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request of Mr. William A. S. Davenhill, British vice consul. 
"Jeresiana. This is the predominant grape in Granada. It 
resembles the Verdal as grown in California, but is sweeter, 
though perhaps smaller in size. Its pulp is firm and stands 
shipment well and the large white bunches seem as perfect 
after having stood the transportation over country roads as if 
they had just been picked from the vine. It is a very desira- 
ble grape for the table, and one which seems suited to a high 
altitude. It is also a good bearer, a hardy plant, and alto- 
gether a profitable table grape. I have not observed it in 
California." (Dr. Gustav Eisen, at whose suggestion the cut- 
tings were secured.) For distribution later. 
NOTES FROM FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS. 
Mr. Frank N. Meyer writes from Kozlov, Tambov government, 
Russia Dec. 29, 1911, concerning the work of the foremost 
Russian plant breeders and referring to material which is sent 
in: 
"All of this material is extremely valuable and rep- 
resents years of patient work on the part of Mr. I. V. Mi- 
jurin, here in Kozlov, who was so kind as to allow me to clip 
off these twigs which I am herewith sending. He stated how- 
ever, that he would like to see the source of origin mentioned 
when we are distributing this material, as his experiences 
have often been that his own creations have been given new 
names and been sold as the seller's own products. I trust you 
will kindly remember these wishes of his. Mr. Mijurin has 
been described as the Luther Burbank of Russia, and I must 
confess there is much resemblance between them in their work 
and methods only the first took a northern locality to pursue 
his work in and therefore are his products really of more 
value to the northern states than those of Burbank, and it 
gives me particular pleasure that I am rounding up this pres- 
ent exploration trip with a few real hardy things. 
I will make a few remarks re these numbers. 
No. 32662, A hybrid between Amygdalus davidiana and A. 
nana, is extremely interesting to us, as this plant may afford 
us a medium by which to create a perfectly hardy peach. Mr. 
Woeikoff , near Syzran, was wrong when he told me that the 
plants he had were hybrids between A. persica and A. nana, and 
I was right in my remarks that they looked strikingly like A. 
davidiana . 
No. 32663, An apricot, standing the severe climate of 
Central Russia, is something marvellous! The tree does not 
seem to be a vigorous grower, but maybe we can develop better- 
strains by selection and hybridization. 
