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as to let them dry off. In the meantime the peelings have 
been carefully dried In the sun and kept in airy baskets. 
The fruits are now taken from the strings and put in 
baskets and jars with the dried peelings in between and 
over them and they are now ready for the consumer. An- 
other method of drying which is practiced often with the 
smaller varieties, is to run in a spiral or horizontal way 
a knife point through the skin of the fruits, and then to 
put them in the sun on coarse matting. After they have 
dried for several weeks, they are thrown into a pile and 
covered up with matting or sacking, allowing them to 
sweat. . When through with this process they are ready for 
the market. Persimmons treated like this are as a rule of 
much. . inferior quality to those that have been given more 
care but on the other hand they sell so cheaply that even 
coolies, and beggars regale themselves on them. These 
dried persimmons are a most wholesome and pleasant food, 
comparing very favorably with dried figs, and often even 
preferable to them, being less revoltingly sweet and not 
possessing the multitude of objectionable small seeds . 
There are large sections in the United States, especially 
in the Southwest, where no doubt the dried persimmon 
industry could be successfully established and with up-to- 
date methods of artificial drying and curing a much clean- 
er and probably superior article could be obtained than 
the product seen in China and the nation would be richer 
by a new and wholesome food product." (Meyer's intro- 
duction.) For distribution later. 
Lonicera chrysantha. (Caprif oliceae . ) 37643. Seeds of 
a honeysuckle from St. Petersburg, Russia. Presented by 
the Director, Imperial Botanic Gardens. "This species of 
Lonicera which is valued chiefly for its dark red fruits 
is one of the most conspicuous of the early flowering 
species. It is a native of eastern Siberia, and since its 
introduction by Mr. E. H. Wilson in 1910 has proved per- 
fectly hardy in the Arnold Arboretum." (Arnold Arboretum 
Bulletin of Popular Information, April, May, 1912.) For 
distribution later. 
Primus armeniaca. (Amygdalaceae .) 37474 . Cuttings of 
an apricot from near Ling Pau, Honan, China. "An apricot, 
said to bear large fruits, which are red cheeked on the 
side facing the sun, and of whitish color on the shaded 
side. The tree grows to a large size." (Meyer's intro- 
duction.) For distribution later. 
Solarium quitoense. (Solanaceae . ) 37566. Seeds of the 
'naranjilla ' from Guayaquil, Ecuador. Presented by Mr. 
Frederic W. Goding, American Consul - General . "A native 
