SKl'TEMliEK, 1!I(K>, TO UKlEMBKK, l!Ki;;. 287 



whirli tlu'sr Innin-s aiv taken inoajjured IL'I uvt in K-UKtli ami lunl a sti-ni 1 incli in 

 diamftor at tlii- l)a.Mt'. It yielded about one-fifth of a ^'allon of l)ean^^, while onlinary 

 plants, 1 am assured by Mr. Obata, give from r>0 to HO seeds only. Its root system is 

 well developed, but whether unusual it is impossible to stiy, as it was dug i)eforc Mr. 

 Oitata saw it. The history oi this most remarkal)le sport is as follows: Mr. J. Miya- 

 /aki. a descendant of a Saiimrai and now a si-cond-hand clothier in tlu' village of 

 Okasaki, found in his small back yard a soy bean which neither he nor his wife had 

 planted purposely, but over which they <|Uarreled, the wife wishing to pull it uj) 

 liecanse it grew to such unusual proportions and spread over the whole yard. Mr. 

 Miyazaki, however, found in this abnormal plant something to interest him, and 

 when the local <listrict fair was held in ^lukada in October he dug n\t the i)lant antl 

 exhibited it there, but he unfortunately an<l thoughtlessly ate up most of the bean.". 

 Mr. ()l)ata, of the e.xperiment station at Anjo, .«aw the plant at the fair, visilt-d Mr. 

 Miyazaki's place, and rescued the remaining handful of seed. He got samples of the 

 soil where the plant grew and ha.s sown about 20 seeds in this soil at the experiment 

 station. I have seen and photographed this remarkable sport and think it worthy 

 of the most careful attention." (Fairrliild.) 



8901 and 8901a. Pykus communis. Pear. 



From (,'liios Island, Turkey in A.sia. Presented l)v Mr. N. .1. I'antelides, through 

 Mr. D. G. Fairchild. Received July 29, lfl02. 



8901. 8901a. 



ChaiiiDf/i'it. Kurunin kirokin. 



8902. Citrus nouilis. Mandarin orange. 



From Fukui, Japan. Reoeive<l tlirough Messrs. Latliropand l-ainliild i .\o. !».■>;•, 

 June 24, 1902), July 21, 1902. 



I'nxhu. " .V large-fruite<l, thick, loose-skinned mandarin orange, w hich is gen- 

 erally quite seedless but sometimes has one or two seeds. In (juality it is not f|uite 

 so sweet as the eonnnon but smaller A'/.s7(» Mihui, which is the connuon mandarin 

 orange of Japan. This see<lless variety is known all over .lapan, but these scions 

 come from thecoldest region in which oranges are grown in Japan, where the tem- 

 perature sometimes goes down to —10° C — i. e., 14° above zero F. — and where for 

 fifty days or so a foot of snow lies on the ground. In this region, which is a very 

 restricted one, called 8ano, near Fukui, ice forms on the rice fields to the thickness 

 of a quarter of an indi. However, the trees are covered by large l)ambof> mats during 

 December, January, and February, and even with this covering the minimum of last 

 year, 14° above zero, did them material injury. This .sort has gradually driven the 

 ordinary seed-bearing mandarin out of the market and is now, since ten years or more 

 ago, the most popular mandarin in Japan." {Fairchild.) 



8903. CiTKU.s DECUMANA (?) Pomclo. (?) 



From Fukui, Japan. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 

 960, June 24, 1902), July 21, 1902. 



iVdlsn daidai. "Large summer orange. This fruit deserves tlie attention of all 

 pomelo growers, as it is a variety to be had on the Japanese market as late us tht: 

 end of June. I saw it as early as the close of April, so that the season is two months 

 at least. It is notas fine and juicy as our best pomelo, butisnev'erthelessatthis season 

 eaten with relish by everyone, both European and Japanese. It is served with sugar, 

 as pomelos are served in America, and would pass among all but connoisseurs as a 

 tolerably good pomelo. Further than this, it ranks as one of the hardiest citrous 

 fruits in Japan. These scions came from a tree that was exposed last winter, with a 

 bamboo mat shelter, to a temperature of ^14° F., and although it lost some of its 

 leaves it was not killed liy the low temperature. A foot of snow covered the ground 

 about this plant for several weeks during the months of January and February." 

 ( Fairchild. ) ( See No. 8894. ) 



8904. Citrus nobilis. Mandarin orange. 



From Fukui, .Japan. Received thrfmgh Messns. Lathrop and Fairchild (No. 961, 

 June 24, 1902), July 21, 1902. 



Koji. "A small-fruited variety with seeds. It is noted for its hardiness, being 

 cultivated in a region where the thermometer drops to +14° F. and where the plants 



