FRUITS 



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FIG. 122. Mangosteen 



Bengal. In the Philippines it is found at Dapitan, and 

 even in Negros, but is not common north of Jolo. The 

 fruit is brought to Manila from Singapore. 



The mangosteen is 

 a small tree with dark 

 red flowers and dark 

 reddish brown, spotted 

 fruit. The husk of the 

 fruit is red where 

 broken. Inside it is 

 the white or rosy pulp. 

 Fine mangosteens are 

 almost seedless. In growing this fruit, care must be 

 taken to secure rapid growth for some time after ger- 

 mination. 



Santol is a very similar Philippine fruit, in the same 

 family ; but it has not the mangosteen's fine flavor. 



Durian. The durian is 

 a huge fruit, 15 to 20 cm 

 in diameter, with a hard 

 shell covered with pyrami- 

 dal spines. It is a native 



FH;. 123. Atis f Malaya, now cultivated 



as far as 14 north in Siam, 



but unknown in the Philippines north of Mindanao. 

 The trees are very large, and are said to bear in other 

 places as many as two hundred fruits; but in Mindanao 

 they usually bear very few. Inside the hard shell is a 

 butter-like, creamy pulp, delicious in taste and vile in 



