﻿Inventory 42, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate VII. 



Trunk of Potanin'S Peach (Amygdalus persica potanini, S. P. I. No. 40007). 



A wild peach, of the type of A . davidiana, but seldom growing so large; maximum 30 feet. Occurs 

 at altitudes of 4,000 to 7,000 feet in side valleys, especially in well-sheltered warm mountain 

 pockets. Its fruits are not edible, but as a stock for stone fruits it may prove more drought 

 resistant even than davidiana. Its behavior on a hillside location is shown in the illustration. 

 Photographed by Frank N. Meyer, October 29, 1914 (P12108FS). 



