A CLUSTER OF AKALA BERRIES ACTUAL SIZE 



For comparison, a silver half-dollar is inserted. These were not the largest fruits collected; 

 exceptional fruits measured two inches across and were as large as a silver dollar. They are juicy, 

 with small seeds, and vary in flavor, some having a slightly bitter taste, while others are very de- 

 licious. There is a dark purple and an orange yellow variety, the former borne by almost spineless 

 plants, the other on spiney bushes. Authentic specimens of both these varieties are now in the 

 collection of the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction of the Department of Agriculture 

 in Washington. (Fig. 2.) 



