The Trees in the Yard 



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Palmetto cabbage is white and brittle like celery 

 but much richer in flavor. The "turnip" at the 

 base of the young leaves is slightly bitter until par- 

 boiled. Several other palms also furnish this kind 

 of ''cabbage." The corozo palm, with fruits shaped 

 like persimmons, had so many long spines on its 

 trunk that it made the monkey weep to look at it. 



One of the prettiest fruits found in the yard, and 

 one entirely new to the children, was the star-apple. 



Fig. 36. Barrel palms, which often grow with pines in western Cuba. 



