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Notes on Behavior of Previous Introductions. 
Amygddlus persiea (Amygdalaceae) , 38178 and 40721, 
from China. Peach. "Both of these peaches have done 
excellently. The trees are growing well in spite of 
the drought last summer, and have branched out very 
nicely." {Robert F. League, Simpsonville , S. C, De- 
cember 23, 1921.) 
A mygdalus persiea nectarina ( Amy gd a laceae), 34685. Quetta 
nectarine; From Quetta , India . (Budded on Amygdalus davidiana 
stock.) "This was received in 1920; it grows well, and 
this year has borne several fruits, but I am inclined 
to think that it may develop rather early for certain 
success here." (William C.Shepard, Guinea Hills, Va., 
April 10, 1922. ) 
Chayota edulis (Cucurbitaceae) . Chayote. "Six chayote 
fruits arrived in excellent condition, presumably from 
your Florida Introduction Garden. One of these was 
planted in the slat house here at the Station, two out- 
side in our experimental garden and three at the Tan- 
talus Substation. The plant grown in the slat house 
made a good growth but for some reason died before it 
came into fruit. Those planted in the garden here at 
the Central Station did not succeed on account of the 
hot, dry condition that existed several times during 
last summer. The specimens which were planted at the 
Tantalus Substation in the woods made a good growth 
and bore a number of fruits. These were more or less 
stung by the Mediterranean fruit fly but in many cases 
this injury did not destroy the germinating power of 
the seed and we still have a supply of plants from 
these seeds. 
"I exhibited the best specimens we had at the Maui 
County Fair. There were on exhibition a number of cha- 
yote fruits from different growers in the Kula Dis- 
trict, a locality between 4,000 and 6,000 feet eleva- 
tion. They grow the chayote there in abundance with- 
out any injury from the fruit fly. Their specimens 
had a whiter look and were more pear shaped than the 
specimens which we grew at the Tantalus Substation. 
I also secured a number of seeds from their specimens 
which I have planted at the Tantalus Substation. I 
believe the chayote can be grown extensively in parts 
of the islands at the higher elevations and be made 
good use of as it already is in the one locality known 
as Kula on Maui." (Willis T. Pope, Hawaii Agricultu- 
ral Experiment Station, Honolulu, Hawaii .April 1,1922.) 
