1986 
"Foliage sparse, leaves about 5 cm. long, narrow, light green on 
the upper surface. Fruits single, very large, shaped like a pear up- 
side down, wine red when mature, ripening very early. Peduncle long 
and strong, flesh thick and white, seed one-sided, long and thick, 
ending in a point. Flowers at the end of February." 
Recently Dr. Kearney has supplied the following notes to supple- 
ment those which accompanied his original shipment of scions: 
"M. Minangoin told me himself in 1904 that the variety is extreme- 
ly rare and that he knew of only three trees, located on the estate of 
M. Robert at Kalaa-Srira. The word Barouni means foreign, and the va- 
riety is supposed to have been introduced by one of the Beys of Tunis 
from Greece or Turkey. He said that the trees in question are old, and 
do not bear well. He further stated that the fruits sometimes weigh as 
much as 20 grams each. 
"I met M. Robert, who was at that time vice-president of the Munici- 
pality of Sousse, and he also stated that Barouni is found only at Kalaa- 
Srira. He said it is not commonly grown, as it requires a good deal of 
water and must be irrigated. 
"There are two varieties of olive in Tunis to which the name of 
Barouni is applied. The large picking olive is Barouni de Kalaa-Srira, 
while the other is known as Barouni de Soliman and has small fruits 
used for making oil." 
Because of the fact that Barouni, as introduced by Dr. Kearney, is 
showing great promise in California, we thought it desirable to secure 
all possible data concerning the variety, and addressed an inquiry to 
Dr. F. Boeuf, present chief of the Botanical Service at Tunis. In re- 
plying, he forwarded a number of scions which are represented by this 
number, and which will be grown in California for- comparison with Dr. 
Kearney's Barouni. 
As grown at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Barouni is a 
large olive, averaging about an inch in length. Its oil content is 
higher than that of most other large olives, and in consequence it has, 
when processed, a richer and more nutty flavor. It ripens fully two 
weeks ahead of the Mission olive, thus minimizing danger from frost, 
and unlike the latter, it has shown no tendency to fruit in alternate 
years, but has borne increasingly large crops annually. 
populus spp. (Salicaceae) . Poplar. From Echo, Kir in Province, 
Manchuria. Seeds presented by A. D. Woeikoff, director, Experimental 
Farm. 
Mr. Woeikoff, who before the Great War sent seeds to this Office 
from Russia, has recently been appointed Director of the newly estab- 
lished experiment farm at Echo, not far from Harbin, Manchuria. From 
that region he is now forwarding seeds of ornamental trees and shrubs, 
hardy fruits, forage crops and other plants. His shipments possess un- 
