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classed as a fruit by Europeans, but is used as a medicine and 

 was once eaten by the natives. 



Vacciniiun reticulatum, the Ohelo, is a Hawaiian fruit of a very 

 different character. It flourishes high up the mountains in poor 

 soil, often growing in mere cracks in the rocks like its relative, 

 the blueberry of Canada, and loses most of its good qualities when 

 it ventures towards the coast on some lava stream as is occasional- 

 ly seen in Puna. The allied Gaylussacia rcsinosa, or huckleberry of 

 New England, I once tried to mtroduce here, and Judge Dole, then 

 a law student with me in Boston, undertook to plant on the moun- 

 tains of Hawaii a quantity of seeds I had prepared, but I have 

 never seen any signs of these and fear they did not take kindly to 

 the soil. 



Chrysophyllinn caiiiiio, the Star Apple of the Sapotaceae, grows 

 well here and there are a number of tr-ees about Honolulu. The 

 fruit certainly looks well, but is not of a decided flavor, although 

 some like it very well. 



Achras sapota. the Sapodilla, is by many considered a good 

 fruit, and is popular in the West Indies. There are trees of this 

 fruit in Honolulu. 



Liiciima mammosa, what is called sapote in Guatemala and 

 Mammee-apple in the West Indies, does not belong to the genus 

 sapota. It is a fruit with a rough leathery outside, the meat red- 

 dish surrounding a smooth nut, and the whole flavored with 

 cinnamon. I have seen some sapotes as large as a coconut but 

 usually they are not half that size. 



Diospyros kaki, the Japanese Persimmon of the Ebenaceae, is, I 

 think better preserved than fresh. I have seen it fruiting admir- 

 ably in the rich bottom lands north of Sydney, N. S. W., and as it 

 is also cultivated in Burma, this handsome fruit might do well 

 here. It is often in our markets from southern California. 



Diospyros iiiabola, a natiye of the Philippines, is often improp- 

 erly called mangosteen. The fruit is brown, about the size of a 

 quince, and is pink colored within. Those who have tasted both 

 consider this species better than the Japanese one. All the trees 

 of this ebony family that will grow here would be desirable for 

 the timber, which always commands a high pricee. 



