The Guava and Loguat. 383, 
resembles the chestnut in flavor, and under favorable conditions 
weighs over three pounds. The proper way to grow them is to 
plant the whole fruit, as they have but one seed, and they pro- 
duce fruit in three months, under favorable conditions. 
THE GUAVA. 
Two species of guava have been quite widely tried in this 
State—the strawberry guava (Psidium cattleyanum) and the 
lemon guava (Psidium guayava). The former is the hardier, 
and, in fact, seems to be about as hardy as the orange, and it 
has fruited in widely-separated parts of the State; the latter is 
quite tender, and is at present only grown in favorable places 
along our southern coast, and even there it is found inferior in 
quality and usefulness to the strawberry guava. The guava 
grows readily from the seed, and grows from cuttings under 
glass. In regions of generous rainfall and on retentive soil it 
does not require irrigation, but it must have sufficient moisture 
at command. A light loam seems best adapted to the shrub. 
THE GRANADILLA. 
The granadilla is the term applied to the edible fruit of a 
species of passion vine (Passiflora edulis) which is quite hardy, 
and is growing in different parts of the State. The fruit is about 
the size of a small hen’s egg, purple exterior when ripe, the thin, 
brittle shell inclosing a mass of small seeds covered with a 
bright yellow pulp, mildly acid, and of very agreeable flavor. 
Very good jelly has been made of the fruit. Another passion 
vine with large pink flowers is very widely distributed in Cali- 
fornia, and bears a large, yellowish-brown fruit with edible pulp. 
THE JUJUBE. 
The jujube (Zyziphus jujube), from the fruit of which the 
delicate paste of the confectioner is, or should be, made, was in- 
troduced by G. P. Rixford in 1876, and is fruiting regularly and 
freely in several parts of the State. The plant is easily grown 
from seed or cuttings. The orange-red berries are produced 
three years from planting, and ripen in November and Decem- 
ber. They are edible fresh or dried. As yet the fruit has not 
been turned to commercial account. 
THE LOQUAT. 
The loquat (Eriobotrya Japonica) is widely grown in Cali- 
fornia as an ornamental plant, and a small amount of fruit is 
profitably marketed each year. Recently a very marked im- 
provement in loquats has been achieved by painstaking effort 
by Mr. C. P. Taft, of Orange. Mr. Taft’s work has demon- 
