CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Summary of investigations 7 



Introduction 7 



Personnel 8 



Improvements 8 



Office work 9 



Field operations 9 



Corn 10 



Para grass 11 



Paspalum dilatatum 11 



Other forage crops 12 



Miscellaneous field crops 12 



Vegetable gardening 12 



Patola 13 



Onions 13 



Radishes 14 



Other vegetables 14 • 



Orchard notes 15 



Pineapples 15 



Citrus trees 16 



Japanese persimmons 16 



Peaches 16 



Grapes 17 



Strawberries 17 



Bananas 17 



Other fruit introductions 17 



Miscellaneous plants 18 



Fruit growing in Guam 18 



Catalogue of fruits and trees bearing edible nuts or seeds used as food or bev- 

 erage growing on the island of Guam 19 



Acknowledgment 25 



Entomological notes 26 



Special field crops 27 



Forage and cover crops 29 



Fruits 30 



Vegetables 31 



Other economic plants 31 



Hedge, shade, and ornamental trees 32 



Pests of domestic animals 32 



Household insects 33 



Beneficial insects 33 



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