
          43142. AMYGDALUS PERSICA NECTARINA . Nectarine . Var. Lippiatt ' s
Red Orange. From New Zealand. Presented by H. R. Wright.

43143. AMYGDALUS PERSICA NECTARINA. Nectarine. Var. Muir's
Seedling. From New Zealand, Presented by H.R. Wright. Fruit
is of large size, with cream-colored, sweet, juicy, tender
flesh. The color is bronze-red. Said to be a heavy yielder.

43144. AMYGDALUS PERSICA NECTARINA. Nectarine. Var. New Boy.
From New Zealand. Presented by H. R. Wright. The brilliant-
crimson fruit is of large size with white, sweet, juicy flesh
of exquisite flavor. The tree is very hardy and prolific.

43146. AMYGDALUS PERSICA NECTARINA. Nectarine. Var. Sure-keep.
From New Zealand. Presented by H. R. Wright. This variety is
said to be a very regular yielder. The fruits are of large
size and are said to be of good quality.

47318. ANNONA CHERIMOLA- Cherlmoya. From San Jose, Costa Rica.
Presented by F. Ruin. A subtropical tree native to the Andes
of Peru. Produces fruits of exquisite flavor.

46781. ANNONA DIVERSIFOLIA . From Guatemala. Collected by
Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural Explorer. A small tropical tree
which produces pale green, heart-shaped, thick-skinned fruits
with rose-tinted, juicy flesh of delicious flavor.

47871. ANNONA MURICATA. Soursop. From Bogota, Colombia. Pre-
sented by M, T. Dawe. A small tropical evergreen tree which
bears ovoid or hearts-shaped , edible fruits 6 to 8 inches in
diameter and weighing up to 5 pounds. The fleshy, pleasantly
acid pulp is excellent for table use and for jellies and
preserves. Care must be taken to remove the skin in preparing
the fruit for table use,

47875. ANNONA SQUAMOSA. Sugar-apple. From Bogota, Colombia.
Presented by W. 0. Wolcott. The fruits are of the size of
apples and suggest pine cones in general appearance. When
fully ripe the fruit is soft and the carpels separate readily
exposing the snow-white, delicately flavored pulp. May be
eaten out of hand and resembles the cherimoya in flavor but
is less acid. One of the most important fruits of the Tropics.
It Is particularly adapted to dry regions but will withstand
only a few degrees of frost.

46704. ANTIDESMA BUNIUS. From the Philippine Islands. Pre-
sented by the Director of the College of Agriculture, Los
Bancs, Laguna. A small, handsome tropical tree with dark,
evergreen leaves of, bitter flavor. Fruits, about the size of
a pea produced in long racemes, are dark red in color, ripen-
ing to black. They are of a sweet, subacid flavor and are
used In Java for preserving; may also be eaten raw.

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