2228. PRUNUS PSEUDO- 
GERASUS. Japanese flowering 
cherry. Fugenzo. From the Yokohama 
Nursery Company, Yokohama, Japan. 
One of the famous flowering cherries 
ef Japan so extensively planted in 
parks and as an avenue tree in that 
country and so much admired by vis- 
itors. The trees are literally covered 
in early spring with beautiful pink 
flowers. Habit upright. 
26886. PRUNUS SIMONI. 
Apricot-pliuim, From Wir. Frank N. 
Meyer, Dongsi, China. A fruit that 
looks like an apricot; very fragrant; 
sour; with downy, dull-yellow skin, 
rather small-sized. 
18587. PRUNUS SP. Cherry. 
From Frank N. Meyer, Tang-hsi, 
China. Trees produce small sweet red 
cherries of good quality. Fruit ripens 
early in the season. 
2S921. PRUNUS SP. Cherry. 
From Dr. T. Waitase, Tokyo, Japan. 
“Oshima Sakura.” One of the fastest 
growing cherry trees in Japan, the 
wood of which is highly valued for 
making charcoal. Beautiful charcoal 
is much prized by the Japanese for 
their open fires. ight be tested asa 
stock for the commercial fruiting 
cherries, 
Si652. PRUNUS SP. Plum. 
From Mr. W. J. Newberry, curator, 
Botanic Gardens, Lapeer? Natal, 
South Africa. “Methiey.” A dark red 
fruit; flesh dark red, firm; stone me- 
dium in size, cling; flavor and 
quality good; season very early. 
32751. PRUNUS SP. Prune. 
From Mr. Felix Wenger, Langenbuhl, 
Thun, Berne, Switzerland. This prune 
resembles the Italian but is much 
larger and contains more sugar. Itis 
locally knownas the “grafted prune.” 
To be tested in the northwestern sec- 
tion of the United States, 
