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12 THE CUBA REVIEW 
The Pomarrosa of Cuba. 
Some Uncommon Fruit Trees of Cuba 
By C. D. Mell 
The Rose Apple or la Pomarrosa 
The rose apple (Hugenia jambos), which is known also as jambos, is one of the many 
tropical fruit trees that have received too little attention by plant breeders. It is a 
tree of unusual interest, and if the fruit it produces were improved by properly crossing 
the best strains, an industry of considerable commercial importance could doubtless be 
developed by planting the trees in orchards as in the case of oranges and mangoes. 
The possibilities of this tree have long since been recognized by orchardists in Cuba, 
where the pomarrosa tree has been growing for over 200 years, but as yet too little is 
known about it, and it is now found only here and there in gardens. Its propagation 
