Baskets of Fresh Litchi Fruits in Canton, China. 
The Chinese litchi {Litchi chinensis) is already famil- 
iar to the American public hut few know that it is not a 
real nut but a dried fruit or that there are scores of 
different varieties of it. They are among the most delic- 
ate flavored of all fruits, having an almost perfumed 
character about them. The trees are grown like the one 
shown in the cut along the dykes which divide the rice 
fields from the canals. Photograph by G. Weidman Groff of 
the Canton Christian College. 
