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like a black cherry than any other northern fruit I can think 

 of. When I remember the size of the wild fruit which the 

 common cherry is supposed to have originated from, I think 

 this little fruit promises to repay cultivation well. I would 

 suggest trying it in Florida or California or Texas. The 

 latter place might, I think, "be the "best for it. From mid- 

 August to the end of September is the time of fruiting, i. e. 

 early spring here." (Birch.) For distribution ' later . 



NOTES FROM FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS. 



CHINA. Canton. Pres. C. K. Edmunds, of Canton Christian 

 College, writes October 7 that he has just returned from a 

 trip through -Kwangtung and Kiangsi provinces, and expects to 

 leave shortly for a journey in Yunnan and Szechuan, but so 

 far has failed to find the wild-rice, Zizania, which we 

 requested of him. 



Z3-YPT. Assiout. Mr. Aaron Aaronsohn, collaborator of 

 this Department, who is at present studying the Egyptian 

 varieties of dates, with a view to the importation of the 

 best varieties, writes October 25 that he has received the 

 greatest assistance from the officers of the Department of 

 Agriculture of Egypt, who have undertaken to bring together, 

 pack and ship offshoots of all the varieties decided upon by 

 him as the best suited for trial in this country. In an 

 earlier letter he describes the "Dry land date culture" of 

 the Mediterranean shore between Alexandria and Rosetta, where 

 tremendous crops are grown entirely without irrigation, and a 

 rapidly increasing area is being brought under cultivation. 



Mr. Aaronsohn also writes from Assouan, October 29, that 

 he has succeeded in finding at Assiout, the true "Wahi" date, 

 and is arranging to secure the .offshoots through the American 

 consular agent at the place. From Assouan he is sending five 

 selected varieties, and hopes to obtain specimens of some 

 fine dates at the Luxor market. 



FRANC . Paris. Mr. Walter T. Swingle, who has been 

 attending the International Congress of Genetics in Paris, 

 writes ITovemt that he has been investigating the citrus 

 relatives of Africa, and has found two new genera and a new 

 species. e governer general of Algeria has promised that 

 Dr. Trabut, and M. Brunei, .e Director of agriculture for 

 Algeria, soon to be appointed, shall visit America next year. 

 November 12 he writes, "I shall bring back in my cabin living 

 plants of the new African bael fruits, one of these able to 

 grow in brackish water and will be a rival of Gonocitrus 

 angulata as a stock for Citrus in alkali lands. I go to 



