Inventory 69, Seeas and Plants Imported. 



Plate 



The Mamoncillo, a Neglected Fruit Tree of Tropical America. 

 (Melicocca bijuga L., S. p. I. No. 54521.) 



Not the least important phase of plant introduction is the propagation by vegetative means of 

 superior forms of species such as the mamoncillo, which, as usually seen on tropical American 

 seacoasts, is not a friiit of great value, but which occurs now and then in superior seedhng 

 forms. From the tree here shown $55 worth of fruit was sold in one season. Good mamon- 

 cillos are the size of plums; they have a thick leathery skin AAithin which is yellowish- white, 

 translucent pulp of aromatic flavor and a single large seed to which the pulp clings tenaciously. 

 (Photographed by David Fairchild, Panama, Canal Zone, September 15, 1921; P27619FS.) 



