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CHINESE EDIBLE-FRUITED OAK. 
(Lithocarpus cornea (Lour.) Rehder. See S. P. I. No. 47365.) 
This Chinese edible-fruited oak, the first of its kind to grow on this 
side of the Pacific, has formed acorns in Mississippi. The flowers 
appear in the fall and the fruit ripens the second year. The foliage 
is very handsome, and the acorns are as hard shelled as hickory nuts 
and have kernels as sweet as those of the filbert. The spade by the 
tree is 5 feet 2 inches above ground. (Photographed on J. P. 
Wilson's Farm, Landon, Miss., July 9, 1918; P24315FS.) 
