CHAPTER XYL

OTHER   TROPICAL   AND   SEMI-TROPICAL   FRUITS.

The extent of the subject properly belonging to this
chapter, and the variety of products that must be dealt
with, are so great that it would be impossible for any one
to treat it adequately from individual knowledge of all the
facts. The knowledge and the experience of others must
be relied upon in large measure, and fortunately the fruits
of this knowledge and experience are readily obtainable.
Within the past fifteen years much attention has been giv¬
en to the procurement of accurate data concerning the re¬
sources of the State ; the State Bureau of Immigration, and
nearly all the counties, besides many special associations
and societies—horticultural, agricultural, and stock—hav¬
ing expended large sums in the investigation. Persons of
known competency and trustworthiness have generally
made these investigations ; and the results have been given
to the public in various pamphlets, circulars, reports, ad¬
dresses, and newspaper articles. I have collected many of
these pamphlets, etc., especially those the authors of which
are known to be able and intelligent persons, fully ac¬
quainted with the topic written of, not only from observa¬
tion but from practical experience, often of many years.
In the following statements and suggestions I have supple¬
mented my own knowledge and observations with the in¬
formation thus acquired ; and as the chapter has been sub¬
mitted, since it was written, to the scrutiny of several com-