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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Арвп, 2, 1887. 
BIXINEZE. 
Flacourtia i inermis, Roxb.—The name of Mad Apple 
tree i native of the Moluccas, but se 
much med The fruit is Pose dirum size of a 
Cherry, of a red colour; and has ooth skin, and 
is described by Roxburgh as being“ “too sour to be 
eaten raw, but makes very good tarts.” 
Under the name of Luvi-luvi, or Lobi-lobi, the 
fruits of F. cataphracta, Willd., are used in Java for 
making into preserv 
smooth purple skin, and are about the size of a 
common Plum. 
ia caffra, Harv. and Loud,—The Kei Apple 
It is the 
settlers prepare them for their tables as a pickle 
without vinegar.” 
MALVACE®. 
Zibethin е Durian).—'This well- 
еМ fruit is inc luded her та on account of the 
possibility of the edible py» n" nie brou ught 
y nes, A speci- 
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tion sugges sts 
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this possibility С it is spere that the flavour 
of the Duria scribed kd е would not 
recommend it to EA 
GERANIACEX. 
СС — a L. ис Аар .—This, and 
the Cara .—are useful Indian 
fruits, сай оп ын ` their did taste for 
making pickles as well as for preserves. 
RUTACE®. 
Triphasia trifoliata, DC.—A spiny shrub, native 
of Southern China, but now naturalised in India 
and the West Indies. The fruits are about the size 
of a large black with a ecran kin. In 
cious pulp, and a turpentine flavour, i when fully 
ripe they have an agreeable sweet taste, and are 
served syrup. ey occasionally come to this 
country in this form un 
berries. 
(Clausena pi, Blanco, better known P Ge 
Cookia punctata), a small suns s estcemed 
in China and the Indian Archipe 
МкетлАсЕ Ж, 
Lansium Грина Jack. , Langsat, or 
ku).—A ы Итте and the Л Malay islands, the 
fruit of Мез d is about the size of a pigeon's egg. 
The skin is of a бочи colour, and the pulp or flesh 
white. а 
acid t esteemed by the 
the Malay islands, either in th 
Ww or made into a preserve. 
shown in the collection from the 
Settlements at a Colonial Exhibition, and 
its flavour was certainly very agreeable. 
Mero 
Aimenia americana, L. (the Amatunduluku of 
Natal).—It is a shrub or vaio? tree, and is found 
widely spread over tropical regions. The frui 
fleshy, somewhat ovoid, about an inch long, and 
when fresh, a sweetish colour; they have a 
sweetish, acid taste, and are generally eaten in the 
countries where the plant is grown. A form of this 
bed the name 
X elliptica, found in the Pacific islands where "à - 
eaten in large quantities by the n. 
to be extremely acid, and to denen an rese peu 
smell. It is of a globular form, and not elliptical. 
SartNDACE E. 
e: they are globular, with a - is 
san. I mention the first only to draw attention to 
the forms in which these fruits might be introduced. 
somewhat shrivelled and become b 
state the pulp has simply a sweet taste, but in the 
fresh state the pulp is whitish, or slightly tinged 
ы acid taste. А 
oody coat removed, 
showing the inner pup emire) in fluid, from Siam, 
wn in Ё v Museum, and they suggest the 
possibility that this „рашу portion might be pre- 
served in tins in a dem manner to ‘Pine-apples, 
and sent to this aes The fruits of the Ram- 
butan, or Rambustin Nephelium lappaceum, E үр 
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exhibited in the Straits Settlements collection. 
pulp of the Pootassan (Nephelium mutabile) 
similar to the last. 
Otophora fruticosa, Bl. (the Phamarieng of the 
Siamese), gioca а two or three-lobed fruit about 
es size of a Che x 
oce a large proportion of m» of а 
م‎ sweetish, slightly astringent taste 
ÅNACARDIACEÆ. 
