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26503. AMYGDALUS PERSICA NECTAR IN A. A large, free- 

 stone nectarine from E. Cotes, Simla, India. Said to have come 

 from Chinese Turkestan. Fruit creamy yellow, with red blush. 

 Flesh creamy white, red at stone. Juicy, crisp, subacid, and of very 

 good quality. Skin rather tough, but parts readily from the flesh. 

 A good shipper. 



29227. AMYGDALUS PERSICA NECTAR IN A. Nectarine. 

 From F. N. Meyer, Samarkand, Russian Turkestan. A yellow, mid- 

 season, clingstone nectarine of medium size. The meat is very firm 

 and of medium sweet taste. Especially fit to be grown in arid or 

 semiarid regions under irrigation. 



30648. AMYGDALUS PERSICA NECTAR IN A. Nectarine. 

 From F. N. Meyer, Guma, Chinese Turkestan. A small, late nec- 

 tarine with white fruits. Said to have fresh, sweet taste, and to 

 possess good keeping qualities. Especially fit to be grown in arid 

 or semiarid regions under irrigation. 



39428. AMYGDALUS sp. Wild peach. From F. N. Meyer, 

 Shensi, China. A wild peach from the mountains south of Sianfu, 

 China. Fruits small, hard, sourish, apparently freestones, red or 

 white fleshed, scarcely edible, but possessing real peach flavor. This 

 may be the progenitor of the cultivated peach and as such should 

 prove especially interesting to breeders. 



40001. AMYGDALUS sp. Wild peach. Seedlings from seeds 

 purchased on the streets of Sianfu, Shensi, China, by F. N. Meyer. A 

 low, bushy form of spreading habit when wild, but sometimes a 20- 

 foot tree when cultivated. Leaves much smaller, darker green, and 

 more slender than those of the cultivated peach. Varieties appear 

 free from disease and prolific; fruit small; used successfully as a stock 

 and as an ornamental. 



40864. AMYGDALUS sp. Wild peach. From Camillo Schnei- 

 der, Lichiangfu, China. Semiwild form, with yellowish fruits. .Comes 

 from moderately severe climate and may be a new form. Has not 

 yet fruited in America. 



ANNONA CHERIMOLA. Cherimoya. Medium-sized shrub or 

 dwarf tree, with evergreen foliage and small yellowish flowers. 

 Fruits roundish, conical, or heart-shaped, 3 to 6 inches in diameter, 

 with pleasantly flavored, sweetish pulp of the consistency of ice 

 cream, with black seeds irregularly embedded in it. 



