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Inventory 56, Seeds and Plants^lmported. 



PLATE VI. 



Fruits, Seeds, and Leaves of an Improved Variety of the Yang Mei. 

 (Myrica rubra Sieb. and Zucc, S. p. I. No. 46571.) 



Whereas in Japan the ynma miimo (mountain peach), as it is called, is a fruit of comparatively 

 little importance, in parts of China, where it is called yang mei or vagi, various distinct horti- 

 cultural varieties have been developed. The fruits of the5e vary in size from that of a cherry 

 to that of a medium-sized plum, in color from dull white to deep carmine, and in flavor frorh 

 very acid to refreshingly sweet. The tree is evergreen and when in fruit strikingly beautiful. 

 It is a slow grower and'difflcult to transplant. The fine varieties are worked on small-fruited 

 seedling stocks. In America trees have fruited in September at Del Monte and Chico, Calif., 

 and specimens are growing at Brnoksville, Fla. This species grows wild in rather poor but 

 well-drained rocky s:5ils in semishaded localities and will standtemperatures of 113° F. The 

 showy color of its fruit, the intense carmine of their juice, the ability of the tree to grow in 

 rocky semishaded localities, and the various uses to which its fruit can be put should entitle 

 the yniig mei to the serious cousideratioii of American horticulturists. For description of the 

 introduction of seeds of the yrnig mei, see S. P. I. No. 46.")71. (Photographed by F. N. Meyer, 

 Hangchow, Chekiang, China, June 30, 191-5; P13220FS.) 



