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Chinese farmers give strict attention to the cultural methods 

 of both of these fruits. In the case of lychee they practice djke, 

 raised bed and upland culture. Loam soils, or those which readily 

 hold soil moisture, are preferable. River muds are ideal for the lychee 

 and it will endure excess quantities of moisture and floods of great 

 duration. The Chinese are intensive feeders of these trees and 

 practice mulching and careful frost protection. 



Chinese methods of propagation of the lychee consist chiefly 

 in "Chinese air-layering" desirable parent trees. They sometimes 

 inarch good small-seeded varieties upon the large-seeded and more 

 hardy stock?. Grafting the lychee and lungan is extensively practiced. 

 The known wild relatives of the lychee and the lungan open a 

 promising field for the determination of new and better methods of 

 propagation and for the creation of hybrids. 



The lychee is one of the most important commercial fruits in 

 China. The history of its trade and transportation, and of the fruit 

 formerly paid to royalty, is most interesting and instructive. The 

 Chinese have many methods for the preservation of both of these 

 fruits and large quantities of the dried product are exported. It is 

 claimed that the lungan has certain medicinal qyalities and large 

 quantities of a preparation known as lungan pulp are exported from 

 Formosa. 



There are numerous insect enemies and diseases of these 

 fruits and the introduction of more modern methods of combating 

 them should prove of value to the Chinese. Great care must be 

 taken not to introduce these enemies into western countries. 



Chinese writers have listed scores of varieties of the lychee, 

 but no careful elimination or classification has been attempted. A 

 more thorough study of the mountain and water types of lychee 

 should be made and greater effort to extend the dry culture of- the 

 fruit should be attempted. 



These fruits have been successfully introduced into India and 

 considerable work has been done with their introduction into Europe 

 and southern United States. It is known that they will produce 

 fruit in the West Indies and Hawaii. Special attention has recently 

 been given to the lychee in Hawaii. A number of problems are 

 connected with their introduction, chief among which are the difficul- 

 ties of carefully selecting the best varieties for the new conditions, 

 care in transportation and protection from salt water and cold. 



