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deeply interested in the stock question and is 
doing some special v/ork in regard to the con- 
geniality of the various stocks for our commercial 
fruits, so that "before long, if the good work is 
kept up, we should knov/ more than v/e do at the 
present time alsout the great stock question. 
Mr. Meyer v;rote Mr. Eisset on September ?7, 1917. from King 
men, Hupeh: 
Your remarks concerning various stocks 
wanted for plums and for cherries I am digest- 
ing. I am positive that the Tangsi cherry will 
do well in So. Georgia, Florida (northern and 
eastern sections). So. Alabama, So. Louisiana, 
Eastern Texas and well into Mexico. It occurs 
here in Central China fon its own roots J ) to- 
gether v/ith the coir palm ( Tr achy carpus excelsa ) 
with pomeloes, loquats, Cupressus funebris , 
Ligustrum lucidum , Osmanthus fragrans , Fjcus 
rep ens , Tracheloapermum j asminoides, Pitto- 
sporum tbbirg) and moire of such plants. It 
suffers froBi/borers, gum-disease, aphis and 
certain caterpillars, so it has not an easy 
time in a land like China, where sprays are 
unknown. 
Then you need a good stock for plums in 
Florida. Have you asked Mr. Weidman Groff what 
they use around Canton? In Central China it 
seems that Prunus salicina is used, but per- 
haps P. mum e also, altho* I could not say for 
sure."" 
AS regards cherries for our cold and dry 
Northern states,- no, there a xe no cherries on 
this earth for these sections ; we will have to 
breed them out of many species and the bush 
species will give the. best satisfaction. The 
only bush-cherry that I know which is cultivated 
in the Ural and in Western Siberia, is Prunus 
charanaecerasus (syn. P, fruticosa ) , (See my 
fotos 5785-5788 incl.J. It stands 40° F. below 
zero and dry hot summers. 
On June ?6, 1917. Mr. Fairchild cabled Mr. Meyer in care of 
the American Consul in Shanghai as follows: 
Heimer sails July 1? Nippon Maru. Cooperate fully. 
December 31, 1917. 
