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30328. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Akalma apple. From F. N. 

 Meyer, Khotan, Chinese Turkestan. Variety with medium-sized 

 fruits, often large, white, of subacid, fairly good flavor. Small tree, 

 but able to stand drought, alkali, and neglect. For experiments in 

 the hot, arid desert regions of the Southwest under irrigation. 



30353. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Muzalma apple. From Ka- 

 rawag, Chinese Turkestan, through F. N. Meyer. Variety thought 

 to be identical with S. P. I. No. 30309, from Khotan, with medium- 

 sized yellowish green fruits of peculiar glassy texture; taste sweet 

 but somewhat insipid; good keeping qualities; ripening in autumn; 

 able to withstand considerable drought and alkali. Becomes spread- 

 ing when old. 



30635. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Apple. From F. N. Meyer, 

 Kashgar, Chinese Turkestan. An apple called Kizilalma^ with large 

 red fruits of fresh, sweet taste. Ripens in July. May prove to be 

 suitable for hot, dry regions Avhere other apples do not thrive. 



31653. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Apple, var. Wainwright. 

 From W. J. Newberry, curator. Botanic Gardens, Pietermaritzburg, 

 Natal, South Africa. A good subtropical apple. 



35636. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Apple. From Svend Lange, 

 Novo Nikolayefsk, Siberia. A variety called Liestnaya Antonoffka^ 

 from southern Russia. 



39829. MALUS SYLVESTRIS. Limoncello apple. Best va- 

 i-iety grown in Italy for general market. Presented by Dr. Gustav 

 Eisen, Rome. Lemon-yellow, with light flush; flesh crisp, white, 

 juicy; flavor strong, suggesting Cabernet grapes; fine shipper; espe- 

 cially adapted to warm, dry climates. Not to be preferred to best 

 apples from Northern States, but reported to be superior to any 

 grown in the central and southern plains of California. 



43705. MALUS ZUMI. From the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica 

 Plain, Mass. Usually a low, much-branched tree, with rounded head, 

 up to 20 feet in height; but sometimes 40 feet tall and of more 

 pyramidal habit. It much resembles both M. sargentii and M, sie- 

 holdii^ but differs in its oblong leaves on slender petioles and larger 

 flowers, opening pink but becoming pure white. The red fruits, IJ 

 inches in diameter, are an added attraction to the general ornamental 

 appearance of this tree. Native of central Japan. 



