. Grape. 



45690. " Cuttings of a wild grape of the vinifcra type from northern 

 China." (C. S. Sarrjent.) 



" This is a very hardy plant, enduring the winters of Boston, 

 Mass., with little in.jury." {Peter Bisset.) 



45691. (Plants.) " This grape is largely cultivated in Peking. There 

 are white-fi-uited and purple-fruited varieties. In Peking the 

 vines are laid down and covered in the winter; at the Arhoretum 

 they have so far generally proved hardy and have occasionally 

 produced fruit. This vine may prove valuahle to cross with some 

 of the hybrids or varieties of American grapes." (C .S'. Sarf/ent.) 



45692 to 45704. 



From France. Scions presented hy IVIr. Fdmond Versin, St. Jean le I'dunc, 

 par Orleans, Loiret. Received November 28, 1917. 

 45692 to 45701. Corylus avellana L. Betulacefe. Hazelnut. 



45692. D'Ahjcr. This is a well-known hazelnut, and because of its 

 many hundreds of years of cultivation it has received many dif- 

 ferent names. The bush is of low, much-branching habit, spread- 



" ing widely by means of suckers. It is a very prolific shrub and is 

 one of the most fruitful of all the varieties of hazelnut. The 

 leaves are of medium size, roundish or oval-elliptic. The nut is 

 medium sized. 20 to 22 millimeters long, and very long pointed. 

 It seldom grows singly, but is found in groups of three to five. 

 The shell is dark brown, later even becoming brownish black. The 

 upper half is covered by a grayish woolly tomentum which be- 

 comes stronger toward the tip. The kernel, which has a sweet 

 almondlike taste, is oval and entirely fills the shell. Blooms in 

 midspring; ripens early, from the middle to the end of August, 

 depending on the climate. Older pomological workers state that 

 this nut comes true to seed, but more recent workei-s state that 

 only about one-fifth of the seed planted comes true to the variety. 

 It is a nut to be universally recommended. (Adapted from 

 Goeschke, Die Haselnuss, p. 78.) 

 Received as Corylvs macrocarpa. 



45693. Received as Corylus macrocarpa du Beam. 



45694. Received as Corylus macrocarpa fertile. 



45695. Received as Corylus avellana foUus anrcis (golden-leaved 



filbert). 

 45696. Received as Corylus macrocarpa de Brunswick. 



45697. Received as Corylus macrocarpa a coque tendre. 



45698. Cob filbert. " Involucre nearly smooth, longer than the nut, 

 and very slightly cut around the margin; nut large, oldong, and 

 somewhat compressed ; shell rather thick, brown ; kernel full and 

 of very rich flavor. This is perhaps the best of all the filberts. 

 The tree is a most abundant bearer. Some of the nuts are upward 



