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18260. PKUNUS 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. PRUmiS AEMENIACA. Apricot. From F. 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. PRUmJS AR^IENIACA. Apricot. From F. N. Meyer, 

 Askabad, Turkestan. A large orange-yellow apricot of sweet, melt- 

 ing taste, but slightly fibrous. Semiclingstone, with sweet kernels. 

 Said to have come from Persia. 



28962. PRUNUS ARJ^IENIACA. Apricot. From F. N. Meyer, 

 Orono, Zarafshan Valley, Province of Samarkand, Turkestan. A 

 fine variety of apricot, of pale-yeUow color, with firm but sweet, 

 melting flesh, freestone, and having sweet kernels which are eaten 

 like almonds. 



32833. PRUNUS ARLIENIACA. Apricot. From F. N. Meyer, 

 Russian Turkestan. A native central Asian variety of apricot called 

 by the natives Bairam All. Said to be of exceUent quality. 

 Grafted on Amygdalus davidiana. 



32834. PRUNUS ARMENIACA. Apricot. From F. N. Meyer, 

 Imperial Estate Murgab, Bairam Ali, Oasis of Merv, Russian Turk- 

 estan. 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 aU around; known as the 

 Crisomelo. 



38281. PRUNUS ARMENIACA. Apricot. A Chinese variety, 

 coUected by F. N. Meyer in the viUage of Tachingko, near Taianfu, 

 Shantung, China. Said to be a variety with very large, yeUow 

 fruits, with strong red blush on one side, and sweet, juicy flesh. 

 Chinese name Ta shui lising, meaning " Large water apricot." 



40012. PRUNUS ARIVIENIACA. 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. 



