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be acquired. The custard-apples, pawpaws and sour-sops 

 belong to the same famih^, though the fruits are very different 

 in appearance. The sapodillas are about the size of an apple 

 and russet colored, with a sickening sweetish taste not unlike 

 a pear that has ripened a day too long in the sun. The 'rose 

 apples' are about the size of a large crab, and as I remember 

 them are cream colored, with a rosy flush, and have a strong 

 flavor of rose. The -mameys' belong to the same famil\'. 



" Unfortunately many of the fruits common to the tropic 

 markets we did not have an opportunity to see growing, and 

 so the characteristics of their foliage or their individual peculi- 

 arities cannot be described." 



