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22684. ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA. Chinese jujube.  From F. N.
Meyer, Tsintze, Shansi, China.  Becomes large tree and attains great
age.  Old trees are very little branched, spineless, and sucker but
little.  Fruits produced on Texan trees raised from bud wood of the
original importation were large, 1½ inches long and 1⅛ inches in
diameter, oblong, with very fine-grained, heavy flesh.  Chinese name
Mu shing hong tsao.

22686. ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA. Jujube.  From F. N. Meyer,
Tsintze, Shansi, China. Trees large and spreading, forming a
marked contrast to the small, little-branched habit of most other
Chinese jujubes.  Fruits small, oblong, reddish colored, and pos-
sessing a very mellow sweet flavor.  name Lang tsao, or
"meUow jujube."  Trees resist drought and are probably quite
hardy. (PL XIX.)

30488. ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA. Jujube.  From Dr. W. M. Hayes,
Chinchowfu, China.  Cuttings of the largest fruited varieties of
jujube to be obtained in the vicinity of Chinchowfu. (PI. XX.)

35254. ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA. Jujube.  From F. N. Meyer,
Peking, China.  Trees of this variety do not grow very old and possess
few suckers.Fruits are either entirely seedless or else possess a
very soft kernel not noticeably differen in taste and texture from
the flesh.  The candied fruits have a flavor intermediate between
raisins and candied citron rind.  Chinese name Wu h u tsao.

35287. ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA. Wild jujube. The seeds of this
plant were collected by F. N. Meyer on the city wall of Peking,
China.  A very spiny shrub or small tree, very drought resistant,
sometimes used in China as a stock for cultivated jujubes and should
be tried as a stock for these fruits here.

36852. ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA. Jujube.  From F. N. Meyer,
Peking, China.  A variety with large, round-oblong fruits of a dark
mahogany color.  Flesh somewhat juicy and quite sweet.  Trees of
rather small growth, very spiny.  Cultivated in Peking gardens
under the name Ta tsao, meaning "big jujube."  Spiny tree, hardy,
suited to cultivation in dry and irrigated regions.

36853. ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA. Jujube.  From F. N. Meyer,
Peking, China. Trees of this variety grow to a considerable size,
with heavy trunks and but few spines.  Is said to produce more
fruit when ringed annually, by removing a thin ring of bark from
the trunk.  Fruits rather small, nearly spherical, reddish brown,
possessing very sweet flesh.  Cultivated under the name Hsiao
tsao, ''small jujube."
        