LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Date palm, bearing four bunches of fruit . . Frontispiece 



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Crown of coconut tree with nuts in various stages of growth 58 

 Coffee tree in bloom in Costa Rica . . . . . .66 



Tea hedges in Yendo, Japan 70 



Field of smooth cayenne pineapples in Hawaii ... 70 



Trunk of cacao tree bearing ripe pods 74 



Papoulu banana, a Hawaiian variety to be eaten baked . 84 

 Young avocado tree in fruit, Trapp variety .... 92 



Sandersha mango tree in bearing . . . . . .92 



Papaya tree in Miami, Florida . . .... 100 



Feijoa twigs and fruit . . , * . . . . . 108 



Tamarind pods and leaves ? y V . 108 



Fruiting branch of litchi 116 



Roselle; the thick calyx is the edible part , 122 



Cherimoyer, one of the custard apples 122 



Olivier variety of loquat .128 



Rose apple, flowers and fruit . . . . . . 134 



Portion of passion vine with fruit 134 



Amatungula or Natal plum, fruit and flower . . .140 



Sapodilla from Florida 140 



Dasheen Tuber, Trinidad variety 144 



Breadfruit tree in full bearing, Honolulu . . . .150 



Chayote, fruit and portion of stem 154 



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