FRUITS 



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sions, each of which, in the wild lanson, usually contains 

 a seed. As a result of cultivation and selection, and 

 propagation by cuttings, four of these seeds, and some- 

 times all five, have become very small and tasteless. 



FlG. 126. Breadfruit 



The remaining seed is large and bitter, and not edible. 

 Young trees begin to produce when about five years 

 old, and when mature are six meters or more in height. 



In Java the seed of lansones are used as a vermifuge, 

 and the fresh skin of the fruit is rubbed on the body 

 after bathing. 



The Genus Anona. The genus Anoiia includes several 

 Philippine fruits, the atis, or sweet sop, anonas, and sour 

 sop, or guanabano. All of these are natives of America 

 and grow only in the tropics. The sweet sop has several 



