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40207. MALUS KAIDO. From Stockholm. Sweden. Presented by Velt
Wittrock, Director, Botanic Garden. Perhaps a hybrid between
M. spectabilis and M. ringo, but with larger, more deeply colored
flowers than the former. A useful and showy plant bearing a
profusion of bright red flowers with red calyces and pedicels
and holding its many small fruits sometimes all winter.

27153. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Apple. Prom the Caucasus, Russia.
Collected by F. N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. A large,
green apple with white, fine-grained flesh: rather tough; not
juicy. The flavor is good; slightly subacid. Form oblate,
with deep depressions both at the blossom and stem end.

30326. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Apple. From Chinese Turkestan. Col-
lected by P. N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. A large variety
of the so-called Muz-alma apple. A medium-sized, yellowish-
green apple of glassy texture and sweet taste. Has good keep-
ing qualities. The tree is said to withstand considerable
drought and alkali; introduced for trial in the Southwest.

31653. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Apple. Var. Wainwright. From W. J.
Newberry, Curator. Botanic Gardens, Maritzburg. Natal. A good
subtropical apple.

39829. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Apple. Var. Limoncello. From Rome,
Italy. Presented by Gustav Eisen. A lemon-yellow apple with
crisp, white, juicy flesh having a flavor suggestive of
Cabernet grapes. Said to be the best variety grown in Italy
for the general market. It is not to be preferred to the best
apples of the northern states, but is reported to be superior
to any grown in the central and southern plains of Califor-
nia. Especially adapted to warm dry climates.

43153. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Apple. Var. Cliff's Seedling. From New
Zealand. Received from H. R. Wright. A medium to large, highly
colored fruit with yellow, crisp, juicy flesh of good flavor.

43154. MALUS SYLVESTRI . Apple. Var. Climax. From New Zealand.
Received from H. R. Wright. An excellent dessert apple.

43155. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Apple. Var. Coldstream Guards. From
New Zealand. Received from H. R. Wright. A medium to large
dessert apple; smooth, round, bright colored, and very attrac-
tive in appearance. The tree is said to be a heavy yielder.

43156. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Apple. Var. Cole's Blushing Bride.
From New Zealand. Presented by H. R. Wright. An excellent
dessert apple of handsome appearance; somewhat conical in
shape. Said to be blight-resistant and a heavy yielder.

43157. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Apple. Var. Diadem. Fom New Zealand.
Presented by H. R. Wright. A dessert and cooking apple.

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