﻿Inventory 56, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate VI 



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Fruits, Seeds, and Leaves of an Improved Variety of the Yang Mei. 

 (Myrica rubra Sieb. and Zucc, S. P. I. No. 46571.) 



Whereas in Japan the yama momo (mountain peach), as it is called, is a fruit of comparatively 

 little importance, in parts Gf China, where it is called yang mei or nagi, various distinct horti- 

 cultural varieties have been developed. The fruits of these vary in size from that of a cherry 

 to that of a medium-sized plum, in color from dull white to deep carmine, and in flavor from 

 very acid to refreshingly sweet. The tree is evergreen and when in fruit strikingly beautiful. 

 It is a slow grower and 'difficult to transplant. The fine varieties are worked on small-fruited 

 seedling stocks. In America trees have fruited in September at Del Monte and Chico, Calif., 

 and specimens are growing at Brooksville, Fla. This species grows wild in rather poor but 

 well-drained rocky soils in semishaded localities and will stand temperatures of 113° F. The 

 showy color of its fruit, the intense carmine of their juice, the ability of the tree to grow in 

 rocky semishaded localities, and the various uses to which its fruit can be put should entitle 

 the yang mei to the serious consideration of American horticulturists. For description of the 

 introduction of seeds of the yang mei, see S. P. I. No. 46571. (Photographed by F. N. Meyer, 

 Hangchow, Chekiang, China, June 30, 1915; P13220FS.) 



