]92 FRUIT & FOREST TREKfl. 



cultivated as yet, as, after the 10th, year it is very 

 lialile to h<- destroyed by a worm. The risk being 

 great therefore, the returns should be large. Perhaps 

 one hundred dollars may be a pretty fair average 

 rate fur one orlong of full-grown and bearing trees. 

 MAM PL AM TlLOR, — THE EGG MANGO— 

 h a small >ellow mango with too much of the 

 turpentine flavor, and too acidulous to be much 

 prized . 



1 HACKING, 



Is a high and spreading tree, faring a coarse 

 mango, the odour of which is quite overpowering to 

 Europeans. It is rather sweet and is much sought 

 by I lie Malays, who use it also in its unripe state, in 

 curries. Two hundred cost about one dollar, and 

 the profit on an orlong planted with 20 trees, may 

 be al>out 20 dollars. It is subject to be destroyed 

 by a worm called clara. 



PISANG. — THE PLANTAIN AVD BANAXA. 



No fruit is so extensively cultivated as are the 

 varieties of the plantain. There is hardly a cottage 

 that is not partly shaded by them, and it is successfully 

 cultivated under other fruit trees, although it is inde- 

 pendent of shelte r. Its succulent roots and dew-at- 

 tracting leaves render it us* fill in keeping the ground 

 moist during the greatest heats. 



The following are the most approved varieties; 



Pisang raja — royal plantain, bears in 8 months. 



Pisang soosoc— milk plantain ; it is luscious, but 

 delicate persons are not allowed by the Malays to 

 use it in its raw state. 



Pisang amas u<>Uten plantain, or banana; sweet 

 tasted, but also objected to, and with reason ; it is indi- 

 gestible. 



Pisang aboo — downy plantain. 



Pisatig kiltat— bears in a year. 



Pisang pait^ has a bitter rind, but sweet pulp 



Pisang oodang — a rich, red plantain. 



