
          sented by H. M. Curran. A small, white-flowered bulbous plant cultivated 
in the gardens along the Magdalena River. It is related to the 
Atamasco Lily of gardens.

38180. ZINZIBER OFFICINALE. Ginger. From Feicheng, Shantung, China. 
Collected by Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. When originally 
introduced, some years ago, Meyer described this as a variety of the 
ordinary commercial ginger grown on sandy loam and much sold in the 
Shantung markets. Experiments at the Plant Introduction Garden near 
Washington have shown that it can be grown in that latitude without 
the least difficulty, when treated as an annual. The rhizomes, which 
are gathered in early fall, may be stored in dry sand over winter and 
replanted in spring. Clumps may be divided annually, some of the roots 
being saved for replanting and others used for the preparation of preserved ginger, dried ginger, and other products. No particular cultural 
attention is required. The plant thrives in a moist well-drained 
soil.

Introduced Varieties of the Jujube.

Note: ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA, the Chinese jujube, is one of the five principal 
fruits of China. It occurs in many excellent horticultural varieties, 
and has been cultivated for at least 4,000 years. The four kinds 
described below were secured and introduced into the United States by 
the late Frank N. Meyer. Investigations in China and tests carried on 
at Chico, Calif., and elsewhere, for the past ten years have convinced 
us that the jujube is suited for cultivation in the semiarid regions 
of the Southwest where soil alkalinity, early spring frosts, and a 
light rainfall limit the growing of many other fruits. The tree, 
often very ornamental, ranges from 15 to 40 feet in height.

Jujubes are utilized in China in a great variety of ways, fresh, 
boiled with millet and rice, or baked. When they are processed, or 
made into glace fruits by scoring and boiling them in honey and sugar 
sirup, they are strikingly like dates. Experiments with the fruits in 
this country have demonstrated the possibility of their being utilized 
as a dainty and delectable confection when processed.

22684. ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA. Mu shing hong jujube. From Tsintse, Shansi, 
China. Scions collected by Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. The 
fruits of this variety are ellipsoidal, somewhat flattened at the end, 
and of large size, sometimes as much as 1 3/4 inches broad. The stone is 
medium to large, and sharply pointed. Sometimes the bony portion of 
the stone does not harden, thus giving rise to what are termed seedless 
fruits. While trees of this variety do not bear as heavily as do those 
of some other sorts, the fruits have a high sugar content. An excellent 
jujube with shapely fruits which process well.

22686. ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA. Lang jujube. From Tsintse, Shansi, China. 
Scions secured by Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. The fruits 
are obovoid to pear-shaped, sometimes oblique, of large size, often as 
much as an inch and a half in greatest diameter. The stone is ellipsoid, 
medium-sized, tapering to one end which terminates in a sharp 
spine. This variety is a heavy bearer, and the fruits have a high

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