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Tangier. A variety with bright yellow medium-sized fruit. Flesh 

 sweet, fragrant, and luscious. 



Strawberri/. This is a robust and very prolific variety with olive 

 green frait, flushed with crimson on the sunny side, and weighing about 

 three quarters of a pound. Flesh sweet, aiomatic, and luscious, with a 

 little fibre next to the seed. Experience has proved this to be one of the 

 finest varieties grown in Australia. 



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HISTORY AND USES. 



The Mangosteen, or Mangostan as it is sometimes written, is the fruit 

 of Garcinia Mangostana, a handsome evergreen tree of moderate size, 

 belonging to the natural order Guttiferae, or the Gamboge family. It is 

 indigenous to Java, Sumatra, and the Molucca, or Spice, Islands. The 

 fruit is as large as a medium-sized Orange, and has a thick, succulent,, 

 reddish-brown rind, covered 

 with warts or tubercles, with a 

 crown of rays at the apex. 

 The inside consists of a white 

 juicy pulp that has a delicately 

 acid and particularly rich 

 sweet flavour, which has been 

 likened to a combination of 

 Strawberry and Pine-Apple. 

 From its whiteness and grateful 

 flavour the pulp has also been 

 likened to perfumed snow. 

 The pulp is divided into a 

 number of sections by thin 

 partitions in a somewhat 

 similar manner to the Orange. 

 The Mangosteen is generally 



admitted to be one of the finest tropical fruits, and is highly ap- 

 preciated in countries where it grows naturally, or can be cultivated. 

 It reaches the highest degree of perfection when allowed to get fully ripe 

 upon the tree, and is best when eaten quite fresh. The fruit is not only 

 palatable and refreshing, but is considered to have a medicinal value in 

 cases of fe\er and other complaints, and may be freely eaten with safety 

 by persons suffering from any disorder. An astringent juice obtained 

 from the rind is considered to be an excellent specific in cases of 

 dysentry. 



Several other species of Garcinia yield serviceable fruits, which are 

 utilized more or less in their native countries. The principal of these is 

 Garcinia cornea or Horny Mangosteen, a rather tall evergreen tree 

 indigenous to mountain regions in Java* The vernacular name is derived 



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