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scarcely known in cultivation. It is remarkable for its thick, 

 relatively hard shell, which makes it of possible value with 

 regard to the production of annonas suitable for shipping to 

 distant markets. This is a vigorous tree with large, thick, 

 glabrous, oblong leaves and small cinnamon-brown flowers. 

 The fruit is roundish oblate in form, about 3 inches in diameter, 

 with dull green surface divided into areoles by small ridges, the 

 shell being nearly ^ inch thick. The seeds, which are embedded 

 in the white melting pulp, are about the same size as those of the 

 cherimoya. O. F. Cook 1 says : " The texture of the pulp is 

 perfect, the flavor aromatic and delicious with no unpleasant 

 aftertaste. It is much richer than the soursop, with a suggestion 

 of the flavor of the matasano (Casimiroa edulis). . . . The 

 most fragrant pulp is close to the rind. The seeds separate from 

 the surrounding pulp more readily than in most annona fruits." 

 The posh-te appears to be adapted to moist tropical regions most 

 probably at elevations of less than 4000 feet. 



Annona testudinea, Safford, the anona del monte of Honduras 

 and Guatemala, is closely related to A. scleroderma. The fruit 

 has soft, juicy pulp similar to that of the cherimoya but not 

 quite so highly flavored. When fully ripe the surface takes on a 

 brownish color. The external appearance of the fruit resembles 

 that of the posh-te, although the ridges are not so pronounced. 

 Both of these species merit horticultural attention. 



Biribd (Rollinia deliciosa, Safford) . Jacques Huber 2 de- 

 scribes this as a medium-sized tree common in the orchards of 

 Para, Brazil. Its growth is rapid and it prospers equally well 

 in sun and shade. "Of all the annonaceous fruits cultivated 

 in Para this seems best adapted to our (i.e., the north Brazilian) 

 climate, springing up almost spontaneously wherever seeds 

 fall." The biriba has been referred incorrectly to R. orthopetala, 



Journal Wash. Acad. Sci., Feb. 19, 1913. 

 2 Boletim Museu Goeldi, 1904. 



