I'BUIT & FOIlliST TREES. 



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The prices for all the>e fluctuate so niueJi that it 

 were useless to make computations. Twenty dorian 

 trees, male ami female included, may now vield about 

 30 dollars produce annually, on an average of yeal*A. 

 A dorian used, in former times, to. cost a rupee; a 

 large one now sells for from 5 lb 12 cents. 



NUNGKA— THE JACK— ARTOCARPU5 INTEGRIFOLU. 

 This fruit* although it has heeu long known, is 

 evidently an exotic. 



It cannot be said here to come to the perfection 

 in which it is found in Malabar and Canar* and 

 other parts of India, where, during ihese-isou, ii firms 

 a considerable part of the food of the people. Here 

 the fruit is collected tw ice in a year. From 30 trees, 

 planted on one orl >ng, including a portion of mule trees, 

 produce, on an average of \ ears, to the value of 

 perhaps 30 dollars, may he obtained ; Riving a profit 

 of about 10 Spanish dollars, after deducting costs 

 of watching, collecting, iScc. 



CHAM PA DAT! , — A SPECIES OF JACK — 

 Is a species of the jack; but the smell of its fruit 

 js very disagreeable and it is by lm means s > su ret 

 and nutritious as the latter. Its value is nearly the 

 same in cultivation as the jack. Large quantities 

 are imported. It is extensively cultivated also by 

 our rvots. 



RAMBE1 AND RAMBUTAN. 



Tliese trees are little cultivated. They an? found 

 in the forest bordering on Province WeWesley. 

 The few that are cultivated yield sometimes produce 

 equal in value to a dollar a tree. The ramhei 

 fruit is white, and hangs in clusters like grapes. The 

 rambutan is red, and grows in bunches, 



MAMPLAM SIAM. — THE S1AM MANGO. 



This is a fair enough species of mango, and weighs 

 about one lb. at most. It is not very extensively 



