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THE EVOLUTION OF OUR NATIVE FRUITS 



southern Florida, known to botanists as Anona glabra 

 (or A. laurifolia) . It is a small tree, sometinn-s 

 reaching the height of thirty or forty feet. It is a 



Fig, 123. The Pond apple. Anona glttbtv, 



striking tree as it grows about the borders of the 



everglades, Its roots lying under the water. A Pruil is 



shown natural Bize, in section, in Pig. L23. It is 



