THE LUCMA, A LITTLE-KNOWN ANDEAN FRUIT. 
(Lucuma obovata H. B. K. See S. P. I. No. 54653.) 
In the highlands of Ecuador and Peru and in central Chile the 
lucma is a popular fruit, hut it is almost unknown in other 
countries. Its bright-yellow flesh has the consistency of soft 
cheese and resembles in flavor the sapote (Achradelpha mam- 
mosa) and the ti-es {Lucuma nervosa), which latter is cultivated 
in southern Florida. In the Urubamha Valley of Peru the 
lucma grows at elevations of 9,000 to 10,000 feet; from this it 
may be inferred that the species is somewhat hardier than the 
sapote and the ti-es. It may prove suitable for cultivation in 
favored portions of California, as well as in southern Florida. 
(Photographed by Wilson Popenoe, Tungurahua, Ecuador, 
March 11, 1921; P18474FS.) 
