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from 5 to 8 pounds. It is much more delicate in flavor 

 than common cabbage and is delicious when cooked with 

 a 'boiled dinner.' The midrib, when cooked like the 

 rib of Swiss chard or, like asparagus , with cream sauce , 

 is also fine. It shoul d f ind a ready sale in the markets 

 as a new and pleasing vegetable. Pulled and hung up 

 by the roots, it keeps well in a cool cellar." 



A letter from G. T. Bosky, Nov. 3, 1918, contains 

 the following report: "Dovyalis caffra (Kei-apple) S. P. I. 

 No. 34250, that you sent me about four years ago, fruited 

 last July. It is a very good fruit for jams or jellies. 

 The plant will grow in any garden or yard, not requiring 

 any cultivation at all;' it will stand hot sun without 

 any sign of needing care. I am glad to recommend it for 

 this country, from southern California to San Francisco." 



Mrs. 0. T. Kelton, McDade , Texas, in a letter dated 

 November 3, 1918, reports: n Primus sp., S.P.I. No. 

 31652. This tree is very thrifty and fruited this 

 year. It is a very abundant bearer and the fruit is 

 the finest ever seen growing in this county. It began 

 to ripen May 15, and continued until about the first 

 of June. " 



R. Bates, of Jackson, S. C., wrote as follows, 

 January 1, 1919: "The two Chinese pistacbes ( Pisiacia chinensis, 

 S. P. I. No. 42823) which you mailed me last March, are 

 thriving and seem to be well adapted to this region. 

 S. P. I. No. 33224, Prunus domestica (Plum, variety Ciruela 

 de Fraile) is the most vigorous plum of this species that 

 I have ever tested from any source. It is nothing 

 to get trees 6 to 8 feet high from a root graft in a 

 single season. The tree seems perfectly hardy with 

 healthy foliage during the whole summer, and disease- 

 resistant bark. S.P.I. No. 33219, Amygdalus persiea 

 ( Vainqueur peach) is growing fine and is well set with 

 fruit buds." 





