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Sampson Tangelo ...... 240 



(Permission of U. S, Department of Agriculture) 



Pineapples Raised under Protection of Slatted Sheds 241 



(C. C. Allen, St. Petersburg, Fla.) 



North American Watermelons . . . .241 



( Howard, Orlando, Fla.) 



The Banana. ...... 



(Blossom by J. C. E. Ensminger, Sanford, Fla.) 

 (Plants by courtesy of Jacob Shannebarger) 



California Figs 



(C. C. Pierce & Co., Los Angeles, Cal.) 



Bloom of the Date Palm 



(/. C. E. Ensminger, Sanford, Fla.) 



Up in the Heart of r. Date Palm 



(R. M. F. Berry, Orlando, Fla.) 



Wild Date Palm of India 



(Sccvjen & Co., Ceylon) 



Gathering Cocoanuts 



(Blossoms by I''. 17. Hunt, Key West, Fla.) 

 (Palm by Lychenheim & Co., Havana, Cuba) 



Flat and Conical Japan Persimmons 



(T. p. Robinson, Orlando, Fla.) 



Delmas Persimmon 



(Permission of U. S. Department of Agriculture) 



Tropical Papaw .... 



(J. C. E. Ensminger, Sanford, Fla.) 



Apple and Pear Guavas 



(R. M. F. Berry, Orlando, Fla.) 



The Alligator Pear: Aguacate 



(F. W. Hunt, Key West, Fla.) 



Pomegranates .... 



(Permission of G. L. Taber, Glen St. Mary, Fla.) 



The Sweet Sop or Sugar Apple 



(F. W. Hunt, Key West, Fla.) 



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