. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . The Malay Apple—Eugenia malaccemis. This, though an inferior fruit to the durion, isattractive by its fragrance—its smell being that of arose. The Malay apple belongs to a numerous genusof plants, there being a great number of species verygenerally diffused over the tropical countries. Thefruit of all the species is a fleshy rind, inclosing oneor two large seeds. The Malay apple varies in sizefrom about an inch in diameter to the bigness of amans fist. The skin is yellowish, thin, and shining;the n
. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . The Malay Apple—Eugenia malaccemis. This, though an inferior fruit to the durion, isattractive by its fragrance—its smell being that of arose. The Malay apple belongs to a numerous genusof plants, there being a great number of species verygenerally diffused over the tropical countries. Thefruit of all the species is a fleshy rind, inclosing oneor two large seeds. The Malay apple varies in sizefrom about an inch in diameter to the bigness of amans fist. The skin is yellowish, thin, and shining;the nut large, and without any hard shell; and thepulp very wholesome and agreeable. The tree thatproduces it has a brown stem, about twenty feet high,very full of branches at the top; the young leavesare bright purple, and the old ones green. THE 3KCK, 401. The Jaca—Artocarpus integrifoUa. The Jaca, or Jack, grows to the same, or even toa larger size, than the bread-fruit of the Societyislands; but it is neither so palatable nor so nutri-tious. Though its specific name implies that it isentire-leaved, the leaves of it are sometimes foundIpbed, like those of the other. The fruit often weighsmore than thirty pounds, and contains two hundredor three hundred seeds, each of them four times aslarge as an almond. December is the time whenthe fruit ripens: it is then eaten, though not muchrelished; and the seeds or nuts also are eaten, afterbeing roasted. There are many varieties of the jaca-tree, some of which can hardly be distinguished fromthe seedling variety of the true bread-fruit. The fruit,and also the part of the tree on which it is produced,varies with the age. When the tree is young, thefruit grows from the twigs ; in middle age, it growsfroni the trunk; and when the tree gets old, it growsfrom the roots. The sort called the Champad
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