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A GREEN RASPBERRY. 
T IIE raspberry shown in Fig. 5S3, 
Rubus Brasiliensis, was collected in 
the Highlands of Minas Geraes, Brazil, 
by the Dorsett, Shamel and Popenoe Ex¬ 
pedition this year; the picture is repro¬ 
duced from Bulletin 99 of the Office of 
Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction. 
The fruits are described as translucent 
yellowish green when ripe, sweet and 
agreeable, but rather seedy. It is called 
b$ r the natives amora, a name which 
properly belongs to the mulberry, but is 
also applied to the strawberry-raspberry, 
Rubus rossefoliis. It is suggested that 
this odd fruit may he of interest and 
NEW PLANT INTRODUCTIONS. 
A MONG plants listed in Bulletin 99 of 
the Office of Foreign Seed and 
Plant Introduction is Allium schoeno- 
prasum, a superior variety of chives 
from Sianfu, Shensi, China. These are 
forced in darkness and used as a Win¬ 
ter vegetable. 
More varieties of the Chinese cabbage, 
or pai-tsai, are being introduced through 
the Bureau. One called in China “Ta 
pai-tsai.” or “large white vegetable,” is 
described as remarkably fine, very white, 
with a mild sweet flavor. Another con¬ 
ical in shape, is greenish white, very 
soft and tasteful when boiled or stewed. 
In our own garden, while the pai-tsai 
grew very vigorously, it seemed pecu¬ 
liarly attractive to the flea-beetle, which 
A GREEN-FRUITED RUBUS FROM BRAZIL. Fig. 5S3. 
value to breeders of rubiaceous fruits. 
We infer that the plant would be tender 
where the Winters are severe. 
MORE ABOUT BRASSINGTON CHERRY. 
O N page 1213 of your paper J. T. S., 
Waynesburg, Ohio, asks about the 
Brassington cherry. It seems strange 
that Mr. Van Deman Is not acquainted 
with this most valuable cherry. I plant¬ 
ed over a hundred cherry trees about 10 
years ago and among them were about 10 
or 12 Early Richmond, seven Baldwin, 
three Brassington and 12 May Duke, also 
35 Montmorency. The remainder of the 
planting was of about six kinds of sweet 
cherries. The Brassington was to be 
earlier than the Early Richmond but with 
me it comes the same time; in fact I 
hardly ever know which to pick first. It 
is far ahead of any other sour cherry I 
over saw. A beautiful, upright grower, 
and when in bloom it is the most orna¬ 
mental of all cherry trees. The fruit is 
wonderfully large and a beautiful x’ed 
color, about the same as a May Duke, 
and the most productive cherry I ever 
heard of. I would willingly give .$25 
each if I could replace my Early Rich¬ 
mond trees with Brassington of the same 
size. I propagated a lot of the trees and 
set out about 20 of them last year. I will 
also state that it is just sour enough to 
be good. It is just as far ahead of Early 
Richmond as a Whitney crab apple is 
ahead of a wild crab found in the woods. 
Barberton, Ohio. I. L. 
When the question was asked about the 
“Brashington” cherry I had never heard 
of it, and said so in my reply, but did not 
expect so prompt and clear a response as 
we have here, although I had hoped that 
someone would tell us about the variety. 
If the present grower of it knows the 
origin and the true name, be it spelled 
“Brassington” (as he has it) or other¬ 
wise, let us have it. As he claims it to 
he a very superior sour variety it may 
become a successful rival to those we 
now have, and of this we should all be 
glad. The cherry under discussion is 
probably one of the Duke class, and not a 
true sour Morello or Amarelle, as the 
Richmond and Montmorency are. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
attacked it in preference to anything 
else. Hens seemed particularly fond of 
the Chinese cabbage. 
Seed of 13 varieties of Job’s tears 
(Coix) have been received from Burma, 
where they are used as flour and food 
grains. These are to he used in the 
Office of Forage Crop Investigations. 
A new carrot from Sianfu, Shensi, 
China, is described as a long blood-red 
carrot that is used for pickling; its Chin¬ 
ese name is “Hong tiao lo ba,” meaning 
“red stick root.” 
White Turkestan barley, presented by 
the Director of the Yaqui Valley (Mexi¬ 
co) Experiment Station, is described as 
especially suited to the arid irrigated 
districts of the Southwest. It is very 
vigorous and hardy, with robust germin¬ 
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at Merv, Transcaspia, in 1911. It is 
quick in growth and three weeks earlier 
in maturing than the common six-rowed 
California barley, but a tendency to rust 
renders it undesirable for the sea coast, 
where it would be exposed to fog. 
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