CASIMIROA EDULIS. White 



Sapote. This tree is native to Mexico, 

 grows to a height of 40 or 50 feet and 

 has a large, round head of evergreen 

 leaves. The pale-yellow fruits, some- 

 times 3 inches in diameter, are edible 

 and have a rich, sub-acid flavor. 



CASTANEA MOLLISSfMA. 



Chinese Chestnutc From north 

 China. Collected by Frank N. x>Ieyer 

 from old trees in a region where the 

 chestnut bark disease has probaoly 

 en isled for centuries. High degree of 

 resistance but not entire immunity 

 probable. Hardy tree, not valuable 

 for timber, being only 40 feet tall and 

 low-branching. Nuts larger than Am- 

 erican, but not so sweet. 



CASTANEA PUMILA X C. 

 CRENATA. Hybrid Chestnut. A 

 hybrid between the American chin- 

 quapin and the Japanese chestnut. 

 Produced by 13 r. Walter Van Fleet, 

 Chico, California. Good producer and 

 stronglyresistant to the chestnut bark 

 disease. Nuts of fair quality intermed- 

 iate in size between the chinquapin 

 iind Japanese chestnut. 



