36 The Custard Apple in Queensland. 



long prickly or pointed protuberances. It has a fairly good flavour and 

 is reputed to be an early cropper. The tree is a regular bearer of 

 medium-sized fruit and it is said to form a good stock. No. 10 is a 

 distinct variety, possibly between A. glabra and A. sqnam-osa, and that 

 on Plate 2 already described as Moore's Island is probably A. cherimolia- 

 A. reticulata. In this connection the following extract has some special 

 interest 1 : "In 1908, at the subtropical laboratory, Miami, Fla., U.S.A., 

 the writer successfully hybridised the Cherimoya and the Sugar Apple, 2 

 the Sugar Apple and the Custard Apple, 3 the Cherimoya and the 

 Mamon, 4 and the Mamon and the Sugar Apple. Several hundred 

 seedlings resulted from this work, the hybrids between the Cherimoya 

 and the Sugar Apple showing remarkable vigour and thrif tiness. ' ' 



Seeds of a cross between A. cherimolia and A. reticulata were 

 obtained from New South Wales by the Director of Fruit Culture in 

 May, 1918, and were handed to the Acclimatisation Society per the late 

 Mr. Leslie G. Corrie. They were sown in the society's grounds at 

 Lawnton. 



1 P. J. Wester Philippine Agricultural Review. Vol. VI., No. 7. 

 - Anona squamosa L. 



3 A. reticulata L. 



4 A. glabra L. 



