The diary of Edmund Heller, October 9, 1917-January 12, 1918 : covering his return trip from the First Asiatic Expedition led by Roy Chapman Andrews of the American Museum of Natural History
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Pear hedges trained as long vine like rails & loaded by large tunnel pairs, Pear trees were also trained as basket like towers, etc. Peach trees were still in leaf. Groups on trellis were seen. Many beds of mulberry trees grew in the gardens & at one place saw under barreting Taro posts. Our Durval out one met many The Korean cabbage was abundant in a single crop burning a high withers that burns like a Durham drill. No roses are seen in Seoul but outside a few carrying jams may be met. The rice crop was just being harvested. Only one cup is raised. It yields large fryings of the Pombui delta & the Korean cabbage. One field of cotton has been