37559. AM YGDALUS PEDUN- 

 CULATA. FromM.M.Timogowitsch, 

 Chita, Trans-Baikal, Siberia. A bushy 

 wild peach from 1% to 63^ feet high, 

 small oblong strongly dentate leaves, 

 and solitary pale red flowers. A very 

 desirable hardy shrub found in the 

 extremely cold region around Lake 

 Baikal, Siberia, and in northeastern 

 Mongolia. Character of fruit un- 

 known but may have value for breed- 

 ing purposes. 



AM YGDALUS PERSICA. 



Seedling of the Fei Peach. From F. N. 

 Meyer, Feitcheng, China. Budded tree 

 from seedling of the famous Fei va- 

 riety. Fruits large, clingstone, pale 

 yellowish. Flesh white, pink around 

 the stone; mild subacid, rather lac king 

 in flavor; firm, somewhat tough; juic^^; 

 good keeper and shipper. Fruits earl y 

 in August. Worth testing though prob- 

 ably much inferior to real Fei peach. 



24915. AMYGDALUS PERSI- 

 CA. Chinese Peach. From Canton, 

 China, through G. W. Groff. Coming 

 from South China, which has hot, 

 humid climate where ordinary peach- 

 es fail, this variety may prove valuable 

 for subtropical regions, although the 

 fruit produced in California was too 

 strong in flavor and too astringent to 

 make the variety valuable there. 



