Cornell University, ) 



Ithaca, N. Y., Nov. 1, 1899. f 



Honorable Commissioner of Agriculture, Albany : 



Sir. — The Japanese plnms have come to stay, but tliey have 

 come without accurate descriptions and with confused nomencla- 

 ture. Tlie merits of the older varieties are now fairly well known, 

 but the greater number of the varieties are very imperfectly under- 

 stood. In order to elucidate tliese perplexities and to spread accu- 

 rate knowledge of tliis new class of fruits, the Cornell Station has 

 made a special effort to study all the varieties from bearing trees. 

 This bulletin is the fourth report of this investigation, 



9 I. r. EGBERTS, Director. 



