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A. muricata, the Sour Sop, grows well in Honolulu, and in 

 Guatemala is a favorite fruit. The acid and strongly flavored 

 pulp is disagreeable to many persons, but enough like it to culti- 

 vate it more than any other variety of this'genus. A cluster of 

 three fruits, from the Punahou region, weighed 15 pounds, a size 

 exceeding any I have seen in Central America. 



Garcinia inangostana, the Mangosteen of the family Guttiferae, 

 is found on the Malay Peninsula and in the Moluccas ; its northern 

 limit is 14° at Tenasserim, and its southern at 7° S. I have 

 tried it in my garden and so have others, but when it fruits the 

 result is almost worthless, and I do not believe it can be 

 grown on this group unless by grafting on the native allied genus 

 Calophyllnm, the native Kamani, it might be rendered hardier. 

 Heat and moisture throughout the year seem essential to its 

 growth. Many species of this genus are edible and produce 

 gum gamboge, but this species is considered the most palatable of 

 all fruits. The tree is handsome, I have seen it in perfection in 

 Singapore, with dark green opposite leaves and the fruit is a 

 drupe two inches in diameter with an outer fibrous covering dark 

 red or purple on the outside but crimson within ; the pulp envelop- 

 ing the seels is snow-white and of most delicate flavor. In Ma- 

 lacca it fruits in July and December. If a Luther Burbank could 

 develop a variety that would grow in our hot, moist valleys, it 

 would be a great boon to us. 



Mammea americana, of the same family, the Wild Apricot of 

 South America, is grown here and I have eaten a good fruit here 

 from the St. Louis garden. The fruit weighed 35 ounces. Per- 

 haps the M. africaua might do better ; its fruit is pronounced delici- 

 ous by those who have tasted it. 



Hibiscus sabdariffa, of the Malvaceae, the Roselle of the gar- 

 dens, is peculiar in that the thickened calices form the fruit, which 

 mlakes an excellent sauce, resembling that of cranberries. 



Diirio zibcthinus, the Durian of the family Malvaceae, has 

 been grown on both Maui and Kauai. It is found in the Moluccas 

 and extends as far as Mindanao in the Philippines, but its native 

 place is the Malay Peninsula, the home of the finest of the tropical 

 fruits, where it is a lofty tree, the flowers being arranged in 

 clusters on the trunk and older branches, and the fruit is as large 

 as a small melon, covered with rough points. This falls, when 



