
          56094. MALUS sp. Apple. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer. This tree, 30 feet high with a trunk 2 to 2 1/2 
feet in diameter and straight ascending branches, is found wild in red 
clayey soil on the mountains between Yangpi and Taipingpu, at an altitude 
of 8,000 feet. The very numerous fruits, the size of small apples, 
are yellowish with a bright-red tinge. They have firm, very aromatic, 
but sour flesh.

56136. MALUS sp. Apple. From Yunnan, China. Collected by Miss Clara 
Peterson for J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer. In the mountains near 
Puerhfu, at an altitude of about 6,000 feet, this apple grows wild. 
Its fruits are small, hard and sour.

56275. MALUS sp. Apple. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer. A tree 30 to 40 feet high, occuring wild along 
watercourses in the Kuyung Mountains north of Tengyueh, at an altitude 
of 7,000 feet.

56322. MALUS sp. Apple. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer. This species reaches heights of 60 to 80 feet 
and has stout straight branches. It grows on the slopes of the Likiang 
Snow Range at altitudes of about 12,000 feet. The dark-green leaves 
are very handsome, being silvery beneath, and the oval, yellow fruits 
have sour, aromatic flesh and large seeds. The tree is strikingly ornamental.

56325. MALUS sp. Apple. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer. A low-growing tree 15 to 20 feet in height, 
found in dense forests on the Salwin Ridge at altitudes of about 8,000 
feet. The leaves are ornamental and conspicuous with their red veins 
and leaf -stalks. The oval, yellow, acid fruits are tipped with a persistent 
beaklike calyx.

56474. MALUS sp. Apple. From Yunnan, China. Collected by Miss Clara 
Peterson for J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A wild apple which 
grows at an altitude of 6,000 feet. The small, globose fruits are yellowish 
with a tinge of pink on the side exposed to the sun.

56475. MALUS sp. Apple. From Yunnan, China. Collected by Miss Clara 
Peterson and presented to J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A wild 
apple tree obtained from the hills at an altitude of 6,000 feet.

29505. MANGIFERA INDICA. Borsha Mango. From India. Received from 
William Burns, Economic Botanist to the government of Bombay. This 
has proved to be one of the finest Indian mangos yet fruited in Florida. 
In general character it strongly resembles Mulgoba; the fruits are oblong, 
slightly pointed toward the lower end, about 12 ounces in weight, 
the surface bright yellow, washed with crimson on the side exposed to 
the sun. The yellow flesh is entirely free from fiber, and has a rich, 
aromatic flavor. The tree gives promise of bearing more regularly than 
Mulgoba. It is worthy of trial in all mango-growing regions.

42463. MARANTA ARUNDINACEA. West Indian Arrowroot. From Jamaica.

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