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Plate I. Fig. 1. — A thrifty persimmon orchard in the Ming Tombs Valley, 

 north of Peking. Fig. 2. — A near view of some heavily loaded 

 branches of the Tamopan persimmon, a large, seedless, non- 

 astringent variety 10 



II. Tamopan persimmon 12 



III. Fig. 1. — A grove of persimmon trees near Hangchow, Chekiang 



Province, central China. Fig. 2. — A large specimen of the lotus- 

 flower persimmon tree, at Taidjatsoa, Chihli Province, China 14 



IV. Fig. 1. — View in an orchard of the famous Fei peaches at Feitcheng, 



Shantung Province, China. Fig. 2. — A large specimen of a Chinese 

 jujube tree, called the "Mu shing hong tsao," or pointed jujube, at 

 Tsingyuenhsien, Shansi Province, China 18 



V. Fig. 1. — The wild peach (Amygdalus davidiana) commonly used 



as a stock for stone fruits. Fig. 2. — A heavily loaded tsao or 

 Chinese jujube tree (Zizyphus sativa) in a compound near Ninyang, 

 Shantung Province, China 20 



VI. Fig. 1. — An old specimen of the "Lang tsao," or mellow jujube, at 



Tsintze, Shansi Province, China, showing the peculiar habit of 

 growth characteristic of this variety. Fig. 2. — A near view of the 

 trunk of a Chinese seedless jujube tree near Laoling, Shantung 

 Province, China, showing the rings that have been made each year 

 by sawing through the bark to make the trees bear more heavily ... 36 



TEXT FIGURES. 



Fig. 1. The trunk of a persimmon tree more than a century old in a temple 



courtyard near Taianfu, Shantung Province, China 11 



2 . Four seedless Tamopan persimmons 12 



3. Seedless persimmons, showing their remarkable shape 13 



4. Large dried persimmons, said to have come from northern Honan, China 14 



5. The wild persimmon tree (Diospyros lotus) in its native habitat in the 



mountains near Changli, Chihli Province, China 15 



6. The trunk of a large specimen of the wild persimmon tree (Diospyros 



lotus), showing its black bark with deep irregular grooves 16 



7. A tree of the wild peach (Amygdalus davidiana) growing among rocks 



in the mountains near Fangshan, Chihli Province, China 20 



8. A heavily loaded branch of a large-fruited variety of the Chinese "bush 



cherry" (Prunus tomentosa) in a garden in Fongwhangcheng, Man- 

 churia 23 



9. The best three varieties of pears of the Kwohsien district, Shansi Prov- 



ince, China 27 



10. A group of trees of a large-fruited variety of the Chinese haw (Cratae- 



gus pinnatifida) near Changli, Chihli Province, China 34 



11. Chinese smoked jujubes 37 



12. Chinese jujubes of the "Chin sze tsao " variety, used extensively in the 



manufacture of so-called honey jujubes ("Mi tsao") 38 



13. Small honey jujubes , 39 



14. The best of the Chinese honey jujubes 39 



15. A grapevine of a tender variety just removed from a trench where it 



was protected for five months 41 



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