
          56321. MALUS YUNNANENSIS. Apple. From Yunnan, China. Collected 
by J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A tree 30 to 40 feet high which 
grows among limestone bowlders along watercourses on the Likiang Snow 
Range at altitudes of 10,000 to 12,000 feet. The yellowish crimson 
fruits, about one inch in diameter, are borne in large clusters.

54093. MALUS ZUMI. Dwarf Apple. Presented by the Arnold Arboretum, 
Jamaica Plain, Mass. A low and much-branched tree native to the mountains 
of central Japan. It reaches a maximum height of 20 feet, and 
has a twiggy growth forming a compact rounded head. The pinkish flowers 
are borne in great profusion and are followed by red fruits. This 
number, 54093, is said to be a large-fruited form. It is recommended 
for trial as a stock plant.

54267. MALUS sp. Apple. Collected by H. C. Skeels of this Office 
at the Geneva Experiment Station, New York. Seedlings of S.P.I. No. 
21065, a crab apple originally sent from Kirin, Manchuria, by Frank N. 
Meyer, Agricultural Explorer.

55817. MALUS sp. Apple. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer. In the vicinity of Likiang this tree, 
growing 40 feet high, is found wild and semicultivated. The handsome 
fruits, about 2 inches in diameter, are bright crimson shading to yellow. 
The flesh is firm, with an acidulous flavor and not mealy in 
texture.

NOTE. The attention of plant breeders and horticulturists is directed 
to this and the following numbers of Malus, collected in Yunnan by Agricultural Explorer Joseph F. Rock. These plants have been introduced 
not only with the object of furnishing new ornamental forms of this 
popular genus, but more particularly with a view to securing new and 
valuable stock plants on which to graft cultivated apples, and to supply 
plant breeders with material to utilize in hybridizing with forms 
already known in the United States. The collection of Malus offered 
in this season's Descriptive List is probably the most remarkable which 
the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction has ever secured.

55889. MALUS sp. Apple. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A large, vigorous tree, growing wild and 
semicultivated. The fruits, about the size of walnuts, are bright 
crimson with yellow cheeks and are quite ornamental. The flesh is acid-
sweet and very palatable as well as being excellent for jam and jelly.

56092. MALUS sp. Apple. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer. This large tree with ascending branches 
is found in the mountains near Taipingpu, at an altitude of 8,200 feet. 
The fruits have yellowish green skins and are about 2 inches in diameter. 
The flesh is pleasantly aromatic though sour to the taste.

56093. MALUS sp. Apple. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer. This apple is wild in the Yangpi Mountains, 
where it grows at an altitude of 7,800 feet. The fruits are of handsome 
appearance with bright-red and yellow skins.

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