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Mexican almond. Tlu' mAYw Iwri-y and the iiiock orange arc l)()tli about the 

 size of the end of a little finger, yet each of them will l)reed from six to twelve 

 Hies per fruit, though they will he much smaller than those bred from a fruit 

 such as tlie fig, in which, it seems, they find better nourishment. The Kamani 

 nut. whicii is about the size of the (California almond, breeds a startling 

 •lumber for its size, — from twenty-five to fifty tlies per nut. 



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In these pulpy fruits, the luill instead of the berry or nut is the part 

 affected, while the lierry, though brought to the ground perhaps a little earlier 

 than otherwi.se is not materially injured. Coffee growers on the island o' 

 Hawaii state that they are unaiile to see any damage to their coffee due te 

 tiie work of the tiy, althougii it Ijreeds literally by the millions therein. In 

 portions of South Africa, this fly is conunonly known as the coffee fly since it 

 is most often found where there is coffee. The fact of the similarity of this 

 kamani nut to our almonds and walnuts leads to the possibility that unless 

 containing too much tannic acid, tiie hull of the.se might add to the food 

 supply in California at a time when little el.>-e was available. 



