Mr. John E. Russell, in an address before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, remarked that he did not think apples could be grown in Mexico, even on the Highlands. Peaches can be grown; he saw them dried and pressed into boxes, and called matacatunes by the Indians. Figs grow in every part, and pineapples in many parts. The pineapples of commerce compared with those ripened on the plant as a wild pasture apple compares with a Baldwin. Oranges are produced wherever the ground is not too high. Grapevines in Central America grow most luxuriantly, but produce no fruit.