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A Fruit Merchant at Tai an fu, Shantung, China. 



A fruit merchant sitting at one of the city gates of 

 Tai an fu, selling the fruit of a species of haw (Crataegus 

 pin7^atifi(la)of which orchards are of ten planted in Shantung, 

 China. From these haws one of the best preserves of China 

 is made. The tree has proven hardy in the Eastern United 

 States where it has been distributed. The haws are in the 

 second basket whereas dried persimmons are in the first 

 one. Photo by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, March 20, 1914. 



