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Date of the analysis 



Hth May 27th May ! 20th June I 15th July 



strong concentration by evaporation, because no fresh formation of 

 sugar can possibly have taken place in so dry a fruit. 

 d. Sapodilla (Achras sapotaj 



The fruits are plucked tree-ripe; in which state they are green 

 and hard, and contain tannin and gutta-percha dissolved in the 

 sap, which render the fruit unfit for eating. After they have been 

 preserved in bran, the gutta-percha as well as the tannin, become 

 insoluble and the fruit itself gets tender, full-llavoured and palatable. 

 On examining sections of the fruit one sees the coagulated gutta- 

 percha as a series of white strings, while the tannin is deposited as 

 insoluble matter in some cells. 



The analyses of such fruit in a tree-ripe and full-ripe condition 

 are given here. 



