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36562. ANNONA CHERIMOLA X SQUAMOSA. A hybrid 

 between the cherimoya and the sugar-apple. Produced by ^Ir. 

 Edward Simnionds of the Ivliami 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. 



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 fi^uit resem- 

 bles the alligator-apple {A. glabra), which is distinguished by its 

 larger flowers. 



ANNONA ]\IURICATA. 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 jeUies and preserves. Care must 

 be taken to remove the skin in preparing the fi'uit for the table. 

 Related to the cherimoya, but not of so delicate a flavor. 



ANNONA PURPUREA. A small tree up to 25 feet high, bear- 

 ing large, nearly spheroid, edible fruits 6 to 8 inches in diameter, 

 covered with a brownish feltlike coat and bearing numerous pyram- 

 idal protuberances. Pulp fleshy, flbrous, 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. 



