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Acer argutum Maximowicz. (Aceraceae.) 43676. Seeds 

 of a maple from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the 

 Arnold Arboretum and selected by Mr. H. C. Skeels and 

 Dr. W. Van Fleet, of this Department. A small decid- 

 uous maple, with erect branches, and doubly serrate 

 leaves from 2 to 4 inches in length. The greenish- 

 yellow flowers are produced in April before the leaves, 

 and the keys are born in hanging racemes. This tree 

 is a native of the mountain woods of Japan, and makes 

 an elegant appearance, with its pale green leaves In 

 summer and its purplish brown branches in winter. 

 (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in 

 the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 135.) 



Annona cherimola Miller. (Annonaceae . ) 43485. From 

 Duenas, Depto. Sacatepequez , Guatemala. Collected by 

 Mr. Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer. "Budwood 

 of an unusually choice variety of cherimoya, or anona as 

 it is called here, from a garden in the village of 

 Duenas, about 10 kilometers from Antigua. The cheri- 

 moya is very common in tnis region, which lies at an 

 elevation of about 5200 feet. There is great variation 

 in the shape and character of the fruit, and the trees 

 seem to vary in productiveness. Most of them bear 

 very few fruits. The tree from which this budwood was 

 taken has a trunk about a foot in diameter, but at a 

 distance of ten feet from the ground the top has been 

 removed, probably two years ago, and the sprouts which 

 are to form the new top are now about 6 feet long. 

 There are a good number of these sprouts and they are 

 now in bearing, producing, altogether, more fruit than 

 is usually borne by the ordinary tree of mature size, 

 which has a crown 10 to 20 feet broad, and a vastly 

 greater amount of fruiting wood. Whether the produc- 

 tiveness of this variety is an inherent characteristic , 

 or whether it has been induced' by topping the tree, I 

 am unable to determine, but on the chance that it may 

 be inherently a heavy bearer I have secured budwood 

 for propagation and trial in Florida and more espec- 

 ially in southern California, where cherimoya culture 

 could undoubtedly be developed into a horticultural 

 industry if prolific and otherwise desirable varieties 

 were obtainable. The fruit of this variety is of good 

 size and excellent appearance. It varies from 3 to 7 

 inches in length, and from about 6 ounces to nearly 3 

 pounds in weight. In form it is uniformly conical, 

 blunt at the apex and the surface is nearly smooth, 

 the carpellary areas being indicated by raised lines. 



