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DISTRIBUTION OF SEEDS AND PLANTS. 



troduction and where are gTowing the date pahiis introduced from 

 the Old "World by Messrs. Swingle, Fairchild, and Kearney. These 

 gardens have noAv the most complete collection of date varieties in the 



Fig. 11. — A shipment of date oi'fshoots as it arrived from Bagdad, Arabia. Tliese are now- 

 growing in southern California and Arizona. 



Fig. 12. — An orchard of stone fruits at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal., grafted 



on tlie wild Chinese peach. 



world. These orchards are coming into bearing, and it is only a 

 question of a few years when American-grown dates will be sold on 

 our markets. 



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