NOTES PROM FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS. 
JAVA, Buitenzorg. A. J. Perkins, Jan. 28. Sends seeds of 
sapodillas. Says that the seeds of Canarium commune which 
he sent are used "by the Chinese to make an edible oil. 
From the kernel of the nut a baby food is made which has 
been used with remarkable success in Java as a substitute 
for mother's milk. Sends seed of Arenga sacharifera, whose 
young leaves are much used as wrappers for Malay cigarettes. 
Furthermore sugar i-s obtained, from the sap of this palm ard 
it is used for thatch and for brooms. There is a good 
variety of pomelo there with pink flesh and. few seeds 
known as 'D.jerook delima', of which he sends seeds; but 
says he finds the pomelos of the Far East much drier than 
those in Florida. 
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, Singapore. Mr. A. J. Perkins, Jan. ',10. 
Has seen Solanum tuberosum in the markets there about as 
big as marbles. Sends seeds of a fruit found in a Canton 
medicine store called San-quat . The pulp is many seed.ed, 
has no tough cell walls like the orange, and has a soapy, 
neutral taste. Speaks of the delicious finger bananas of 
Manila and. of a good., medium sized variety that is perfectly 
green in color when ripe. Says the papayas and pineapples 
of Singapore are much inferior to those of Hawaii. 
TRANSVAAL, Pretoria. J. Burtt-Davy, Jan. 31. Is sending 
fruits of wild peach, sour plum and wild medlar. Also 
sends an underground stem of Elephantorhiza burchelli; said 
to be rich in tannin. 
TURKEY, Aintab. Mrs. F. P. Shepard , Feb. 1. Sends ripe 
fruit of the wild, olive collected in i o ot-hills of mountains 
oh the landward side where the climate is semi-arid. These 
olives grow better on the seaward side of the mountains 
and the fruit is twice as large. 
