12228. PBUMUS PSEUDO- 

 CERASUS. Japanese flowering 

 cherry. Fttgemo. From the Yokohama 

 Nursery Company, Yokohama, Japan. 

 One of the famous flowering cherries 

 of Japan so extensively planted in 

 parks" and as an avenue tree in that 

 country and so much admired by vis- 

 itors. 'The trees are literally covered 

 in early spring with beautiful pink 

 flowers. Habit upright. 



2S921. PRUMUS SP. Cherry. 

 From Dr. T. Watase, Tokyo, Japan. 

 "Oshima Sakura." One of the fastest 

 growing cherry trees in Japan, the 

 wood of which is highly valued for 

 making charcoal. Beautiful charcoal 

 is much prized by the Japanese for 

 their open fires. Might be tested as a 

 stock for the commercial fruiting 

 cherries. 



28886. PRUHifS St MONTI. 

 Apricot-plum. From Mr. Frank N. 

 Meyer, Dongsi, China* A fruit that 

 looks like an apricot; very fragrant; 

 sour; with downy, dull-yellow skin, 

 rather small-sized. 



31652. PRUMUS SP. Flam, 

 From Mr. W. J. Newberry, curator, 

 Botanic Gardens, Maritzburg, Natal, 

 South Africa. "Methley." A dark red 

 fruit; flesh dark red, firm; stone me- 

 dium in size, cling; flavor and 

 quality good; season very early. 



18587. PR UN US SP. Cherry. 



From Frank N. Meyer, Tang-hsi, 

 China. Trees produce small sweet red 

 cherries of good quality. Fruit ripens 

 early in the season. 



32751. PRUNUS SP. Prune. 

 From Mr. Felix Wenger, LangenbuhL 

 Thun, Berne, Switzerland. This prune 

 resembles the Italian but is much 

 larger and contains more sugar. It is 

 locally known as the "grafted prune." 

 To be tested in the northwestern sec- 

 tion of the United States. 



