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buds creamy white. Fruit; yellow with red cheek, approx. 1.3 cm. 

 in diam. 



Locations: (B), (C). 



M. baccata cv. Gracilis 



Render in Jour. Arnold Arb. 2: 49 (1920) as M. baccata f. 

 gracilis. 



Received as plant in 1913 from James Veitch & Sons, Ltd., 

 Chelsea, England, who grew plant from seed #329 collected in 

 1910 by William Purdom in northern China. Introd. by the 

 Arnold Arboretum. Original plant Arnold Arboretum No. 10093 

 (dead). 



Description: Flowers; open white, approx. 4.3 cm. across, buds 

 rose pink. Fruit; dark red or brownish red, approx. 8.0 mm. in 

 diam. 



Locations: (A), (B), (C), (J), (L), (O). 



M. baccata var. himalaica (Maxim.) Schneid. 



Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Petersb. 19: 170 (Diagn. PI. 

 Nov. Jap. Mandsh. Dec. 15) (in Mel. Biol. 9: 167) (1873) as Pyrus 

 baccata v. himalaica. Schneider, 111. Handb. Laubh. 1: 721 (1906), 

 exclud. pi. chin, et fig. as M. baccata var. himalaica. 



Introd. 1919 (?). Habitat: western Himalayas; southwestern 

 China. Material of known wild origin grown from seed collected 

 in Yetsi Valley, north of Kulu, in Muli territory, Szechwan, China, 

 by J. F. Rock, Agr. explorer for the Univ. of Calif. Bot. Gard. 

 Expedition, and presented through T. H. Goodspeed, Dept. of Bot., 

 Univ. of Calif., Berkeley, Calif. Received June 27, 1933. Assigned 

 U.S.D.A. Plant Introduction No. 103288. Disease free Ul). 



Location: (P). 



M. baccata cv. Jackii 



Render in Sargent, PI. Wilson. 2: 291 (1915) as Mains baccata 

 f . jackii. 



Introd. by the Arnold Arboretum. Grown from scions sent from 

 Seoul, Korea, in 1905, by J. G. Jack of the Arnold Arboretum. Type 

 plant, now dead, was Arnold Arboretum No. 7348. Grafts from 

 type plant growing at Arnold Arboretum under No. 84-45. Disease 

 free (U). 



Description: Flowers; single, expanding buds white with touch 

 of pink, open pure white, approx. 4 cm. across. Fruit ; purplish or 

 maroon red, tan on shaded side, approx. 1.2 cm. in diam. 



Locations: (B), (C), (J). 



