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BRAZIL G-TJAVA (P. Araca). A shrub four to six feet high, 

 growing in the West Indies, Guiana, Peru, and Brazil, where it is 

 found in dry, high-lying places. Leaves oblong, obtuse, soft to the 

 touch above, somewhat hairy below ; veins reticulate, somewhat 

 raised ; peduncles axillary, one to three-flowered. Fruit ovoid, 

 greenish yellow, flesh white, of excellent taste. 



STRAWBERRY G-TTAVA (P. Clattleyanum) or PURPLE G-UAVA. 

 A native of Brazil and Uruguay. One of the hardiest of the guavas, 

 thriving over a very wide range of latitudes. A shrub or small tree 

 of five to fifteen feet high. Branchlets smooth ; leaves smaller than 

 those of the former round" species, obovate, thick, and glossy; 

 peduncles solitary, axillary, opposite, one-flowered ; fruit almost 

 spherical, tapering at the eye, small, rarely exceeding 1| inches 

 in diameter, fine deep claret colour, with numerous brown dots 011 a 

 slightly roughened surface. Pulp fleshy, soft, and juicy, purplish 

 red next the skin, but white at the centre, with a strawberry-like 

 flavour, and free from the strong odour of P. Guayava. 



Another species, the " Mexican G-uava," sometimes called 

 "Yellow Cattley Guava," is also cultivated, and has proved very 

 hardy. In flavour it is somewhat tart, and possesses little of the 

 peculiar guava smell. 



THE JACK (Artocarpus integrifolia) . 



Is closely allied to the Breadfruit trees, but is hardier, and a 

 larger tree. In size it reaches 30ft. to 40ft. and is a very quick 

 grower. The branches, which are numerous and spring all over the 

 trunk, carry a thick evergreen foliage which is much liked by 

 stock. For that reason, if planted for ornamental purposes, the 

 young tree should be protected by means of a tree- guard for the 

 first few years of its growth. The. Jack tree, which is a native of 

 India, is now naturalised over all the tropical world. Several 

 varieties are cultivated, and amongst others the " Honey Jack," and 

 the " Root- bearing Jack " an esteemed variety which bears excel- 

 lent fruit on its superficial roots. The tree is easily grown from 

 seeds, which germinate readily and come to bearing at an early age 

 three or four years after starting. The fruit is extremely heavy, and 

 is carried along the main limbs or the trunk. In weight it varies 

 from 51bs. to 501bs., and even more. Rough outside, it contains 

 when ripe a mass of sticky fibres around yellowish sweet envelopes 

 which surround the seeds. Both these sweet envelopes and the 

 seeds are edible. The pulp possesses a delicious flavour, which is 

 much liked once the objection to the peculiar penetrating smell 

 which characterises them has been overcome. This smell can to a 

 great extent be neutralised by throwing the sweet pulpy envelope 

 into a bowl containing some water and salt. The seeds, which many 

 prefer to the best chestnuts, may be eaten either boiled or roasted. 

 They are oblong in shape, and about 1| inches long. 



The sometimes objectionable smell referred to is more per- 

 ceptible in over-ripe fruit, and is much lessened by burying the 

 fruit for a while. 



