The natural history of Barbados : in ten books . biddenFruit; for in every Circumftance (except in the Sournefs of itsJuice) it refembles that Fruit; but it is much lefs than the eatable For-bidden Fruit. The Golden Orange-tree. ^ I HIS Tree differs not in either its Trunk, Leaves, or Flowers, from-?- that already bears a large fine Orange, of a deep Yellow within ; from whence itderives the Name of a Golden Orange. This Fruit is neither of the Seville or China kind, tho it partakes ofboth, having the Sweetnefs of the China mixt with the agreeable Bitter-iiefs and Flavour of the S
The natural history of Barbados : in ten books . biddenFruit; for in every Circumftance (except in the Sournefs of itsJuice) it refembles that Fruit; but it is much lefs than the eatable For-bidden Fruit. The Golden Orange-tree. ^ I HIS Tree differs not in either its Trunk, Leaves, or Flowers, from-?- that already bears a large fine Orange, of a deep Yellow within ; from whence itderives the Name of a Golden Orange. This Fruit is neither of the Seville or China kind, tho it partakes ofboth, having the Sweetnefs of the China mixt with the agreeable Bitter-iiefs and Flavour of the Seville Orange. The Pumple-nose-tree. THIS Tree refembles the Shaddock in every material Fruit nearly reprefents, in its Make, that of the lefler Shad-dock ; and is in Bulk fomewhat lefs than a Shaddock, and larger than thelargeft Orange. Thefe Fruits are eatable, their inward juicy Vejicul^ being much thefame as thofe of Shaddocks : However, they are often too four to beeftecmed a very defirable or delicious Repaft. rhg f 4P(. Book V. IJland of BARBADOS. 1 The BurgAMOT-TREE. THIS Tree, in its Bulk, Make of its Leaves, or Colour of its Bark,differs very little, if any thing, from the lafl: bears a Fruit fomewhat larger than an Orange, whofe Infide affordsvery little Juice \ and what it yields is not palatable, being too four tobe eatable. What is moft valuable in this is its Oil, which is extraded, by flicingthe outward Skin, and fqueezing both the Oil and Spry into a Glafs: TheOil will immediately feparate from the Juice, and fwim upon the Surface. This, being carefully drained off, and preferved, is what alone oughtto be called the genuine Burga7itot Oil, The Poriuguefe have a Method of molding the Rind of this Fruit, tomake Snuff-boxes: Thefe Boxes retain, for a very long time, the gratefulFragrancy of the Oil and Spry. Forbidden-Fruit-tree. TH E Trunk, Leaves, and Flowers of this Tree, very much refemblethofe of the Fruit, when r
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