. An encyclopædia of gardening; . Book I. EXOTIC FRUITS LITTLE KNOWN. 781. edible fruits, held In considerable esteem in the WestIndies, and with the Malay apple appear to deserve culturein this country. (See Millers Diet.) 5988. Tke custard-apple {Anona reticulata), alligator-apple(A. palustris), siveetsop (A. squamosa), and soursop{A. mu-ricata), are esteemed West Indian fruits; and the Chere-moyer [A. tripetala), the Cherimoiia of some botanists, is thefruit most prized by the natives of Brazil and Peru. Allthese plants are already in our stoves, and might easily becultivated as fruit-trees
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . Book I. EXOTIC FRUITS LITTLE KNOWN. 781. edible fruits, held In considerable esteem in the WestIndies, and with the Malay apple appear to deserve culturein this country. (See Millers Diet.) 5988. Tke custard-apple {Anona reticulata), alligator-apple(A. palustris), siveetsop (A. squamosa), and soursop{A. mu-ricata), are esteemed West Indian fruits; and the Chere-moyer [A. tripetala), the Cherimoiia of some botanists, is thefruit most prized by the natives of Brazil and Peru. Allthese plants are already in our stoves, and might easily becultivated as fruit-trees. 5989. Ttie mammee-tree (Mammea americana, L)Polyan. Monog. L. and Guttiferce, 3. is a tall handsometree, with oval, shining, leathery leaves, and one-floweredpeduncles, producing sweet white flowers an inch and a halfin diameter, succeeded by roundish fruit, about the size afan egg, and in pulp and taste not unlike the apricot. It is jeaten raw alone, or cut in slices with wine and sugar, or |preserved in sugar. It is a native of the Caribbee Islands,and was cultivate
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