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34. Pomegranate. (Pumica Granatum. ) —Habitat, North 
Africa. Season, April to July. "This well-known fruit is common, and 
it grows to a large size in the island. It could easily be exported to 
Europe and America, but I believe that no attempt has been made to do 
so as yet. The rind is much used locally to make a decoction which is 
M esteemed as a valuable remedy in chronic diarrhea and 
dysente 
COMBRETACE X. 
35. Almond (Terminalia Catappa). — Habitat, West Indies 
Season, April to June. "This fruit is not mnch eaten, slihough it occurs 
in abundance. The flavour is not unlike that of the Filbert 
CUCURBITACEA. 
36. Musk Melon ( Cucumis i re Asia Minor. "This 
fruit is rather rare, but it grows the island and could be 
cultivated for export in large dosis 
37. Water Melon ( Citrullus vulgaris). — Habitat, North Africa. 
The Water Melon is not cultivated in Dominica to any extent, but it 
thrives well, and the vine bears abundantly. 
PAPAYACES. 
38, =o (Carica Papaya).—Habitat, Mi Indies. Always in 
apaw springs up spontaneousl ut the cultivated 
lands on the coast of the i sland, and the fruit is abil t is very 
pleasant to [the taste, and it acts as a digestive owing to rinciple, 
ich it eontai The half ripe fruits on being scratched 
yield a milky juice, which, when dried, is the drug Prpa from 
Ww. 
small quantities, and a sample was shown in the Dominica Court at the 
Colonial and Indian Exhibition. 
PASSIFLOREA. 
39. Water Lemon rs ee bomi pe (I ori Meg: MK 
Season, April to July. This frui d the 
bearing i 
vi it is both wild and exin The. fruit] ees int well, 
and it might even now to the New York market were 
ordi aken in It has a "m pleasant sub-acid 
flavour, and it is a general favo 
40. Granadilla (Panier quadrangularis). Liae West 
Indies. Season, April to July. This fruit is quite common ^ 
island, but as it does not last long, it could be exported only in vessels 
with cold chambers, 
CACTE2. 
41. Prickly Pear Vae, Tuna and Cereus, various species), 
—Habitat, West Indies. n, October to December. The Prickiy 
Pear is poet eel from el poak of Cacteæ, and the fruit of all 
resemble each other. Should a considerable fruit — be developed, 
pe^ Pears will doubtless become articles of ex 
arbados Goosebe rw A ( Peirescia sedia) mem 
md oe This fruit is ; the scandent leafy sh rub bearing it 
grows luxuriantly. It dakak an ans Excellent j jam. 
