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A NKW TYPE OF FRUITING ClIt:KKY FROM CHINA 



The Tanghsi cherry (Prunus pseudocerasns) S. P. I. 1 8=587, orchards of which were shown to 

 Mr. F. N. Meyer by the Rev. A. Kennedy, near the village of Tanghsi ; in Chckiang i)rovince, has 

 heen identified as the true Primus pseudocerasns of Lindley, umler which name the Japanese 

 flowering cherries have lieen commonly but erroneously known for seventy j'cars. It a])- 

 pears that horticulturally, owing i)erh'ai)s to the confusion in names, no attention has ever 

 been given in America to this remarkal)le Chinese species of cherry. It turns out to be ten 

 days earlier in fruiting than any other in northern California, and of sunicicntly good quality 

 without further improvement to attract commercial attention. The illustration shows a three- 

 year-old bud on Mahaleb stock. (Pig. 13.) 



