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Notes on Behavior of Previous Introductions. 



In a letter dated November 2, 1918, Mr. S. Elce, 

 of Mary Esther, Florida, reports as follows; "I have 

 at last the great pleasure of forwarding to you a sam- 

 ple of fruit from a Chinese persimmon plant (Diospyros 

 kaki, S. P. I. No. 22350.) you sent me about six years 

 ago. The tree bore three fruits last year, which 

 dropped while green; this year we have nine fine fruits 

 uniform in size and color. One ripened in advance of 

 the others and we ate it direct from the tree and 

 found it more delicious in flavor than any we have as 

 yet tasted from neighboring orchards - and seedless! 

 The one I am sending to you is not fully ripe, but I 

 expect it will be when you receive it; if it is not 

 soft, please keep it a few days, or until it is so. 

 You will find it worth waiting for. I send it in con- 

 dition to carry through the mail. The tree is fine 

 and healthy, 8 feet high. It has withstood the storms 

 which destroyed our peaches and plums two or three 

 years ago, droughts, etc. You sent me some dasheens 

 (Colocasia sp. S. P. I. No. 19224) five or six years ago, 

 which prospered finely and were the admiration of all 

 beholders; the tubers and shoots we found most excel- 

 lent on the table." 



