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41877. VITIS DAVIDII. Grape.  From central China.  Presented 
by Mrs. A. Anderson, Shanghai, China.  Luxuriant, deciduous,
ornamental climber with soft spines.  Fruit said to be about
two-thirds of an inch in diameter, black, and of pleasant flavor.  Its
adaptability to tropical climate and apparent disease resistance suggest 
possible value in production of hybrid grapes suited to the
southern Atlantic States. (PL XVII.)

41707. VITIS TILIAEFOLIA. Mexican grape.  From Dr.
C. A. Purpus, Zacuapam, Vera Cruz, Mexico.  A tropical species of
vine with very sour fruit, which is said to make a most excellent
jelly, resembling that from currants.  Found growing in sunny
places in brush woods.  Suggest crossing with V. vinifera and North
American species to produce varieties of table grapes for the Tropics.

41775. YUCCA ANGUSTISSIMA. Presented by Ben Johnson,
Utah Rare Plant Co., Salt Lake City, Utah.  A very narrow-leaved
species, the white-bordered, sharply pointed leaves being only 
three-fourths to 2 inches wide and 8 to 15 inches long. The pure-white,
bell-shaped flowers are arranged in a branched inflorescence 3 to 5
feet long.  Native of southeastern Utah, southwestern Nevada, and
northwestern Arizona in the region of the Colorado Eiver.

36667. ZEA MAYS. Corn.  An early-ripening variety of flint
maize, collected by F. N. Meyer, Peking, China.  Reported to be of
dwarf growth and of very early ripening habits, occupying the
ground from 8 to 10 weeks. Chinese name To kwei boun tze (earliest
of all maize).

17752. ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA. Jujube.  From F. N. Meyer,
Changli, Chihli, China.  Fruit in size and shape very similar to the
jujube seedlings commonly grown in Texas, but rather finer flavored,
about an inch long; skin thin but tough, flesh of unusual 
sprightliness of flavor.  A heavy bearer. (PL XVIII.)

17892. ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA. Wild jujube.  From F. N.
Meyer, Peking, China.  A very spiny bush of weedy tendencies, or
occasionally a small tree.  Found growing in dry, sterile soil.  
Commonly occurring on the city walls of Peking and neighboring cities.
Fruit small, with a pleasant acid taste. Of possible value as a stock
for the large-fruited jujubes or tsaos.

19394. ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA. Chinese jujube. From F. N.
Meyer, Peking, China.  A large-fruited variety often met with in
Chinese markets.  Seedling trees grown at Chico, Call., now about
20 feet high, have produced large quantities of fruit of most excellent
flavor.  Seven hundred small boxes of candied fruit from these trees
were served at the 1913 banquet of the National Geographic Society.
        