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18260. PRUNUS ARMENIACA. Apricot. From F.N. Meyer,
Peking, China.  The kernel of this apricot is considered a fine nut
by the Chinese, who eat it salted, after soaking it in water to get
rid of the skin, using it in place of the almond, which is unknown in
China.  This is the "Chinese almond" of foreigners in China.

20072. PRUNUS ARMENIACA. Apricot. From F. N. Meyer,
Liaoyang, Manchuria. A red apricot grown in the gardens of 
Liao-yang. It is of medium size and of very sweet flavor. Should stand
the winters in the Great Plains region.

28956. PRUNUS ARMENIACA. Apricot. From F. N. Meyer,
Askabad, Turkestan.  A large orange-yellow apricot of sweet, 
melting taste, but slightly fibrous. Semiclingstone, with sweet kernels.
Said to have come from Persia.

28962. PRUNUS ARMENIACA. Apricot. From F. N. Meyer,
Orono, Zarafshan Valley, Province of Samarkand, Turkestan.  A
fine variety of apricot, of pale-yellow color, with firm but sweet,
melting flesh, freestone, and having sweet kernels which are eaten
like almonds.

32833. PRUNUS ARMENIACA. Apricot. From F. N. Meyer,
Russian Turkestan.  A native central Asian variety of apricot called
by the natives Bairam Ali, Said to be of excellent quality.
Grafted on Amygdalus davidiana.

32834. PRUNUS ARMENIACA. Apricot. From F. N. Meyer,
Imperial Estate Murgab, Bairam Ali, Oasis of Merv, Russian Turkestan.
A central Asian variety of apricot, called Murgab.  Reported
to be of fine quality.  Budded on Amygdalus davidiana.

34269. PRUNUS ARMENIACA. Apricot. From Dr. Gustav
Eisen, Rome, Italy.  A very large, rounded-oblong apricot, without
points, of orange color, ripens evenly all around; known as the
Crisomelo.

38281. PRUNUS ARMENIACA. Apricot. A Chinese variety,
collected by F. N. Meyer in the village of Tachingko, near Taianfu,
Shantung, China.  Said to be a variety with very large, yellow
fruits, with strong red blush on one side, and sweet, juicy flesh.
Chinese name Ta shui hsing, meaning "Large water apricot."

40012. PRUNUS ARMENIACA. Apricot. From F. N. Meyer,
Lantsai, Kansu, China.  Wild form collected in the mountains,
5,000 to 9,000 feet altitude.  Boiled kernels, though somewhat bitter,
are eaten by the natives.  Of possible value in extending apricot
culture farther north; also as a stock for stone fruits in semiarid
regions and as a hardy spring-flowering park tree in the cooler parts
of the United States.
        