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The fruit is about the size of a button, round and ribbed, and 

 is considered agreeable by the natives. 



It blossoms again in June, but does not yield a second crop 

 of fruit. 



Fine large plants have been growing likewise for many years 

 in the gardens of the Agri-Horticultural Society, but they have 

 hitherto been unproductive. 



Jambosa vulgaris. 



EOSE- APPLE JAMROSADE. 



Goolab Jam. 



A tree of rather handsome growth, with verdant oleander- 

 formed leaves, a native of India, where Dr. Voigt states it 

 belongs to both peninsulas. Dr. Kiddel says that in the Madras 

 Presidency " he has only met with the fruit at Hyderabad, and 

 that he has made every attempt to introduce it elsewhere with- 

 out success." It blossoms with large greenish-white flowers in 

 February, and bears fruit in the Bains and during the Cold 

 season. The fruit is exceedingly handsome, being of the size 

 and somewhat of the form of a small Apple, of a fine opaque 

 Apricot colour with a beautiful blush of red upon it, and with a 

 fine delicate rose-water perfume. It is, however, cultivated more 

 for ornament than for use, as it can hardly be considered eatable, 

 being of a poor flavour and of a dry, pithy consistency. 



Plants are propagated by seeds or by layers. 



Jambosa Malaccensis. 



MALAY APPLE OTAHEITE CASHEW. 



Malaka Umrool. 



A remarkably handsome tree, with fine large, laurel-formed, 

 verdant, deep-green foliage ; native of Moluccas. It blossoms 

 in the Hot season with large, beautiful crimson flowers, and 

 towards the end of the Rains and during the Cold season ripens 

 its fruit. The fruit is of the size and form of a very small 

 Apple, perfectly smooth, of a pure translucent white with a 

 beautiful blush of crimson. Some persons eat it, but it is not 

 worth eating. 



Plants may be propagated by seed or by layers. 



