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excellent species that merits wider introduction. It is a small 

 tree native to the west coast of Mexico, to Salvador, and is called 

 "ilama" or "ilamatzapotl." The fruit is about six inches long 

 and five inches broad, shaped and marked like a pineapple 

 cheese. It is covered with a dense gray, felt-like tomentum; 

 the flesh is cream or rose-colored and very finely flavored. This 

 species has been introduced into southern Florida. 



The Florida alligator-apple, Annona glabra L., may be men- 

 tioned at this point, as a very promising stock for the sour-sop, 

 cherimoya, and custard-apple. It is a small to medium-sized 

 tree, inhabiting swamps and marshy streamways in Florida, 

 tropical America, the West Indies, the Galapagos Islands, and 

 the west coast of Africa. It has a wider natural distribution than 

 any other species in the genus. Other names are mamon, man- 

 grove-annona, pond apple, corkwood. The light, spongy roots of 

 this species are used as a substitute for cork. The fruit is smooth, 

 the size and shape of an apple ; the flesh is of buttery consistency, 

 and very sweet, sometimes cloying. It is very common in the 

 markets of Mexico City, but the fruit does not seem to be valued 

 in Florida. 



The second species that is abundant in the Hawaiian Islands 

 is the cherimoya, Annona cherimolia Mill., also known as broad- 

 leaved custard-apple, Jamaica apple, matzapotl, cherimoyer, 

 etc. It is indigenous to Ecuador, Colombia, and Central Amer- 

 ica, but had been widely distributed throughout warm countries 

 — Italy, southern France, Spain, northern Africa, Ceylon, 

 Queensland, Florida, and southern California. It was introduced 

 into the Hawaiian Islands in very early times, and is now natur- 

 alized, particularly in certain parts of the Kona and Ka-u dis- 

 tricts, on the island of Hawaii. The cherimoya is essentially a 

 5«&-tropical fruit, and does not give good results in low tropical 

 countries. It occurs in perfection on the great central plateau of 

 Mexico. Its two most important climatic requirements are 

 freedom from excessive humidity, and cool weather at the time of 

 ripening. 



The cherimoya is a tree ten to twenty-five feet high, with 

 spreading branches and fulvo-tomentose young growth. The 



