. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . The Alligator Pear—Laurus Persea. The Avocado, or Alligator Pear, grows upon atree about the size of the common apple. It is anative of the West Indies. The leaves are oblongand veiny, the flowers of a yellowish green colour,and the fruit, which is the size of a large pear, isconsidered the most delicious in the world. It con-tains a kernel, inclosed in a soft rind; and the yellowpulp, which is firm, has the delicate rich flavour ofthe peach, but infinitely more grateful. It is some-times called Ve
. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . The Alligator Pear—Laurus Persea. The Avocado, or Alligator Pear, grows upon atree about the size of the common apple. It is anative of the West Indies. The leaves are oblongand veiny, the flowers of a yellowish green colour,and the fruit, which is the size of a large pear, isconsidered the most delicious in the world. It con-tains a kernel, inclosed in a soft rind; and the yellowpulp, which is firm, has the delicate rich flavour ofthe peach, but infinitely more grateful. It is some-times called Vegetable Marrow, and is eaten withpepper and salt. It appears necessary, on accountof the richness of the pulp, to apply some spice oracid, and thus lime-juice is also frequently added to THE ANCHOVY-PEAR, 383 it, mixed with sugar. Of the three kinds, the red,the purple, and the green, the latter is the best. Thefruit is eaten with avidity, not only by men, but bybirds and The Anchovy Pear—Grias cauliflora. The Anchovy pear is a fruit also much esteemedin the West Indies, of which islands it is a tree on which it grows is tall, upright, and hand-some ; rising to the height of about fifty feet, withleaves two or three feet long. It bears large whitishflowers, that come from the stem ; and these are fol-lowed by the fruit, which is of considerable size,brownish, having a kind of pulp over a single ovalkernel. The fruit very much resembles the mangoin taste ; and, like that, it is often made into picklesbefore it is ripe. The tree grows in the moist partsof Jamaica, and other places of the West Indies;where, in addition to the value of its fruit, it is ahighly ornamental tree. It may be reared in England,by the joint effects of bark and the heat of a stove,as is done with the pine-apple In the West Indies •2 h 2 384 VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES. it grows readily from the kernel, and is often culti-vated in clumps.
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