3. 
PRUNUS CERASUS. 26471. Seed of a wild cherry from Kashmir, 
India, presented "by Mr. J. Mollison. This tree "bears fruit 
when 5 years old and 10 feet high. For distribution later. 
PYRUS SPP. 26485-489. Cuttings of five kinds of pear from 
Manchuria. Presented Toy Mr. Edward C. Parker. "All these 
pears are hardy and resistant to drought and high, drying 
winds. They are cultivated by the Chinese in many places 
among the hills of southwestern Manchuria, as far north as 
43-44°. The fruits are all hard, maturing late and keep- 
ing all winter. The quality of the fruit is not anywhere 
near i as good as the American Bartlett or Anjou; i.t is quite 
edible, however, and might "be valuable in such regions as 
North and South Dakota, where hot winds, short periods of 
drought and cold winters form a climate very similar to 
the native habitat of these trees. 
PYRUS COMMUNIS. 26474. Seed of a wild pear from Kashmir, 
India, Presented by Mr. J. Mollison. For distribution 
later . 
RHEUM NOB I LE. 26501. Rhubarb from Sikkim, E. Hamalaya, 
India, presented by A. T. Gage, Superintendent Royal Botan- 
ical Garden, Sibpur, Calcutta, India. 
SOLANUM SPP. 26517-535. Tubers of Chilean potatoes, first 
generation grown from seed at Arlington Farm, Virginia, 
under the supervision of Mr. W. V. Shear. Turned over to 
this office for distribution, January, 1910. Nineteen 
varieties. 
NOTES FROM FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS. 
CHINA, Hankow. A. Snyder sends an Ichang lemon. It weighs 20 
oz. These lemons are coarse in flavor but the juice from 
a fresh one will three fourths fill an ordinary tumbler. 
CHINA, Kia ying chau. Geo. Campbell, Dec. 13. Can send' 
cuttings of a seedless grape, two kinds of persimmons, two 
kinds of carambolas (Averrhoa carambola) , sweet and sour 
..and- the -great fragrant Chinese lemon (hiong-yen. ) 
