
          [photograph of trees plot]

Chinese Wild Peach Tree (Amygdalus
davidiana) at Ames, Iowa, after a January 
temperature of -35 F. had killed to
the ground the Hills Chili peach trees
around it. In Texas and Southern California 
it has proven a very drought resistant 
stock, while in the irrigated
desert region of California it gives
promise of being a very early stock.
        