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63292 to 63323— Continued. 



63303 to 63308. PRUNUS arMENIACA L. 



Apricot. 



. No. 2114. Chiuchou. Febru- 

 ary 13, 1925. A variety which 

 Mr. Fa says is Ping Kuo Pai Sha 

 Kuo (apple white apricot). The 

 fruits, half red and half white 

 with white flesh, ripen in July and 

 are 1% inches in diameter. 



63304. No. 2130. Chiuchou. Febru- 

 ary 14, 1925. Hsiao Pai Hsing 

 (small white apricot), 1% to 2 

 inches in diameter, which ripens 

 in June, becoming white or light 

 green. 



63305. No. 2135. Chiuchou. Febru- 

 ary 14, 1925. Mai Huang Hsing 

 (straw yellow apricot) . The fruits 

 are reported to be 1 to 1% inches 

 in diameter and ripen in June, be- 

 coming white and yellow. 



63306. No. 2138. Chiuchou. Febru- 

 ary 14, 1925. Hung Lao Yieh 

 Lien Hsing (red god-faced apri- 

 cot). The red fruits, 2 to 3 inches 

 in diameter, ripen in July. 



63307. No. 2140. Chiuchou. Febru- 

 ary 14, 1925. Cha Hua Pa Ta 

 Hsing (flower rod apricot). The 

 clingstone fruits, 1% inches in di- 

 ameter, ripen in eary July. They 

 are white and blushed with pink. 



. No. 2146. Chiuchou. Febru- 

 ary 14, 1925. Mien Pa Ta Hsing 

 (soft rod apricot). The fruits, 

 1Y 2 inches in diameter, ripen in 

 early August, becoming yellow. 



63309 to 63311. Pbcnds tomentosa 

 Thunb. Manchu cherry. 



63309. No. 2104. Chiuchou. Febru- 

 ary 13, 1925. Hung Shan Tou 

 Ying T'ao (red bush cherry) pre- 

 sented by Wang Chieh Ting. The 

 fruits are of average size and 

 ripen the middle of June. 



63310. No. 2141. February 14, 1925. 

 Pai Shan Tou Ying T'ao (white 

 bush cherry) from Liukuanying 

 village. The average-sized fruits 

 ripen the end of May or early in 

 June. 



63311. No. 2147. Chiuchou. Febru- 

 ary 14, 1925. Hung Shan Tou 

 Ying T'ao (red bush cherry), of 

 average size, which ripens about 

 the middle of June. 



63312 to 63314. Prunus spp. Plum. 



63312. Prunus sp. 



No. 2103. Chiuchou. February 

 13, 1925. Hung Li Tze (red plum), 

 secured in Mr. Ting's orchard. The 

 fruits are reported to be 1% inches 

 in diameter, to ripen in June, and to 

 be of good quality. 



63313. Prunus sp. 



No. 2108. Chiuchou. February 



13, 1925. Niu Hsin Hung Li Tze 

 (ox-heart red plum). This variety 

 is 1% to 2 inches in diameter, 

 ripens the end of August, and is a 

 purple red. 



63314. Prunus sp. 



No. 2131. Chiuchou. February 



14, 1925. Chiu Ken Li Tze (au- 

 tumn plunf) . The red fruits are said 

 to be 1 to 1% inches in diameter ; 

 ripen the end of August. 



63292 to 63323 — Continue'!. 



63315 to 63319. Pyrus spp. Malaceae. 



Pear. 

 63315. Pyrus sp. 



No. 2115. Chiuchou. February 13, 

 1925. Ya Kuang Li (broad duck pear), 

 secured from Mr. Wang's orchard. A 

 large, dark-yellow, irregular pear, 3 to 

 4 inches in diameter, which ripens in 

 early October. 



. Pyrus sp. 



No. 2115-a. Chiuchou. February 

 13, 1925. Ya Kuang Li (broad duck 

 pear), secured from Mr. Wang's or- 

 chard. A large, dark-yellow, irregular 

 pear, 3 to 4 inches in diameter, which 

 ripens in early October. The same 

 pear as No. 2115 [S. P. I. No. 63315], 

 but from a different tree. 



63317. Pyrus sp. 



No. 2117. Chiuchou. February 13, 

 1925. This variety is called Suan Li 

 (sour pear) by Mr. Fa. It is yellow, 

 about 2 inches in diameter, and ripens 

 the end of August. 



63318. Pyrus sp. 



No. 2118. Chiuchou. February 13, 

 1925. Chiu Feng Tze Li (golden lan- 

 tern pear). The fruits are yellow 

 blushed with pink and are 2 to 3 

 inches in diameter ; ripen the end of 

 August. 



63319. Pyrus sp. 



No. 2150. En route from Chiuchou 

 to the village of Liuyuan. February 

 15. 1925. T'ieh Li (iron pear). The 

 fruits are yellow, 1% to 2 inches in 

 diameter, and ripen in September. 



63320 and 63321. Salix spp. Salicaceae. 



Willow. 

 ). Salix sp. 



No. 2153. Tiuyuan. February 15, 

 1925. Ch'a Tze Lm (fork willow). 

 From this tree the Chinese make their 

 3-tined pitchforks by selecting properly 

 placed branches and then steaming the 

 cut branches to bend to the desired 

 shape. 



63321. Salix sp. 



No. 2154. Wangming. February 15, 

 1925. Ch'ing P'i Lui (green-skinned 

 basket willow). 



63322 and 63323. Ziziphus jujuba Mill. 

 (Z. sativa Gaertn.). Rhamnaceae. 



Jujube. 



No. 2120. Chiuchou. February 

 13. 1925. P'ao Tsao (inflated ju- 

 jube). The mahogany fruits, about 

 three-fourths by 1 to sometimes 1% 

 inches long, ripen the middle of 

 September. 



63323. No. 2151. Liuyuan. February 

 15, 1925. Wu Ho Tsao (seedless ju- 

 jube). Secured from Liu Tai Ho. 

 The tree has a spread of about 20 

 feet, and 2 feet above the ground it 

 measured 29 inches in circumfer- 

 ence. It is reported to be 60 years 

 old. The fruits are mahogany brown 

 and about three-fourths of an inch 

 in diameter and 1 to 1% inches in 

 length. 



