CUDRANIA TRICUSPIDATA. 



Fruit of the Chinese Che tree, a near relative of the 

 Osage orange, but with edible fruits, shown in natural 

 size in the photograph. This fruit was grown at the 

 Berckman's Nursery. Augusta, Georgia, from introductions 

 made by Mr. E. H. Wilson, of the Arnold Arboretum, from 

 Central China, but the plant has also been recently found 

 and sent in by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer, 

 from the province of Shantung, in northern China, which 

 has a semi-arid climate with light frosts. The striking 

 similarity between the fruit of thi& species and the Osage 

 orange suggests the possibility of making a hybrid. Pho- 

 tograph from fruit presented by Mr. P. J. Berckman's Nur- 

 sery, Augusta, Ga. 



(Issued July 24, 1913.) 



