36 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



36600. Linum rsriAi issiMi.M L. Flax. 



I'mni Bombay, Poona, [ndia. Presented by Mr. William Burns, economic 

 botanist. Received November L3, 1 !»13. 



"From Benares, United Provinces." (Burns.) 



36601. Mai.is sp. ' Apple. 



From T howfu, Shantung, ( bina. Presented by Rev. W. H. Hay- Re- 



ceived November 6, 1013. 



"Lin-kin apple. A species of crab apple which 1 found to make an admirable 

 grafting Btock. Seeds were secured from a perfectly ripe fruit which was grown in 

 my garden from trees which I had set out Eor grafting purposes. It j- not easy to get 

 seed from the Chinese, as they almost always pull the fruit before it i- I Lpe." Hayes.) 



36602. Casimiroa edulis La Llave. White sapote. 



From Pasadena, Cal. Presented by Mr. KnowlesA. Ryerson. Received Novem- 

 ber L5, 1913. 

 "Harvey. Grown at sierra Madre, Cal. It is the best variety growing in southern 

 California at the present time. This particular tree is growing at the fool of the 



mountains in a soil which is pure, coarse, decomposed granite. It never receives 

 irrigation of any description and but scant cultivation, yet bears enormous crops 

 every year. The frost of last January (1913) caught a few of the blossoms only." 

 (Ryerson.) 



Distribution. — A tree found from the States of Sinaloa and Durango, in Mexico 

 southeastward to Guatemala. 



For an illustration of the fruit and leaves of the white sapote, see Plate III. 



36603 to 36605. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Chester J. Hunn, assistant horticul- 

 turist, Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station. Received November 17, 1913. 

 36603. Persea Americana Miller. Avocado. 



(P. gratissii r1 n. f. 



(No. 149. Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station.) "Aboul 20 years ago 

 Admiral Beardsley, leaving Guatemala for Hawaii, carried with him a number 

 of avocados for consumption on the way. He saved two seeds, wrapping them 

 in cotton-wool and packing them in ice. Arriving in Honolulu, he gave one 

 seed to Judge Wiedeman and the other to Mrs. I". K Wilder. The former was 

 planted at L402 Punahou Street . now occupied by the McDonald, and although 

 both seeds grew, the MvDonaldis far superior in quality anil blooms earlier. 



"Form roundish to spherical; size medium to medium large; cavity small. 

 shallow, and flaring; stem somewhat slender ami very Long, varying from <; 

 inches to 15 inches in length; surface undulating, very bard, coriaceous, and 

 markedly pitted; color dark olive green to purple with small, very abundant, 

 irregular-shaped yellowish dots; apex a mere dot, slightly depressed; skin 

 very thick and woody, separating freely from the pulp; flesh yellow in color, 

 running into green at the skin, fine grained, oily, and somewhat buttery, 75 

 per cent of fruit; seed fairly large, roundish, conical, just a trifle loose in the 

 cavity; flavor rich and nutty. Season July to January. 



•'The trie is quite vigorous, but tends to grow upward rather than to branch 

 out , possibly due to confinement This 'pear ' Is especially noteworthy, since 

 it will keep for a long time after being removed from the tree. Mr. G. P. Wilder 

 reports that he has kept the fruit for 21 weeks after removal from the tree. 

 The tree carried fruit over through the blossoming period of the following 

 season. Height !<> feet, spread 20 feel 



