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are less vigorous growers and should prove valuable stock upon 

 which plants of the superior type might be worked. The tree of the 

 Saipan mango fruits at an early age and is a prolific bearer. Our 

 work has so far been limited to propagation by inarching, as this is 

 the silnplest operation in general use, and our object is the produc- 

 tion of desirable trees for distribution rather than to determine the 

 comparative values of the various methods of propagation. Several 

 hundred seedlings of the Saipan mango are available for a continua- 

 tion of this work during the ensuing year. (PI. YI, fig. 1.) 



THE PEACH. 



During the early half of the year the peach trees referred to in the 

 report for the precedmg year suffered some damage from severe wmds 

 which occurred on July 20 and October 19, 20, and 31. A few trees 

 were killed outright by these storms, while others sent out new growth 

 from the seedling stock below the bud. These new sprouts made 

 remarkably rapid gi'owth, and the trees soon developed their former 

 size. Near the close of the year some of these trees bloomed, but 

 failed to set fruit. 



THE KTJMQUAT. 



The kumquats {Citrus japonica) introduced from Japan at the 

 close of the precedmg year give every promise of success. They have 

 flowered and fruited constantly durmg the last few months of the year, 

 and small fruits have been removed m large numbers in order to encour- 

 age the development of good strong trees. This fruit shows indication 

 of being a most prolific bearer hi Guam. 



THE AMATUNGULA. 



The seedlmgs of this species {Carissa arduina) bore their first crop 

 of fruits at two and one-half years of age. (PL VI, fig. 2.) They 

 have been rather shy bearers during their first fruiting season, car- 

 rying constantly a light crop of flowers and fruits in all stages of 

 maturity durmg the last six months of the fiscal year. These plants 

 are growmg on a heavy black clay soil and will probably show better 

 results when removed to grounds less retentive of moisture. Con- 

 siderable mterest m the new fruit has been made manifest by appli- 

 cations for plants. A limited number of plants have already been 

 distributed, and several hundred seedlings are being grown at the 

 station. These will be available for distribution within the next 

 few months. 



THE BANANA. 



Both the Bungulan and Lacatan varieties of the banana previously 

 introduced from the Philippines have fruited, and the flavor of both 

 has generally been declared superior to that of the varieties com- 



