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Very often when I have tasted the fruits of our common wild 
cherry seis serotina, or Padus serotina, as it should be called), 
I have wondered if it could not be improved by culture and 
Once, my Adirondack guide informed me that he had found a 
tree bearing such unusually good fruit that he had transferred it 
to his garden, fertilized and cultivated it, and seen it develop 
cherries which burst open with their richness. Of all this I was 
reminded when a station peddler cried out his stock of ‘‘Capulinas 
ulces,”” which I quickly found to be a species of Padus, very 
similar to our P. Ses but three times as large, and of delicious 
sweetness and flavor. It is Padus Capulin, mostly occurring wild, 
but frequently transferred to gardens, where it does not seem to 
be improved as I think it is capable of being. This fruit is ripe 
in July and August. 
In one of my lectures here, I referred to the Pacay, an enormous 
bean-like fruit of the Andes. It is often more than a foot long, 
an inch and a half wide and half as thick, and contains eight 
to twelve large beans, like lima beans, imbedded in a pure white 
substance resembling absorbent cotton. This apparently fibrous 
mass is juicy and dissolves in the mouth like water-melon pulp, 
which it considerably resembles in flavor. It is the product of 
Inga edulis, a large tree in the Acacia group. There are many 
species of Jnga, and most of them contain such an edible pulp. 
I found one in the Mexican markets, and traced it to Cuernavaca, 
where Mrs. Harry O. Robinson very kindly procured me speci- 
mens, from which I determined it as Inga Jiniquil. It is known 
by the common name Jiniquil, and is marketed in July and 
August 
One of the most delicious fruits that I encountered was pur- 
chased in Zamorain February. Itisa Bromelia. Though I have 
no means of determining the species, it is probably B. Pinguin. 
The fruits occur in large heads like the fruits of a Yucca, but 
more densely arranged. Individually, they resemble small pink 
radishes, in size, form and color, though the shape is quite ir- 
regular. The fruit is firm and crisp, much like that of an apple, 
and is sweet, acid and delicious. From what is written of it, 
