32 BULLETIN 55 ? HAWAII EXPERIMENT STATION 
Fruit. — Bunches small, weighing 25 to 35 pounds, 5 to 7 bands with 10 to 12 
fruits to hand ; individual fruits, sessile, or with very short pedicel, about 5 
inches long, iy 2 inches in diameter, cylindrical, with angles almost disappearing 
with full maturity, plump and with a prominent beak at apex : all floral parts 
usually shed as fruit develops ; skin, rich, bright yellow, medium thickness, 
peels easily ; pulp, light yellow, firm ; indistinct core ; flavor, subacid and very 
pleasing. 
APPLE 
The Apple banana (No. 4505) was introduced into Hawaii about 
1868 from China (13, p. 45), where it is known as " Go-Sai-heong," 
meaning " the fragrance that goes over the mountain." It was 
also introduced in 1904 from Porto Rico by the station under the 
Spanish name " Manzano." The fruits of both have been identified 
by West Indians in Hawaii as belonging to the same variety. Plants 
and fruit vary greatly in size, owing, apparently, to cultural con- 
ditions. The variety when properly grown and handled produces 
excellent fruit. 
Plants.- — Clumps, large, suckering freely; trunks, reclining, 10 to 12 feet 
tall, basal diameter often 12 to 14 inches, green with parts of old sheaths 
grayish, sometimes with brownish patches on sheaths near base of petioles : 
leaves, 8 to 12 feet long, 16 to 18 inches wide ; petioles, cylindrical, margins 
with purplish tinge extending to edges of blade, one side of which is attached 
several inches lower than the other on the petiole; blade, green above, lighter 
green below, glaucous. 
Flowers. — Pistillate flower, ovary 9 centimeters long. 3 or 4 angled, light 
green, often with slight cast of brown toward apex ; calyx, grayish, with two 
heavy brown longitudinal ridges, end terminating in 5 lobes, brownish with 
white margins, the middle and two outer large, two secondary small and 
narrow. The two outer lobes each possess a threadlike lash. 5 millimeters 
long ; corolla, one pink, irridescent petal, somewhat ridged and more or less 
collapsed, 3-dimpled below prominent apicula ; stamens, 5, rudimentary, drab, 
without anthers; style, stout, stigma, large, 6 lobes. 
Staminate flower, 8 centimeters long, curved; ovary, clubbed, » white to 
greenish cast. Calyx, 5.5 centimeters long, ridged, drab to brown, pink inside. 
5-lobed with whitish margins ; stamens, 5, clubbed, drab, rudimentary, anthers 
curved and brown ; pistil, slim, longer than stamens, drab to lighter. 
Fruit. — Bunches weigh 25 to 45 pounds, depending upon method of culture 
used : hands, 6 to 12. with 16 to 18 fruits to hand ; average banana. 4 to 6 
inches long, greater diameter, 1% inches; tapering toward both ends, 3 to 
4 angled, slightly curved. Mature fruit usually retains style and stigma 
dried. Angle ridges disappear on full ripening. Color, rich, clear yellow. 
Flesh, cream colored, firm, rather dry ; core, indistinct, flavor good, subacid, 
astringent if eaten before fully ripened. Fruit has a distinct applelike odor 
(pi. 11, B). 
CHAMALUCO 
The Chamaluco (No. 4490) was introduced into Hawaii from the 
Porto Eico Experiment Station on February 5, 1904, under accession 
No. 16. The name " Chamaluco " is of West Indian origin. The 
variety was reported to be resistant to disease and to produce fruit 
of poor quality, facts which have been borne out during its 21 years 
in Hawaii. 
PI mrts. — Clumps, very large. 13 trunks, 10 sword suckers, 9 peepers, and 
3 bunches in development at 4 years. Mature trunks, 10 to 14 feet tall, leaning 
outward from clump, basal diameter 7 to 12 inches; bright apple green in 
color, with patches of grayish brown on extremities of outer sheaths ; young 
stalks, petioles, and under surface of leaves, glaucous. Foliage, rich, shiny, 
medium to dark green ; petioles, stout, rolled, forming hollow cylinder 2 1 /£> 
feet long; blade. 5 feet long by 14 to 22 inches wide, margins with fine brown- 
ish lines extending into petiole edges. 
