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The ohia, or Malay apple, is a common timber tree of the 

 Hawaiian Islands, though not peculiar to that locality. On the 

 Island of Maui is a mammoth orchard of wild ohias, extending 

 from the sea to the mountains, and measuring twenty miles 

 in length by from five to ten miles in width. The trees are from 

 forty to fifty feet in height, some of the largest yielding nearly 



AVOCADO, OK ALLIGATOR PEAR. 



fifty pounds of fruit, the total crop being said to be sufficient to 

 fill a fleet of one hundred steamers. The beautiful crimson or white 

 apples, however, are unfit for transportation, as they last but a 

 short time in a good condition. 



Near the Volcano House on the island of Hawaii are great 

 thickets of the ohelo, or Hawaiian huckleberry (Vaccinium 



