CHINESE JUJUBE IN SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES 213 
heavy nonalkaline soils, but, tl i 
peek Bat ac ire oa re best results are obtained on sandy 
Varieties of the Jujube 
Of the many different varieties i 
q ntroduced by Meyer from Chin 
four have been selected as being distinctly superior to all the afhigre 
roduction garden, Chico, Cailf. 
Fic.. 44.—Fruiting tree of the jujube at the plant int 
Thi a heavy bearer 
his tree is about 18 years old and is 
These are the Mu Shing Hong (S. P. I. No. 29684), the Lang (S. P. 
L. No. 22686), the Sui Men (8. P. I. No. 38245), and the Li (S. P. I. 
No. 38249). These varietal names are the ones sent in by Meyer 
with his notes. The largest of these is the Li, whose rounded-oval 
fruits are sometimes 2 inches long and nearly that much in diameter. 
