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request of Mr. William A. S. Davenhill, British vice consul. 

 "Jeresiana. This is the predominant grape in Granada. It 

 resembles the Verdal as grown in California, but is sweeter, 

 though perhaps smaller in size. Its pulp is firm and stands 

 shipment well and the large white bunches seem as perfect 

 after having stood the transportation over country roads as if 

 they had just been picked from the vine. It is a very desira- 

 ble grape for the table, and one which seems suited to a high 

 altitude. It is also a good bearer, a hardy plant, and alto- 

 gether a profitable table grape. I have not observed it in 

 California." (Dr. Gustav Eisen, at whose suggestion the cut- 

 tings were secured.) For distribution later. 



NOTES FROM FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS. 



Mr. Frank N. Meyer writes from Kozlov, Tambov government, 

 Russia Dec. 29, 1911, concerning the work of the foremost 

 Russian plant breeders and referring to material which is sent 

 in: 



"All of this material is extremely valuable and rep- 

 resents years of patient work on the part of Mr. I. V. Mi- 

 jurin, here in Kozlov, who was so kind as to allow me to clip 

 off these twigs which I am herewith sending. He stated how- 

 ever, that he would like to see the source of origin mentioned 

 when we are distributing this material, as his experiences 

 have often been that his own creations have been given new 

 names and been sold as the seller's own products. I trust you 

 will kindly remember these wishes of his. Mr. Mijurin has 

 been described as the Luther Burbank of Russia, and I must 

 confess there is much resemblance between them in their work 

 and methods only the first took a northern locality to pursue 

 his work in and therefore are his products really of more 

 value to the northern states than those of Burbank, and it 

 gives me particular pleasure that I am rounding up this pres- 

 ent exploration trip with a few real hardy things. 



I will make a few remarks re these numbers. 



No. 32662, A hybrid between Amygdalus davidiana and A. 

 nana , is extremely interesting to us, as this plant may afford 

 us a medium by which to create a perfectly hardy peach. Mr. 

 Woeikoff , near Syzran, was wrong when he told me that the 

 plants he had were hybrids between A. persica and A. nana, and 

 I was right in my remarks that they looked strikingly like A. 

 davidiana. 



No. 32663, An apricot, standing the severe climate of 

 Central Russia, is something marvellous! The tree does not 

 seem to be a vigorous grower, but maybe we can develop better 

 strains by selection and hybridization. 



