A Fruit Merchant at Tai an fu, Shantung, China. 
A fruit merchant sitting at one of the city gates of 
Tai an fu, selling the fruit of a species of haw {Crataegus 
pinnatifida) of whicn orchards are of -ten planted. In Shantung, 
China. Prom these haws one of* the best preserves of China 
is made. The tree has proven hardy in the Eastern United 
States where it has been distributed. The haws are in the 
second basket whereas dried persimmons are in the first 
one. Photo by Mr. Frank N. Meyer, March 20, 1914. 
