Baskets of Fresh Litchi Fruits in Canton, China. 



The Chinese litchi (Litchi chinensis) is already famil- 

 iar to the American public but few know that it is not a 

 real nut but a dried fruit or that there are scores of 

 different varieties of it. They are among the most delic- 

 ate flavored of all fruits, having an almost perfumed 

 character about them. The trees are grown like the one 

 shown in the cut along the dykes which divide the rice 

 fields from the canals. Photograph by G. Weidman Groff of 

 the Canton Christian College. 



