The Peach and Apricot Bobii of Souths bm N. Mi:v. nf> 



and hardly stouter than second, third joint hardly more than one 

 half as long and one half as wide as second. Second joint bear- 

 ing a bud-like apparently single-jointed palpus. Spinneret 2- 

 jointed (?). A short bristle near base of each maxilla. Second 

 segment subcorneous, moderately smooth; other segments fleshy, 

 with very scant hairs, deeply wrinkled, and minutely rugose or 

 punctured. Segments except head with three minute lateral, 

 and (except 2d segment) four dorsal, tubercles; the lateral longi- 

 tudinal wrinkle in the integument of each segment roughened, 

 having the appearance of being furnished with small sunken 

 horny plates. Three pairs of true legs; each 4-jointed, not in- 

 cluding the blackish apical hook. Four pairs of prolegs, on 

 segments 7 to 10; also an anal pair less developed on anal seg- 

 ment. Spiracles on second and twelfth segments large and con- 

 spicuous, smaller on segments 5 to n. 



Described from two alcoholic specimens, taken from a peach 

 tree near root, April 14, 1891, in Judge G. W. Wood's orchard, 

 near Mesilla, N. Mex. The same species was taken from apricot 

 in same orchard, April 6, 1891. Color noted in life. 



FRUITS ALL THE YEAR ROUND 



A POPULAR AND PRACTICAL SYNOPSIS OF TEMPERATE 

 AND EXTRA-TROPICAL FRUITS. 



(COPYRIGHTED. 1891, BY C. P.. ORCUTT). 



Continued from page 45. 



Carya (Juglandacero). — Continued. 



C. tomentosa Nuttall. Mockernut or white-heart hickory. Canada, 

 southward. Nut small, sweet, oily. "A variety produces nuts as large as 

 a small apple, called king nuts." 



Casiiaw-tree — see Prosopis juliflora. 



Casimiroa edulis L. & L. Mexico, up to the cool hights of 7,000 feet. 

 Tree thrives well at Santa Barbara, Cal. ; comes into bearing at ten years, 

 producing an orange-like fruit, about an inch in diameter, pale yellow, of a 

 rich subacid flavor, most palatable when near decay. The ZaPOTK of the 

 Mexicans. The pulp of a delicious, melting peach-like flavor, according to 

 Garner, while Hernandez states that the kernel is deleterious. The fruit is 

 said to induce sleep. Efforts to propagate by cuttings have proved unsuc- 

 cessful, and the seeds do not seem to reach perfection in California. 



