. American breeders magazine. Breeding; Plant breeding; Heredity. SAPODILLAS GROWN IN FLORIDA. This is the fruit of Achras sapota, a tree found wild throughout Southern Mexico and Central America, where its milky sap is collected, evapo- rated and exported as chicle, the basis for chewing gum. 1 he tree is hardy in parts of Florida; its fruit is characterized by a thin brown skin inclosing a pale brown, luscious pulp m which large, black, shiny seeds are embedded. Firminger says "A more luscious, cool and atrreeable fruit is not to be met with perhaps in any country in the world" If
. American breeders magazine. Breeding; Plant breeding; Heredity. SAPODILLAS GROWN IN FLORIDA. This is the fruit of Achras sapota, a tree found wild throughout Southern Mexico and Central America, where its milky sap is collected, evapo- rated and exported as chicle, the basis for chewing gum. 1 he tree is hardy in parts of Florida; its fruit is characterized by a thin brown skin inclosing a pale brown, luscious pulp m which large, black, shiny seeds are embedded. Firminger says "A more luscious, cool and atrreeable fruit is not to be met with perhaps in any country in the world" If unripe, however, it is so full of gutta-percha and tannin as to be inedible. The wood, although so heavy as to sink in water, is valuable. (Plate 13.) 216. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original American Breeders Association; American Genetic Association. [Washington, D. C. :] The Association
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