LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Date palm, bearing four bunches of fruit . . Frontispiece 



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Crown of coconut tree with nuts in various stages of growth 58 



Coffee tree in bloom in Costa Rica 66 



Tea hedges in Yendo, Japan 70 



Field of smooth cayenne pineapples in Hawaii ... 70 



Trunk of cacao tree bearing ripe pods 74 



Papoulu banana, a Hawaiian variety to be eaten baked . 84 



Young avocado tree in fruit, Trapp variety .... 92 



Sandersha mango tree in bearing 92 



Papaya tree in Miami, Florida 100 



Feijoa twigs and fruit 108 



Tamarind pods and leaves 108 



Fruiting branch of litchi 116 



Roselle; the thick calyx is the edible part .... 122 



Cherimoyer, one of the custard apples 122 



Olivier variety of loquat 128 



Rose apple, flowers and fruit 134 



Portion of passion vine with fruit 134 



Amatungula or Natal plum, fruit and flower . . . 140 



Sapodilla from Florida 140 



Dasheen Tuber, Trinidad variety 144 



Breadfruit tree in full bearing, Honolulu .... 150 



Chayote, fruit and portion of stem 154 



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