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We should not advise placing any of them permanently in the 
open air till they have bloomed, or indeed till there were dupli¬ 
cates of any that might appear to possess desirable qualities. 
Several species are well worth cultivating for their fruit; the 
first of the edible sorts is P. Maliformis. The fruit of this is 
about the size of an apple, of a yellowish colour when ripe, and 
contains a very sweet pulp, which is the eatable part in all of 
them. This is the Granadilla of the West Indies; when grown 
for fruiting it should be planted in the border of a stove, and 
trained upon a trellis near the glass: a good crop may be ex¬ 
pected the second season after planting. 
P. Quadrangularis is a very free fruiting kind; the fruit is 
pale green, when ripe is larger than that of Maliformis; the 
flavour of it is luscious and gratefully acid. It should be planted 
like the other in the border of a stove, and trained on a trellis 
or against the back wall, and should be freely pruned, as from 
its luxuriant growth and the size of the leaves some difficulty is 
sometimes experienced in ripening the fruit; we have succeeded 
in obtaining fruit from plants grown in pots, though the quantity 
is necessarily less. 
P. Laurifolia is rather more difficult to fruit; but when in a 
favorable situation the fruit is very fine : it is about the size of 
an egg, yellow when ripe, and when fit for gathering is dotted 
over with small white spots; the flavour is peculiarly aromatic, 
with a very pleasant acid ; it should be grown close to the glass, 
and the warmest part of the stove allotted it. 
P. Edulis is much easier to fruit than either of the foregoing; 
it will succeed when planted against the „back wall of a warm 
greenhouse, and with very moderate attention produce a plen¬ 
tiful crop of very fine flavoured fruit. It should be kept mode¬ 
rately thin, but yet does not require so much pruning as some 
of the other species. The flowering of all the species commences 
in May and continues till September, the fruit setting the whole 
time; this may be assisted by applying the pollen to the stigma 
with a feather, and thus ensuring a crop. 
P. Incarnata may be fruited in a stove with great ease; the 
fruit when ripe is of an orange colour, the pulp or juice is yellow 
and very sweet. The seedlings of this species produce fruit the 
first season, which would make it a desirable kind for the pur¬ 
pose proposed in the beginning of this article. 
