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49325 to 49334— Continued. 



is described as large :ind of excellent quality. It is said to be 

 pear sbaped, somewhat slender, up to about 2 pounds in weight, 

 with ivory-white flesh free from fiber and of excellent quality in 

 every way. The parent tree is probably 50 years old, if not 

 more; it is about 50 feet high and is said to be productive; at the 

 time this budwood was cut (Dec. 26) it was in tlower. The sea- 

 son of rii)ening is August and September. 



"In this variety and the previous one (Vera Paz) I believe we 

 have two coyos of as good quality as can be obtained, and with 

 them as a beginning I believe it will be readily possible to de- 

 velop from this species a fruit new to horticulture and of great 

 vnlue for tropical and subtropical regions." 



49331. RuBUS ADENOTEiCHOS Schlecht. Rosacese. Blackberry. 

 "(No. 243a. Coban, Alta Vera Paz. December 27, 1919,) Probably 



the best wild blackberry of Alta Vera Paz. It is not, however, so 

 distinct from the cultivated berries of the North as to make it of great 

 interest to northern horticulturists. It is a vigorous species, making 

 a bush about 10 feet high and fruiting fairly profusely. The fruits are 

 three-quarters of an inch to an inch in length and in flavor and color not 

 distinguishable from some of the cultivated blackberries. In Kekchi it 

 is, along with two or three other species, called tol'dn; in Spanish 

 vi07'a." 



49332. RuBus glaucus Benth. Rosaceae. Andes berry. 

 "(No. 244a. Coban, Alta Vera Paz. December 27, 1919.) Tokdn 



uuh (Kekchi) ; mora (Spanish). The most remarkable Rubus of Vera 

 Paz and one which seems to possess unusual promise. It can best be 

 likened to the loganberry in character, yet its flavor is more nearly that 

 of the red raspberry. Because of the large size of the fruits and their 

 excellent quality it merits a careful trial in the United States. 



" In habit the plant is suberect or even trailing, and it makes little 

 w^ood. The canes sometimes reach 10 to 15 feet in length. The stems 

 and lower surfaces of the leaves are silvery white, by which means it 

 is easy to distinguish the species from the others which occur in Alta 

 Vera Paz. Compared to most of them it is rare. The leaves are tri- 

 foliolate, with lanceolate to elliptic leaflets, long-acuminate and sharply 

 serrate. The flowers are white, in panicles up to 6 inches long. The 

 fruits vary from round to oblong in form and are often an inch in length ; 

 in cultivation they w'ould quite likely be even larger. 



" The wild plants are not very productive, but their productiveness 

 could be increased greatly by proper pruning. The fruit is not borne 

 at the ends of the canes but upon short fruiting laterals, and pruning 

 would increase the number of these. 



" By the Indians of Vera Paz this is esteemed as the finest of the 

 Avild species of Rubus, an esteem to which it seems fully entitled. The 

 plant is found occasionally along roadsides and in the edge of scrub. 

 It likes a heavy soil, and plenty of moisture." 



49333. Rubus urticaefolius Poir. Rosacea. Blackberry. 

 "(No. 242a. Coban, Alta Vera Paz. December 27, 1919.) Tokan yak 



(Kekchi) ; mora (Spanish), a wild blackberry abundant in Alta Vera 

 Paz at altitudes of 3,000 to 5,000 feet. It is a robust and vigorous 



