
          (12)

36562. ANNONA CHERIMOLA X SQUAMOSA.  A hybrid
between the cherimoya and the sugar-apple.  Produced by Mr.
Edward Simmonds of the Miami Field Station.  It combines the
unusual sweetness of the sugar-apple with the firmness and better
shipping quality of the cherimoya.  The trees show unusual vigor
and the quality of the fruit entitles it to a thorough trial.

ANNONA GLABRA. Alligator-apple.  A small to medium
sized evergreen tree, sometimes attaining a height of 45 feet, bearing
inedible fruits, the size of a Yellow Bellflower apple, with a smooth
leathery skin, green at first, turning yellow.  A swamp-loving tree
of the American Tropics, introduced for trial as a stock for other
edible-fruited anonas [annonas?].

35590. ANNONA LUTESCENS. Anona. From Don Nat. O.
y Osuna, Sinaloa, Mexico.  A small tree with spreading branches,
from northern Guatemala and southern Mexico. Local name,
"anona amarilla."  Closely related to A. reticulata, differing in its
broader leaves and its yellow fruit.  In appearance the fruit resembles 
the alligator-apple (A. glabra), which is distinguished by its
larger flowers.

ANNONA MURICATA. Soursop.  Small evergreen tree 12 to
18 feet high, bearing ovoid or heart-shaped edible fruits 6 to 8 inches
in diameter, weighing up to 5 pounds, with fresh pleasantly acid
pulp; excellent for the table and for jellies and preserves. Care must
be taken to remove the skin in preparing the fruit for the table.
Related to the cherimoya, but not of so delicate a flavor.

ANNONA PURPUREA.  A small tree up to 25 feet high, 
bearing large, nearly spheroid, edible fruits 6 to 8 inches in diameter,
covered with a brownish feltlike coat and bearing numerous pyramidal protuberances.  Pulp fleshy, fibrous, fragrant, possessing a
flavor somewhat like that of a mango.  The fruits differ considerably
in flavor, but are undoubtedly capable of improvement by careful
selection.  Native of the Tropics.

ANNONA RETICULATA. Bullock heart.  A deciduous tree,
15 to 25 feet high, from tropical America.  Fruit edible, 3 to 5 inches
in diameter, smooth, with the surface divided into rhomboidal areoles
by impressed lines, usually reddish or reddish brown when ripe, or
red cheeked on the sunny side.  Pulp sweetish, somewhat insipid,
rather granular.  Occurring in tropical regions, but may prove hardy
enough for some subtropical regions.
        