MacCaAuGHEY: GUAVAS OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 523 
A few fruits of the depend guava Span cattleianum) were placed in cold 
storage in the 32° 3 oms. s fruit is one of the preferred host plants 
of the fruit fly, me a part ee ne fruit used in the bet was infested. he 
fruit was picked in a nearly ripe condition. The strawberry guava is not well 
adapted to cold storage. Practically all of the fruit was shriveled and fermented 
or decayed within one month in both the 32° and 36° F. rooms. Mildew developed 
abundantly on the rind and only a few of the fruits kept their normal flavor and 
appearance more than two weeks 
Analyses of various Hawaiian fruits were made by the Hawaii , 
Agricultural Experiment Station in 1914, and the guavas were 
reported as follows, the numbers representing percentages: 
R | | 
Name oe Total solids Ash ar Fat | Fiber 
P. Guajava | 
Common..... 84.69 17.78 531 7-38 | 524 | 4-445 
Rites. so. 87.76 18.75 676 8.26 | 492: F5,105 
tinidad.: : .: : 86.62 I5.43 651 6.34 353 4.425 
P. Catileianum | 
hinese...... 98.01 20.08 635 TOQE <1" 57,448 3.868 
Common..... 98.60 18.27 743 AAG Ae i554 = | 0.546 
Common..... 81.16 23.75 755 5-63 | -790 | 9.378 
THE YELLOW STRAWBERRY GUAVA 
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This is P..Cattleianum var. lucidum Hort., often listed in the 
trade catalogues as P. lucidum, P. chinense, and P. sinense. It is 
sometimes called Chinese guava. It is occasionally cultivated in 
the Hawaiian Islands, but is not common, and does not occur 
wild. It is a low-growing shrub, with obovate leaves, white 
flowers, and fruit spherical, 3-3.5 cm. in diameter, and deep 
sulfur yellow in color. The flesh is sweet, yellow, and more 
delicately flavored than that of the species. 
There are several other species of guava that are of horti- 
cultural importance in other parts of the world, but not occurring 
in the Hawaiian Islands. P. Friedrichsthalianum (Berg) Niedenzu, 
is a well-known Costa Rican species; P. Araga Raddi grows on the 
dry uplands of Brazil; and P. montanum Swartz is native to the 
mountains of Jamaica. The so-called black guava is Guettarda 
argentea Lam., a rubiaceous Jamaican tree, bearing black, globose, 
fleshy fruits. The ‘Chilean guava” is a myrtaceous shrub of 
