£360 
from 5 to 8 pounds. It is much more delicate In flavor 
than common cabbage and is delicious when cooked with 
a 'boiled dinner.' The midrib, when cooked like the 
rib of Swiss chard or, like asparagus, with cream sauce, 
is also fine. It should find a ready sale in the markets 
as a new and pleasing vegetable. Pulled and hung up 
by the roots, it keeps well in a cool cellar." 
A letter from G. T. Bosky, Nov. 3, 1918, contains 
the following report: "Dovyalis caffra (Kei-apple) S, P. I. 
No. 34250, that you sent me about four years ago, fruited 
last July. It is a very good fruit for jams or jellies,. 
The plant will grow in any garden or yard, not requiring 
any cultivation. at all; it will stand hot sun without 
any sign of needing care. I am glad to recommend it for 
this country, from southern California to San Francisco." 
Mrs. 0. T. Kelton, McDade, Texas, in a letter dated 
November 3, 1918, reports; "Prunus sp., S. P. I. No. 
31652. This tree is very thrifty and fruited, this 
year. It is a very abundant bearer and the fruit is 
the finest ever seen growing in this county. It began 
to ripen May 15, and continued until about the first 
of June. " 
R. Bates, of Jackson, S. C. , wrote as follows, 
January 1, 1919: "The two Chinese putacbes ( Pistaeia chinensis, 
S. P. I . No. 42823) which you mailed me last March, are 
thriving and seem to be well adapted to this region. 
Si P. I. No. 33224, Prunus domestica (Plum, variety Ciruela 
de Fraile) is the most vigorous plum of this species that 
I have ever tested from any source. It is nothing 
to get trees 6 to 8 feet high from a root graft in a 
single season.. The tree seems perfectly hardy with 
healthy foliage during the whole summer, and disease- 
resistant bark. S. P. I. No. 33219, Amygdalus persica 
(Vainqueur peach) is growing fine and is well set with 
fruit buds." 
