1698 
No insect pests or fungus diseases were found to 
damage the plant during 1916-1919. 
!» - . The 'Kawai' can be either boiled or roasted and, 
as with the potato, it is best not to remove the skin 
before cooking. A thorough cleaning is the only prep- 
aration necessary. (Adapted from Agricultural Circu- 
lar, Fiji, vol. 1, p. 86.) 
F ' . Elaeis guineensis (Phoenicaceae) , 54039 and 54040. Oil 
palm. From Belgian Kongo. Seeds presented by Mr. R. 
Kinds .director .First Section, Eighth Dlvision.'Ministere 
des Colonies. Quoted notes by Mr. Kinds. 
The oil palm of West Africa is the source of the 
greater part of the palm oil used in soap manufacture. 
In western Africa, particularly the Guinea-Nigeria re- 
gion, the exports of palm oil and palm kernels had an 
annual value of some thirty millions of dollars dur- 
ing the decade immediately preceding the war. In Bra- 
zil, where the trees were apparently carried by the ne- 
groes, the oil, - known as "dende oil" - is as common- 
ly used by the natives as a culinary aid as is olive 
oil In other places. A number of selected strains have 
been introduced by this Office from time to time and 
two of them are listed here for trial in our tropical 
dependencies . 
For further description and previous introduction 
of E. guineensis see S.P.I. No.s . 47504 to 47507 , Plant Im- 
migrants No. 159, July, 1919, p. 1455, 1456, and pi. 241. 
54039. "Variety 'Bundi' which is a round fruit 
with a very large kernel, very hard shell, and not very 
thick fleshy outer covering." 
54040. "Variety 'N'Sombo, ' with elongated fruit, 
medium kernel, and a very thick outer covering which is 
very rich in oil. It is the best variety of the Lower 
Kongo and one of the most sought after for plantations . " 
Malus sylvestris (Malaceae), 54299 to 54302. Apple. A 
collection of aphis-resistant apples , presented by Senor 
don Salvador Izquierdo , proprietor of the Criadero Santa 
Ines, Sahtlago de Chile. Quoted notes by Mr. Wilson 
Popenoe. "Chilean apples are probably inferior to our 
own, in so far as dessert quality Is concerned. Most 
of them are small fruits, with rather mealy flesh of 
sweet and not very sprightly flavor. They are inter- 
esting to us because of their resistance to the woolly 
aphis, the worst pest of Chilean orchards. The main 
purpose in Introducing them is far trial as aphis- 
