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 725.-" YELLOW STAR APPLE"? 



Under this name Mr. J. C. Lewis of San Fernando sent us some 

 years ago seed of a fruit received from Brazil. 



From this a tree was raised which has now produced a crop of 

 fruit, which has a nice appearance, but at present has little to recom- 

 mend it for the table. This is what I wrote after my first taste. 

 Fourteen days afterwards I again tried the fruit and found it riper, 

 of excellent flavour, and a decided acquisition. It reminds one of 

 the fruit of the " balata," but it is three times as large and much 

 prettier in appearance. I now think it has much to recommend 

 it for the table. 



The fruit is yellow — one seeded, globular, about 2 inches in 

 diameter, and probably belongs to the genus Sideroxylon, and not to 

 the '"' Star Apple" or Chrysophyllum. From specimens now obtained 

 it is hoped to get an authentic determination of the tree shortly. 



726.-COFFEA ROBUST A. 



A NEW VARIETY FROM THE CONGO RIVER, WEST AFRICA. 



Plants of this kind of coffee have done remarkably well at the 

 Experiment Station, St. Clair, and under the authority of His Excel- 

 lency Sir Henry Moore Jackson, K.C.M.G., Governor of Trinidad, a 

 free distribution has been made. Plants were distributed to the 

 number of 1,800 to 154 estates. The readiness with which this new 

 plant has been taken up is a satisfactory sign of the interest taken by 

 local planters in new products. Numerous applications were received 

 after the lot set aside for free distribution was exhausted, the whole 

 number being taken in one month from the date of advertisement 

 offering same. 



The plants sent out were strong healthy plants 1 year old. The. 

 value of the distribution is estimated at $180. 



727.-CACAO AT THE AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE, 

 1905, HELD IN TRINIDAD. 



A useful discussion on the cultivation of Cacao took place at the 

 late Agricultural Conference of January last, the full report of which 

 is published in West Indian Bulletin, Vol. VI, No. 1, 1905. As 



