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pie, it is not claimed that the atemoya is an improvement 

 upon the cherimoya, but it has been hoped that by crossing 

 the cherimoya with the sugarapple the excellent flavor of 

 the subtropical cherimoya, which does not succeed well in 

 the low altitudes near the equator, might be imparted to 

 the progeny, and that the other parent from the lowlands 

 would impart to it adaptability to a tropical climate. It 

 would seem that this anticipation has been realized in the 

 above instance. The name 'atemoya,' which is here being 

 proposed for this new race of fruits, is derived from a 

 combination of one of the old original names of the sugar- 

 apple, Ate pannicensis, quoted from Hernandez, in his work 

 'Nova Plantarum Animalium et Mineralium Mexicanorum His- 

 toria, ' published in 1651, and cherimoya." (Wester.) Of 

 the nine plants represented by cuttings, No. 39809 repre- 

 sents the plant which fruited in 1913, the remainder first 

 bore fruit in 1914. 



Citrus bcrgamm Risso. (Rutaceae.) 39699, 39712. Seeds 

 of the bergamot orange from Naples and Catania, Italy. 

 Presented by the American consuls. "A small tree: leaves 

 oblong-oval, with long, winged petioles: flowers small, 

 white, very fragrant: fruits pyriform, three-fourths inch 

 in diameter, thin-skinned, pale yellow when ripe: pulp 

 acid: seeds oblong, many. Extensively cultivated in Ca- 

 labria for the essential oil which is expressed from the 

 peel and used in making eau de Cologne and other per- 

 fumes." (Swingle, in Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horti- 

 culture. ) 



Diospyros ebenaster Retz. (Ebenaceae.) 39698, 39719. Cut- 

 tings and seeds of the black sapote from Sante Fe , Isle of 

 Pines, Cuba. Presented by Mr. H. S. Jones. "The sapote 

 prieto or sapote negro (black sapote) of Mexico, an inter- 

 esting fruit belonging to the persimmon family. The tree 

 grows in compact shapely form, and is of very ornamental 

 appearance with its oblong-oval, glossy leaves about 4 

 inches long. In appearance the fruits greatly resemble 

 some varieties of the Kaki or Japan persimmon; in place of 

 being bright orange, however, they are light green when 

 ripe, and measure 2-g- to 3 and even 4 inches in diameter. 

 In shape they are oblate or distinctly flattened and the 

 pesistent, light green calyx is quite prominent. The in- 

 terior of the fruit, when ripe, is anything but attractive 

 in appearance, the flesh being dark brown or almost black 

 in appearance, and of a greasy consistency. The flavor is 

 sweet but rather lacking in character; for this reason the 

 Mexicans frequently serve the fruit cut up, or mashed up, 

 with orange juice; it is a first rate dish. The seeds 



