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much attention. About 20 families in this town were furnished with 
them several times and most of them liked the new vegetable very much. 
I have no cold storage facilities available here, but think that I will 
be able to give several people three chayotes each this spring. The 
chayote matures here at a time when gardens are rather bare. I consid- 
er it a great addition to our list of vegetables and expect to get it 
widely known hereabouts. If an eastern market in the Spanish colonies 
of New York, Philadelphia, etc., should develop, I would be inclined to 
grow it on a commercial scale." (Geo. D. Lowe, Baxley, Ga. , March 8, 
1923.) 
dioscorea alata ( Dioscoreaceae ) . Yam. "I wish to make a report to 
you in regard to the West Indian yams received last April. I think I 
can say that the tropical yam is a success here in St. Tammany parish 
and I am pleased with results. Four varieties were sent me for testing, 
three with dull white skin and one with pink skin. Two of these varie- 
ties bore aerial tubers. The underground tubers were somewhat rough and 
irregular in shape and came out all in one root without any separable 
tubers. They would weigh 10 and 15 pounds each, and any one of them would 
nearly fill an ordinary water bucket. They keep well. For eating the 
yams are very good, reminding one of the Irish potato, and I liked them 
either fried or boiled." (W. H. Garrison, Slidell, La. , April 1, 1923. ) 
malus sylvestris (Malaceae), 39829. Apple. "Limoncella. " From 
Rome, Italy. "The 'Limoncella' apple received 3 years ago is a wonder 
and I think it is the variety best adapted to this part of the country. 
Each year it has borne fruits of firm texture and fine quality." (C. 
P. Barrows, San Diego, Calif., March 16, 1923.) 
prunus pseudo-cerasus (Amygdalaceae) , 18587. Tangsi cherry. From 
Tangsi, Chekiang, China. "I was in Loomis, Calif ., last Tuesday (March 
27) and saw a tree of this variety loaded with an enormous crop. The 
cherries were about two-thirds grown and should be ripe in a few days. 
Last year this tree furnished the earliest cherries in the State, and 
Howard Smith, the owner of the tree, sent a box of them to the Red Cross 
in Chicago, where it was auctioned off for fifty dollars. You are 
probably aware that this is a red cherry of small size but delicious 
flavor." (G. P. Rixford, San Francisco, Calif., March 31, 1923.) 
"Several weeks earlier than usual the first shipment of cherries 
was made last Tuesday (March 27) from Vacaville, Calif. These were of 
the Chinese variety and the box was sent from the Hill ranch by C. M. 
Chubb to Chicago, where it will be auctioned off to the highest bidder. 
Sometimes as much as $150.00 is received for this early box of cherries, 
which is always the first to be sent to market from any part of the 
United States." (San Francisco Chronicle, March 31, 1923.) 
