PLATES 



PLATE PAGE 



I. The Nimlioh avocado Frontispiece 



II. Four or five tortillas (corn cakes) and a good-sized 

 avocado are considered a good meal by the Guatemala 



Indians 24 



III. Avocado-growing in the Mexican highlands ... 46 



IV. Puebla avocado tree producing its first crop at two years 



of age ; the Fuerte avocado ..... 68 

 V. Inflorescence of the Alphonse mango ; a Cuban mango- 

 vender 90 



VI. The Sandersha mango ; the ambarella . . . .110 



VII. Red mombins on the tree 132 



VIII. The cherimoya at its best ; the soursop and other fruits 150 

 IX. The home of the Fardh date; in the date gardens of 



Basrah 176 



X. A date palm in full production ; the purple granadilla 190 

 XI. A tropical substitute for the cantaloupe, the papaya ; a 



papaya in bearing 208 



XII. A plate of fine loquats 230 



XIII. The wild cherry of Central America (Prunus salicifolia) \ 



the manzanilla (Cratcegus stipulosa) .... 250 



XIV. Feijoas ready for gathering 280 



XV. A fruiting jaboticaba tree 292 



XVI. Flowers and fruits of the rose-apple (Eugenia Jambos) 306 



XVII. The litchi, favorite fruit of the Chinese . . .324 



XVIII. Foliage and fruits of the akee (Blighia sapida) . . 350 



XIX. The sapodilla (Achras Sapota) 370 



XX. The rambutan and other fruits; a basket of green 



sapotes 386 



A young kaki tree in bearing 400 



A basket of pomegranates ; the black sapote . . . 420 

 The jackfruit (Artocarpus integrifolia) , the largest 



tropical fruit 438 



The mangosteen ; the durian 456 



xv 



