PI. 222. 



THE INJERTO TREE OF GUATEMALA. 



(ACHRADELPHA VIRIDIS (PITTIER) O. F. COOK, S. P. I. No. 43788.} 



The sapote (AcTiradelpJia mammosa) has not been a success in Florida 

 or California, but this near relative, which grows at an altitude of 

 6,000 feet, may stand a better chance of succeeding. It does not 

 come into bearing until it is 8 years old, but it then often 

 produces enormous crops of round to oval fruits, of a dull yellow- 

 green color, a sweet pleasant flavor, and a soft melting texture. 

 which resembles but is better than that of the sapote itself. (Pho- 

 tographed by Wilson Popenoe on the road to San Juan del Obispo, 

 Guatemala, October 26, 1916; P16910FS.) 



