IIO MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9OI. 

 SURINAM CHERRY, 



Sometimes called Pitanga. 6313. This is the ribbed, round- 

 ish, oblate fruit of Eugenia Michelii. It is a tropical shrub, 

 native to Brazil and other tropical portions of South America, 

 attaining a height of about 20 feet. It is sparingly grown in 

 Southern Florida and Southern California, where the fruits are 

 esteemed for their sharp but pleasant acid flavor. They are 

 somewhat used in domestic jelly-making, but the product has 

 not yet attained commercial recognition, — at least in this 

 country. 



The samples analyzed were grown at Rockland Grove, Lemon 

 City, Florida. 



Weight of cherries, 140 grams. 



Edible portion, 116 gramls, 82.86 per cent. 



Stems and stones, 24 grams, 17-14 per cent. 



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Including invert sugars, .100 pound; total sugars, .101 pound. 



AVOCADO, 



Also known as Aguacate, Alligator Pear and Mid-Shipman's 

 Butter. 6282. 



This interesting fruit, — Persea gratis sima of botanists — is the 

 product of a tree native in tropical America, but now widely 

 grown throughout tropical countries. The principal commercial 

 supply in the markets of the United States comes from Jamaica, 

 though there is a considerable and increasing production in 

 Southern Florida, both on the mainland and the keys, and a 

 small production in the milder portions of Southern California. 



The West Indian type of the species — which is the only one 

 found in our Eastern markets — yields a fruit as large as our 



