36 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



36600. LiNTBi usiTATissiMra L. Flax. 

 From Bombay, Poona, India. Presented by Mr. William Burns, economic 



botanist. Received November 13, 1913. 

 "From Benares. United Provinces." {Bums.) 



36601. Mall s sp. Apple. 

 From Tsingcliowfu, Shantung, Cliina. Presented by Rev. W. H. Hayes. Re- 

 ceived November 6. 1913. 



"Lin-hin apple. A species of crab apple which I found to make an admirable 

 grafting stock. Seeds were secured from a perfectly ripe fruit wliich was grown in 

 my garden from trees wliich I had set out for grafting purposes. It is not easy to get 

 seed from the Chinese, as they almost always pull the fruit before it is ripe. ' ' (Hayes.) 



36602. Casimiroa edlt^is La Llave. White sapote. 



From Pasadena, Cal. Presented by Mr. Knowles A . Ryerson. Received Novem- 

 ber 15. 1913. 



''Harvey. Grown at Sierra Madre, Cal. It is the best variety growing in southern 

 California at the present time. This particular tree is growing at the foot of the 

 mountains in a soil which is pure, coarse, decomposed granite. It never receives 

 irrigation of any description and but scant cultivation, yet bears enormous crops 

 every year. The frost of last January (1913) caught a few of the blossoms only." - 

 (Ryerson.) 



Distribution. — A tree found from the States of Sinaloa and Durango, in Mexico 

 southeastward to Guatemala. 

 For an illustration of the fruit and leaves of the white sapote, see Plate III. 



36603 to 36605. 



From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. Chester J. Hunn, assistant horticul- 

 turist, Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station. Received November 17, 1913. 

 36603. Persea Americana Miller. Avocado. 

 (P. gratissima Gaertn. f.) 



(No. 149. Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station.) "About 20 years ago 

 Admiral Beardsley, leaving Guatemala for Hawaii, carried with Mm a number 

 of avocados for consumption on the way. He saved two seeds, wrapping them 

 in cotton-wool and packing them in ice. Arriving in Honolulu, he gave one 

 seed to Judge Wiedeman and the other to Mrs. E. K. Wilder. The foimer was 

 planted at 1402 Punahou Street, now occupied by the McDonald, and although 

 both seeds grew, the McDonald is far superior in quality and blooms earlier. 



"Form roundish to spherical; size medium to medium large; cavity small, 

 shallow, and flaring; stem somewhat slender and very long, varying from 6 

 inches to 15 inches in length; surface undulating, very hard, coriaceous, and 

 markedly pitted; color dark olive green to purple with small, very abundant, 

 irregular-shaped yellowish dots; apex a mere dot, shghtly depressed; skin 

 very thick and woody, separating freely from the pulp; flesh yellow in color, 

 running into green at the skin, fine grained, oily, and somewhat buttery, 75 

 per cent of fruit; seed fairly large, roundish, conical, just a trifle loose in^he 

 cavity; flavor rich and nutty. Season July to January. 



"The tree is quite vigorous, but tends to grow upward rather than to branch 

 out, possibly due to confinement. This 'pear' is especially noteworthy, since 

 it will keep for a long time after being removed from the tree. Mr. G. P. Wilder 

 reports that he has kept the fruit for 2| weeks after removal from the tree. 

 The tree carried fruit over tlirough the blossoming period of the following 

 season. Height 40 feet, spread 20 feet. 



