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

 belong to the same family, 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 da}^ 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 family. 



'' Unfortunately many of the fruits common to the tropic 

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

 so the characteristics of their foliage or their individual peculi- 

 arities cannot be described." 



