A HARDY RELATIVE OF THE CHERIMOLA. 
(RoUinia emarginata, Sf P. I.'Nos. 25528,"27610, and 28135.) 
The class of plants towhich" the sugar-apple and cherimola belong 
is notably tender, and one of the great hindrances to its exten- 
sive cultivation in California and Flbridalies in its susceptibility 
to frost. The young tree, the photograph of which is here 
shown, is standing in the test orchard at Buena Vista, Fla., 
and although all the species and varieties of Annona and Rol- 
linia standing near it were killed back by the freeze ( + 26° F.), 
this specimen remained untouched and is producing new young 
leaves. . According to T. R. Gwynn, of Paraguay, it is a small 
bush there, but grows on almost any kind of soil and produces 
large fruit of " the best class of all." (Photographed by David 
Fairchild, February 23, 1917, at Buena Vista, Fla.; P20454FS.) 
