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8359. UuvzA sATivA. Rice. 



From Canton, China. ReLt'ived tliiuii^'li .Mi-ssis. l-atlitop anil i'aiirliilil (No. 



788, lMenil.er21, IWl), Ft'hruary o, UK)!'. 



aS* Mil. " liiie from Chinj.' Shieny distriit. Canton provinrf, L'() niilfs from Canton. 

 It is a low-irrowing variety. This rice is inii»orte<l fu America for Chine.^e nse, ami 

 is very hi<rhly prizetl ]^y the Chinese In-canse of its line .|nality and i-specially hecanse 

 itf its fine aroma. Tii»' price per katty is ti cents, wliile uniinary rice costs aliont 4. 

 Coolies often smuggle this rice out of the country, l>ecause there is an export duty on 

 rice in Canton and this kind is the tinest known to tiie Cantonese." ( Fmrchihl. ) 



8360. OinzA sativa. Rice. 



From Canton, China. Receive*! tiirough Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 



790, Decemher 21, 1901). February T->, WO'l. 



No Mat. "Old man's rice, a variety used for tlouraiid pastry makin;.'. Il is .said 



to be very tough and nutritious an<l satisfying. Not generally employed lor boiling 



purposes. It is a very e.\pensive rice, bringing s ccufs a katty. Not cla.sscd with 



the ordinary boiling rices." ( Falrrhikt.) 



8361. OinzA s.\TiVA. Rice. 



From Canton, China. Heceive<l thiough .Messi>. Lathrop and Fairchild ( No. 



789, December 21, 1901), February .i, 1902. 



W'niif/ Chhn. "A variety of rice grown in Ching Sien or Ching Shien. I am told 

 this is, next to No. s:S.'i9, the tinest rice in Canton, but is not exported. It brings 

 unlv ."i cents a katty when the other brings () cents. Vermicelli is saiil to be made 

 of it." (Fairchild.'} 



8362. C'a.stanka sp. Chestnut. 



From Canton. China. Keceivol through Messrs. Lathrop and I'airiliild, I'eli- 

 ruary 6, 1902. 



8363. Prunus akmkmaca. Apricot. 



F>om Canton, China. Received through .Messrs. Lathrop and l-'airchild CSk. 



800, December 20, 1901), February .=1, 1902. 



"Dried apricots from the Canton market. There seem to be no ajiricots grown 

 about Canton, at least none of the Kuro])eans 1 have talked with have seen any, and 

 these are probably imported from north China." ( Fnirrhlhl.) 



8364. Canarium album. Chinese olive. 



From Canton, China. Received through Mes.grs. Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 

 798, December 20, 1901), February .5, 1902. 



Pa k Lam. "This is a fruit sold in China by the th(jusandsof tons, i)oth in the dried 

 state and pickled, and stained a light-yelkiw color. The i)lant is grown in orchards 

 up the river from Canton and forms a very important article of commerce. Scarcely 

 a fruit stall of any size is without it. The methods of j)reparation seem to be numenjus. 

 Worthy of preliminary plantings in Florida and southern California." ' FalrrhlliL) 



8365. Prunu.s sp. Plum. 



From Canton, China. Received through Messrs. Lathrop anu Fauchild (No. 

 799, December 20, 1901), February 5, 1902. 



" Dried plums fi-oin the market in Canton. The origin of the trees is (juite uncer- 

 tain, but the fruit probably came from somewhere up the West or North rivers. 

 The dealer said they came from F'oo Chow, but no reliance is to be put on this state- 

 ment. ' ' ( Fairch ild. ) 



8366. Eleocharis tuberosa. Water chestnut. 



From Canton, China. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 



801, December 20, 1901), February 'i, 1902. 



" An especially tine variety of the water chestnut, which is imported in large quan- 

 tities into Canton from Kwai Lam, u|) the river. It is larger and better than the 



