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34267. PRUNUS DOMESTICA. Papagone prune. From
Rome, Italy. Presented by Dr. Gustav Eisen, San Francisco, Cal.
Fruits average 2 1/2 by 1 1/2 inches, often 3 by 1 5/8 inches, elongate-ovoid,
greenish yellow, darker on shaded side; fine gray bloom; very thin,
smooth skin; stalk short, one-half inch or less; seed very thin and
remarkably small for size of fruit; flesh firm, sweet, and highly
flavored.

34268. PRUNUS DOMESTICA. Prune. From Rome, Italy.
Presented by Dr. Gustav Eisen, of the California Academy of Sciences,
San Francisco, Cal. Called Prunaringia; grown near Naples.
Fruit dark green, averaging about 2 1/2 by 1 1/2 inches, elongate-ovoid.
Very sweet and highly flavored. When ripe has one or more vertical
slits on cheek. Can not stand long shipments, but should prove
excellent for canning and preserving.

40498. PRUNUS DOMESTICA. Papagone prune. From
Dr. Gustav Eisen, Boscotrecase, near Naples, Italy. Reported as
one of the finest of plums. Fruit greenish yellow, oblong, about 3
inches long, with a remarkably long, thin, slender stone. Dr. Eisen
says that "the quality of this can not be too highly praised."

38337. PRUNUS GLANDULOSA. Flowering cherry. From
F. N. Meyer, Tsaochowfu, Shantung, China. Ornamental flowering
shrub of bushy habit, rarely over 5 feet tall, with nearly oblong
leaves and beautiful, large, double flowers, white with pink center.
Closely allied to P. japonica, from which it differs in its narrower
leaves. Sometimes cultivated under the name of "flowering almond."
This, however, is an entirely different plant, related to the
peaches. Native of China.

37645. PRUNUS GRAYANA. Gray's bird cherry. Presented
by the Botanic Gardens, Petrograd, Russia. Small ornamental
tree. Native of Japan, 20 to 30 feet high. Closely resembles
the European bird cherry (P. padus), but has erect (not drooping)
racemes of white flowers about 4 inches long. These appear in June
and are followed by the black fruits in August.

PRUNUS MAXIMOWICZII. Korean flowering cherry.
From the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. A distinct and
attractive species, up to 20 or 30 feet in height. Leaves oval, bright
green, doubly and deeply toothed. Flowers white, about three-
fourths of an inch across, appearing with the full foliage. Fruits
about the size of small peas, red, turning to black. Native of Korea,
Manchuria, Sakhalin, and Japan.
        