﻿OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1909. 
  49 
  

  

  26470. 
  Spondias 
  dulcis 
  Forst. 
  We 
  fruit. 
  

  

  From 
  Monrovia, 
  Liberia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  L. 
  Parker, 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agri- 
  

   culture. 
  Received 
  December 
  30, 
  1909. 
  

  

  "The 
  we 
  fruit 
  (pronounced 
  vee) 
  or 
  Tahiti-apple. 
  The 
  tree 
  is 
  of 
  rapid 
  growth, 
  

   highly 
  ornamental, 
  and 
  attains 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  50 
  feet 
  in 
  its 
  native 
  habitat. 
  The 
  golden- 
  

   yellow 
  fruits, 
  about 
  2 
  to 
  3 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  are 
  produced 
  in 
  loose 
  clusters. 
  The 
  

   brownish-yellow 
  flesh 
  partakes 
  of 
  the 
  flavor 
  of 
  a 
  pineapple 
  and 
  most 
  people 
  become 
  

   very 
  fond 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  when 
  once 
  accustomed 
  to 
  it. 
  

  

  "The 
  we 
  fruit 
  is 
  indigenous 
  to 
  the 
  Society 
  Islands 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  disseminated 
  to 
  most 
  

   tropical 
  countries. 
  In 
  Florida, 
  where 
  it 
  has 
  fruited 
  in 
  Miami 
  and 
  Lemon 
  City 
  for 
  at 
  

   least 
  four 
  years, 
  it 
  appears 
  well 
  adapted 
  to 
  well-drained 
  land 
  underlaid 
  with 
  coral 
  

   limestone. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  trifle 
  less 
  hardy 
  than 
  the 
  mango, 
  to 
  which 
  plant 
  the 
  we 
  fruit 
  is 
  

   related." 
  (P. 
  J". 
  Wester.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Cultivated 
  throughout 
  the 
  Tropics; 
  probably 
  native 
  in 
  the 
  Polynesian 
  

   islands. 
  

  

  PUBLICATION 
  OF 
  A 
  NEW 
  NAME. 
  

  

  26078. 
  Capriola 
  incompleta 
  (Nees) 
  Skeels. 
  

  

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