PI. 235. 



A HARDY RELATIVE OF THE CHERIMOLA. 



(Rollinia ertvirginnta, S. P. I. Nos. 25528, 27610, and 28135.) 



The class of plants to which the sugar-apple and cherimola belong 

 is notably tender, and one of the great hindrances to its exten- 

 sive cultivation in California and Florida lies in its susceptibility 

 to frost. The young tree, the photograph of which is here 

 shown, is standing in the test orchard at Buena Vista, Fla., 

 and although all the species and varieties of Annona and Rol- 

 linia standing near it were killed back by the freeze ( +26 F.), 

 this specimen remained untouched and is producing new young 

 leaves. According to T. II. Gwynn, of Paraguay, it is a^small 

 bush there, but grows on almost any kind of soif and produces 

 large fruit of " the best class of all." (Photographed by David 

 Fan-child, February 23, 1917, at Buena Vista, Fla. ; P20454FS.) 



