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THE GUAVA, LO-QUAT, GRANADILLA, ETC. 



the fruit is preferred to any other for the dessert. When well ripened, the 

 berries become as black as sloes, and are really delicious, resembling a straw- 

 berry in flavour. — Proceedings of H. S., vol. i., p. 200. 



1357. The Lo-quat or Japan Quince, Eriobotrya japonica, LindL, is an 

 evergreen tree from Japan, of which there are some varieties that will stand 

 the open air against a wall ; but to ripen fruit they require the heat of the 

 peach-house in summer, and of the green-house in winter. Independently 

 of its fruit this is one of the handsomest trees for a conservative wall, on 

 account of its fine large foliage. 



1358. The Granadilla, Passiflora L. There are five species of this genus, 

 the fruit of which may be eaten, viz. : the granadilla vine, P. quadran- 

 gularis L. ; the apple-fruited granadilla, or sweet calabash, P. maliformis 

 L. ; the laurel-leaved granadilla, or water lemon, P. laurifolia L. ; the 

 flesh-coloured granadilla, P. mcarnata L. ; and the purple granadilla, P. 

 edulis. The latter will ripen its fruit in a green-house, but the others 

 require a stove. They are all twining shrubs, natives of South America or 

 the West Indies, and require abundance of room, and to be trained close to 

 the glass in the stove, excepting the P. edulis, which may be trained under the 

 rafter of a greenhouse. 



1359. The Indian Fig^ or prickly pear, Opuntia vulgaris Haw., is a 

 native of Barbary, naturalised in the South of Italy, and cultivated in 

 Virginia. The fruit is of a purplish red, with an agreeable subacid flavour. 

 It v»^as cultivated by Justice, near Edinburgh, in 1750, and by Braddick in 

 the open air, in the neighbourhood of London, in 1820. It requires a dry 

 soil, and the protection of glass to ripen its fruit properly ; but it would 

 produce abundantly in a pit in a layer of soil on a bed of stones, which 

 admitted of being occasionally heated by a flue. 



1360. The Pavjpaw, Carica Papaya, L., is a cueurbitaceous tree, a native 

 of the East Indies, of rapid growth in our stoves, and soon producing a very 

 showy fruit, larger than a lemon, and agreeable to the taste. It has been 

 ripened and sent to table for several years at Ripley Castle {G. M, 1838, 

 p. 432.) 



All the above fruits, and some of those which follow, have been ripened 

 under glass in Britain, and sent to table ; more especially Cattley's Guava, 

 which is cultivated in many gardens. 



1361. The Olive, Olea europsea L, is a branchy low evergreen tree which 

 requires the protection of a greenhouse, and might be cultivated for the 

 sake of its fruit for pickling. 



1362. Other exotic fruits which might be cultivated by the amateur, or 

 which may be included in a select collection of stove plants, are as follow : 

 The Great Indian Fig, Opuntia Tuna ; the Barhadoes Gooseberry, Pereskia 

 aculeata; the Strav:herry Pear, Cereus triangularis ; ih.Q Akee 7Vee, Blighia 

 sapida ; the Alligator Pear, or Avocado Pear, Laurus Persea ; the Anchovy 

 Pear, Grias cauliflora ; the Durion, Durio zebethinus ; the Jamrosade 

 Apple, or rose-apple, Eugenia Jambos ; the Malay Apple, E. malaccensis ; the 

 Bastard Guava, E. Pseudo-Psldium ; the Cayenne Cherry, E. cotinifolia ; 

 the Cherimoyer, Anona Cherimblia ; the Custard Apple, A. reticulata ; the 

 Alligator Apple, A. palustris; the /S'lt'ee^^op, A. squamosa; the Soursop, A. 

 muricata ; the Mammee apple, Mammea americana ; the Lee-chee, Euphoria 

 Litchi ; the Long-yen, E. I^ongana ; the Mango Tree, Mangifera indica ; the 

 Mangosteen, — or Mangustin, Garcinia Mangostana ; the Cocoa-nut, Chinos 



