1 84 PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE 



odor. When the season opens, single fruits sell in 

 Singapore for two pesos. 



Mabolo. The mabolo, Diospyros discolor, is a com- 

 mon Philippine fruit with good flavor, but unpleasant 

 odor. Besides this species and many others in the 



Philippines, the genus 



t^\ Diospyros contains the 



^^^ \ } ^^^ persimmons, which are 



^K 9k a staple fruit of Japan. 



[& Kj V The heartwood of mabolo 



^(^^ sometimes turns perfectly 



FIG. 



ebony. More commonly, it is not all quite black ; then 

 it is called camagon. Other species of Diospyros also 

 furnish ebony, and probably camagon as well. 



FIG. 125. Guavas 



Lansones. Next to the mango, the most highly prized 

 fruit on the Manila market is the lanson. This is a 

 small fruit, two or three centimeters in diameter, but 

 borne in large bunches. It has a thin skin, in which is 

 a bitter, milky juice. Inside this the fruit has five divi- 



