'Florigon' trees are planted in the collections of the University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead, Florida, and the Miami-Dade Fruit and Spice Park, also in Homestead.

THIEVES at the Dade County Fruit and Spice Park here headed straight for the jakfruit.

The Fruit and Spice Park is also of interest.

The Fruit and Spice Park invites leisurely ambling, picnicking, attending informal lectures and - most unusual in this kind of environment - touching, sniffing and nibbling.

'Young' trees were planted in other locations, including the University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead, Florida, and the Miami-Dade Fruit and Spice Park.

A 'Lancetilla' tree is planted in the collection of the Miami-Dade Fruit and Spice Park in Homestead, Florida.

'Cogshall' trees are planted in the collections of the USDA's germplasm repository in Miami, Florida, and the Miami-Dade Fruit and Spice Park.

LEAD: A picture caption on July 10 about the Preston B. Bird and Mary Heinlein Tropical Fruit and Spice Park in Florida misidentified one fruit.

Examples of 'Hatcher' have been planted at the USDA's germplasm collection, the Miami-Dade Fruit and Spice Park in Homestead, Florida.

'Ice Cream' trees are now planted at the USDA's tropical fruit germplasm in Miami, Florida, as well as the Miami-Dade Fruit and Spice Park in Homestead, Florida.