Besides the а ngo 
several species h fi 
varied quality, px species of Bouea 
pulpy edible fruits ; these are B. macrophylla, Griff., 
and B. burmanica, Griff., both M which are known 
in Siam by the name of Mapran 
w nuts, and the 
ses memes Teaco, L.— is the Icaco, or 
Coco Plum of t e West "det ai South prece 
e pulp is described as 
et but somewhat austere taste, and is 
used either raw or for making a conserve 
sesion 
In this large order many suggest them- 
selves as being likely to prove dk either in oe 
t 
uava (Psidium guayava, Radd.), 
Rose уе (Eugenia — os, L.), are 
amongst the best known fruits of t хырын, these 
latter, however, are but little ыы in their fresh 
were sen nt from 
poss to the Philadelphia Exhibition n, and were 
awarded a Silver Medal. The tr "iem eret 
en 
Another — 
eni па, Lam., is much 
valued in India for the sake of the fruits, which are 
mostly about the size of a pigeon's egg, but vary 
under cultivation, Md. are eaten by all classes of the 
people. The tree is an evergreen, common through- 
out India, both wild and cultivated, and it is also 
found in Ceylon, the Malay Archipelago, and Aus- 
tralia, 
The Ugni (Myrtus ugni), a Chilian shrub, has 
long been valued in its native country for the sake 
of its fruits, which are of a 
somewhat aromatic flavour. It is described as being 
ren et in gardens and used as dessert in Val- 
the Ss аачы juice of the fruit mixed 
ing drink, 
PassrrLonrx. 
Several of the fleshy fruits of this order are utilised 
in tropical countries for preserves, as, for 
instance, Passiflora quadrangularis, L., and P. mali- 
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and this was generally the 
case with the Papaw, ` which was shown from several 
of the colonies preserved in various ways. The most 
curious, however, if not the best i in point of quality 
were those s 
m forms and preserved in syrup. Und 
of “scented Lemon” (a label weg misplaced) 
was бей some attractive looking 
sides that of the syrup. Papaw jam and candied 
Papaw were amongst the other fers f this 
well known and apparently useful fruit, 
ConNACEE. 
capitata, Walt.—' The fruits, which are 
green colour 
Nyssa 
America as Ogeechee Ри and are often preserved 
in syrup and used as Limes 
SAPOT: 
This order contains sever itn genera which furnish 
valuable edible fruits, such as the Chrysophyllum, 
ammei Sapote, 
Sapodilla or Naseberry. Of this fruit, Dr. Watt att says 
that iti is not much appreciated in India, but it is 
tee 
s Lamut. Those 0 
Elengi are also edible 
EBENACE-E. 
Besides the Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana, L.), 
which is edible when fully ripe or bletted, the fruit 
Kaki) is im- 
tain а quantity of Ó xt 
Japanese use them in the fresh and dried sta 
and also preserved in weirs 
A 
n this order, containing as it does many ран 
У elastic milky juices, yielding rubber, and — 
them pers aeu ne eld scarcely expect to i 
many edible fruits ; e of them, bores 
valuable on ке асс ени the following of W 
may kk men 
rnia pend Gomes (the Mangaba or 
A small tree, the 
Plum ; when perfectl y ripe or rne 
are said to be very delicious and are $ 
in Brazil. They have occasionally са their hs is т 
this country, and I have seen them sold on € 
monger's barrows in the streets of London 
rarel 
The — ы Natal (Carissa [ amic 
grandiflora) is of а lupe С shru ا‎ 
makes gre rp 
Natal for that Perens the fruits are ve pulpy кн 
similar to a Plum in эж 2° 
and lj inch broad. iubes species of Сагівза, 
namely, C. Carandas, L., known as — 
or Karaunda fruit in India, is онаа rire 
parts of India for the sake of its fruits, : vef f ally 
used in an unripe state for pickling, and W 
ripe for tarts and Ix 
YRISTICE.F. of 
Bs шит only for the purpose | 
