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The Journal of Heredity 



FRUITS OF THE MAN(;()STEEN 



One of the admirable qualities of the mangosteen is the beauty of its fruit. The thick, corky, 

 outer shell, when cut, is of a delicate i)ink, rapidly deepening to crimson on exposure to 

 the air. The segments of flesh inside are of an ivory tint. The heavy outer shell is a dis- 

 tinct commercial advantage, in protecting the fruit from bruises, during shipment. Photo- 

 graph natural size. (Fig. 1.) 



or seven in number, lying loose in the 

 cup. The cut surface of the rind is of 

 a most delicate pink color and is studded 

 with small yellow points formed by the 

 drops of cxudinj^ juice. As you lift 

 out of this cup, one by one, the delicate 

 segments, which arc the size and shape 

 of those of a mandarin orange, the light 

 pink sides of the cup and the veins of 

 white and yellow embedded in it arC" 

 visible. The sejjarate .segments are 

 between snow white and i\'()r\- in color 



and are covered with a delicate network 

 of fibers, while the side of each segment 

 where it presses against its neighbor is 

 translucent and slightly tinged with 

 pale green. As one poises the dainty 

 bit of snowy fruit on his fork, and looks 

 at the empty pink cup from which it 

 has been taken, he hardly knows whether 

 the delicate flavor or the beautiful 

 coloring of the fruit ]jleascs him the 

 more, and he invariably slo])s lo admire 

 the ra])i(lly <k'e])ening color of the cut 



