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Amygdalus davidiana. (Amygdalaceae . ) 36664. Seeds of 
the Chinese wild peach from Peking. "Fifteen hundred 
pounds of wild peach stones, collected from cultivated 
trees in various parts of Chile province. As tnere is a 
great deal of variation among these seeds, they may be 
graded according to size, the larger ones to be used as 
stocks for vigorously growing stone fruits, like peaches, 
apricots, certain plums, etc., while the smaller ones may 
be used as stocks for small or slow-growing stone fruits, 
such as bush-cherries, sand-cherries, dwarf plums, alm- 
onds, etc. A goodly portion of these seeds should also be 
devoted to testing against various diseases our stone 
fruits are suffering from, with the object of finding 
whether they will be less susceptible to such diseases 
when grafted on this remarkably healthy wild peach." 
(Meyer's introduction.) For distribution later. 
Amygdalus davidiana. (Amygdalaceae.) 36665. Seeds of 
the wild peach from Peking. "A very vigorously growing 
form of the wild peach found in the well-trampled court- 
yard of the Chinese inn at Peking. Said to be a hybrid. 
The trunk five feet above the ground, measures five feet 
six Inches in circumference. Chinese name, 'Mau tau shu, ' 
meaning 'Hairy peach tree.'" (Meyer's introduction.) For 
distribution later. 
Annona cherimola x squamosa. (Annonaceae . ) 36562. 
Seeds of a hybrid annona grown at the Plant Introduction 
Field Station, Miami, Fla. "A fruit resulting from the 
cross of S.P.I. No. 26731, Annona cherimola, female, and 
S.P.I. No. 26741, A. squamosa, male. I made this cross in 
May 1910. The work was done between five and six o'clock 
in the evening. As you know squamosa pollen is ripe at 
that time, and the petals of the cherimola were forced open 
and the pollen dropped in." (Edward Simmonds, the hybrid- 
izer.). For distribution later. 
Bellucia costaricensis . (Melastomaceae . ) 36535. Seeds of 
the papaturro from San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. 
Carlos Werckle, Department of Agriculture. "A shrub with 
large flowers and yellow fruits of the size of a goose- 
berry, and with a strongly pronounced taste, between sweet 
and sour. Found solitary and in groups in the valley of 
Diquis." (Plttier, Las Plantas Usuales de Costa Rica.) 
For distribution later. 
Berberis sp. (Berberidaceae . ) 36626. Seeds of a bar- 
berry from Chubut, Argentina. Collected and presented by 
Mr. J. R. Pemberton, Rio Negro survey, Buenos Aires, 
