Amygdalus davidiana. Chinese wild peach. 
"Fifteen hundred pounds of peach-stones, as they lay 
in a heap in a Chinese inn-court." Concerning this intro- 
duction, S. P. I. No. 36664, p. 710, this bulletin, Mr. 
Meyer writes "Of stones of Amygdalus davidiana, I have 
cornered the market, and have over 1400 pounds already in 
my possession and perhaps another hundred pounds will be 
added. For this lot we have had a wnole lot of running to 
do to get them all in. The cost will not be anything ex- 
traordinary. I suppose that I can land this lot with 
shipping included at New York for about $200 American cur- 
rency." "I wish an arrangement could be made with some 
responsible party in some congenial locality in California 
to set out a couple of acres of these wild peaches, so as 
to grow our own seed supply in the near future and not be 
dependent on North China, with its sandstorms and revolu- 
tions." Photograph by Mr, Frank N. Meyer, Peking, China, 
October 7, 1913. 
