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30328. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Akalma apple. From F. N.
Meyer, Khotan, Chinese Turkestan. Variety with medium-sized
fruits, often large, white, of subacid, fairly good flavor. Small tree,
but able to stand drought, alkali, and neglect. For experiments in
the hot, arid desert regions of the Southwest under irrigation.

30353. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Muzalma apple. From Karawag,
Chinese Turkestan, through F. N. Meyer. Variety thought
to be identical with S. P. I. No. 30309, from Khotan, with medium-
sized yellowish green fruits of peculiar glassy texture; taste sweet
but somewhat insipid; good keeping qualities; ripening in autumn;
able to withstand considerable drought and alkali. Becomes spreading
when old.

30635. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Apple. From F. N. Meyer,
Kashgar, Chinese Turkestan. An apple called Kizilalma, with large
red fruits of fresh, sweet taste. Ripens in July. May prove to be
suitable for hot, dry regions where other apples do not thrive.

31653. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Apple, var. Wainwright.
From W. J. Newberry, curator. Botanic Gardens, Pietermaritzburg,
Natal, South Africa. A good subtropical apple.

35636. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Apple. From Svend Lange,
Novo Nikolayefsk, Siberia. A variety called Liestnaya Antonoffka,
from southern Russia.

39829. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Limoncello apple. Best va-
riety grown in Italy for general market. Presented by Dr. Gustav
Eisen, Rome. Lemon-yellow, with light flush; flesh crisp, white,
juicy; flavor strong, suggesting Cabernet grapes; fine shipper; especially
adapted to warm, dry climates. Not to be preferred to best
apples from Northern States, but reported to be superior to any
grown in the central and southern plains of California.

43705. MALUS ZUMI. From the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica
Plain, Mass. Usually a low, much-branched tree, with rounded head,
up to 20 feet in height; but sometimes 40 feet tall and of more
pyramidal habit. It much resembles both M. sargentii and M. sieboldii,
but differs in its oblong leaves on slender petioles and larger
flowers, opening pink but becoming pure white. The red fruits, 1 1/2
inches in diameter, are an added attraction to the general ornamental
appearance of this tree. Native of central Japan.
        