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devoted to Grapes and Figs, the latter being planted 

 in a trench and the soil thrown up into a bank on the 

 exposed side, so as to form some shelter for the vines. 



Anona squamosa Custard Apple Guista Native 

 of the West Indies. A well known delicious fruit, 

 commonly cultivated in Egyptian gardens. The 

 trees, which are often of a dwarf shrub-like form, 

 grow readily from seed. It is the latest plant in 

 the country for transplanting, which should be done 

 about the end of March or early in April, when the 

 plant looses its leaves. Large trees transplanted with 

 balls of earth at their roots will fruit the same year. 

 The trees should be well manured in the winter, and 

 the ground lightly cut up. Water once a week in 

 dry weather until the buds appear, when water should 

 be withheld, otherwise the flowers will drop off, and 

 again occasionally when the fruit has formed. At 

 the time of ripening, the trees should be looked over 

 every morning and the fruit picked as it becomes 

 soft, or it will fall and be destroyed. The trees 

 should never be pruned, but occasionally a branch 

 may require cutting back or thinning out. A 

 variety known as Balady (or native), though inferior 

 to the former, is also grown. 



Carica Papaya Papaw, A native of tropical South 

 America. In this country it is grown as an orna- 

 mental plant, but I am not aware that any use is 

 made of the fruit. The plant grows in the form of 

 an Aralia, having a single stem rising eight or ten 

 feet high, with a bunch of leaves at the top and a 

 cluster of green, pear-like fruit hanging at their base. 

 These should be thinned out soon after they form, 

 in order that those that remain may come to per- 

 fection, and the flowers that continue to develop should 

 be picked off. The trees should be frequently watered, 

 and the fruit, which ripens in the autumn, is agreeable 

 and wholesome when eaten with sugar, or preserved. 



Plants can be propagated from seed sown in the 

 spring, but as they are of two sexes they will not all 



