
          tapering toward one end and terminating in a sharp point. The fruit 
is an excellent one for general purposes, and processes well.

38249. ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA. Li jujube. From Fuma, Shansi Province, 
China. Scions collected by Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. 
The largest variety yet introduced into this country, and somewhat 
later in ripening than most other sorts. The fruits are round to 
ovoid in form, and 1 1/4 to 2 inches long. The stone is rather small, 
ovoid in form, tapering toward one end and terminating in a sharp 
point. An excellent sort, highly recommended.

45638. ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA. Indian jujube. From India and southern 
China. Presented by G. Regnard from plants grown in Port Louis, 
Mauritius Island, Africa. This moderate-sized tree is cultivated in 
villages of western India and wild in the forests of the Punjab and 
United Provinces. The leaves are dark green above, woolly below; the 
spines, if present, are short. The flowers are borne in several-flowered 
axillary cymes similar to those of Z. jujuba except that the 
flower stalk and calyx are abundantly soft-hairy. The fruit is spherical 
and generally one inch in diameter with a stone larger in proportion 
to the flesh than the Chinese jujubes. The fruits are generally 
quite acid, though by cultivation they are much improved both in size 
and flavor, resembling crab apples. The ripe fruits are excellent 
when stewed, and when unripe they may be pickled. The pulp is dried, 
mixed with salt and tamarinds to form a condiment, or is made into 
chutnies. The leaves constitute a valuable forage and the bark yields 
tannic acid. The hard reddish wood is used in ordinary construction 
work and in furniture making. In the continental United States this 
species can probably be grown only in southern Florida. It is worthy 
of trial in tropical America generally and may prove useful in breeding 
to increase the acidity of the Chinese jujubes; its handsome foliage 
even renders it attractive as an ornamental.

44442. ZIZIPHUS MISTOL. Mistol, From Tucuman, Argentina. Seeds presented  
by E. F. Schultz, horticulturist, Tucuman Experiment Station. 
A spiny tree native to Argentina, attaining 30 feet in height with 
oval leathery hoary-pubescent leaves about 1 inch long, and edible 
black fruits about one-third of an inch in diameter, with large stones. 
The wood is red and hard but not known to be of commercial value. As 
it is not very frost resistant, its cultivation is probably limited 
to southern Florida and tropical America.

51741. ZIZIPHUS SPINA-CHRISTI. From Haifa, Syria. Seeds presented 
by Amram Khazanoff. A shrub 10 to 17 feet high with whitish, spiny 
branches, rounded or heart-shaped leaves four-fifths of an inch to 
1 3/5 inches long, and roundish, dry, astringent fruits about the size 
of hazel nuts. This species is much cultivated in the gardens and 
oases of the Sudan, and is chiefly used as a shrub for shading crops. 
Its tendency to sucker has rendered it impractical for stock purposes, 
and it should not be planted in ground upon which it is contemplated 
to set out other crops, as the eradication of the roots is difficult.

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