222 TlMEHRI. 



The report makes mention of the Mammee Sapota 

 (Lacuma mammosaj , the cultivation of which has been 

 but lately introduced, and the trees in South Florida 

 and the keys do not appear to have commenced to bear. 

 The fruit obtained from Cuba sells at 40 cents a dozen. 



The star apple (Chrysophyllum Cainito) has, as yet, 

 been planted in Florida in only small numbers and quite 

 recently. There is a good demand for the fruit at Key 

 West, where they fetch 15 to 30 cents a dozen. 



The sugar apple or sweet sop (Anona squamosa) 

 appears to be largely grown, and the writer of the 

 report is loud in his praises of its virtues. This fruit is 

 said to have greatly improved under cultivation in India. 

 The Cherumoya is grown to the same extent. 



The Sour Sop (Anona muricata) is cultivated in South 

 Florida to a small extent, although the Cuban fruit sells 

 readily at 10 to 20 cents each. 



The Cashew nut (Anacardium) is also mentioned, but 

 has received but little notice. The kernel is said to be 

 made into puddings, roasted, and in other ways prepared 

 for the table. One use, probably novel to us in Guiana, is 

 to improve the flavour of old Madeira wine, — and although 

 the acrid nature of the oil contained in the coating of 

 the kernel is familiar to us, it is not, I think, generally 

 known that the vapour of the nuts when roasted, causes 

 erysipelas. It may also be a fa6l new to us that a 

 pleasant vinous liquor is evolved from the fleshy stalk of 

 the Cashew fruit by fermentation, and that by distilla- 

 tion, a pleasantly flavoured spirit is obtained. 



Other fruits are noticed, such as the cocoa plum 

 (Chrysobalanus Icaco), which is popularly known under 

 the suggestive, but unpoetical, name of Fat-pork here, 



