Inventory 64. Seeds and Plants Imported. 



PLATE VII. 



The Bennett Soursop, a Choice Variety from Costa Rica. (Annona 

 MURICATA L.. S. P. I. No. 51050.) 



Superior forms of the soursop, a valuable fruit of the American Tropics, have not yet been estab- 

 lished horticulturaUy. Practically all of the trees now growing throughout the world are seed- 

 lings. Since they vary in productiveness and in the character of their fruit it is a simple matter 

 to select the best ones and propagate them by budding or grafting. The variety here illustrated 

 is one which was grown at the Zent Farm of the United Fruit Company near Port Limon, Costa 

 Rica, and is considered unusually valuable because of the large size and excellent quality of its 

 fniits as well as the productiveness of the tree. (Photographed by Wnson Popenoe, Zent, Costa 

 Rica, June 21, 1920; P17957FS.) 



