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  sembles 
  an 
  olive 
  in 
  appearance; 
  the 
  rose-apple 
  or 
  manzana 
  rosa 
  

   {Eugenia 
  jambos), 
  a 
  curious 
  small 
  crisp 
  yellowish 
  fruit, 
  little 
  es- 
  

   teemed, 
  with 
  a 
  flavor 
  suggesting 
  scented 
  toilet 
  soap; 
  and 
  dozens 
  of 
  

   others, 
  wild 
  and 
  cultivated, 
  which 
  it 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  

   mention 
  here. 
  

  

  By 
  far 
  the 
  most 
  extensively 
  grown 
  fruits 
  of 
  Salvador 
  are 
  the 
  

   banana 
  and 
  plantain, 
  for 
  these 
  are 
  important 
  articles 
  of 
  food 
  among 
  

   all 
  classes. 
  Salvador 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  Central 
  American 
  country 
  in 
  which 
  

   bananas 
  are 
  not 
  grown 
  for 
  export 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  Although 
  

   there 
  are 
  no 
  large 
  plantations 
  of 
  them, 
  such 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  Guatemala 
  

   and 
  Honduras, 
  small 
  patches 
  are 
  planted 
  in 
  every 
  finca, 
  and 
  I 
  sup- 
  

   pose 
  that 
  the 
  banana 
  plants 
  are 
  really 
  the 
  most 
  characteristic 
  feature 
  

   of 
  the 
  vegetation 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  for, 
  indeed, 
  one 
  is 
  almost 
  never 
  out 
  

   of 
  sight 
  of 
  them. 
  Bananas 
  and 
  plantains 
  are 
  much 
  alike 
  in 
  gen- 
  

   eral 
  appearance, 
  but 
  the 
  fruit 
  of 
  the 
  plantain 
  is 
  larger 
  and 
  coarser 
  

   and 
  eaten 
  only 
  when 
  cooked. 
  There 
  are 
  several 
  common 
  varieties 
  of 
  

   bananas, 
  but 
  the 
  one 
  most 
  esteemed 
  for 
  eating 
  raw 
  is 
  that 
  which 
  is 
  

   so 
  universally 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  varieties 
  are 
  

   too 
  coarse 
  for 
  eating 
  raw, 
  like 
  the 
  one 
  called 
  majoncho, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  

   kind 
  most 
  commonly 
  grown. 
  

  

  Besides 
  these 
  tropical 
  fruits, 
  most 
  of 
  those 
  of 
  temperate 
  regions 
  

   are 
  cultivated 
  upon 
  the 
  higher 
  mountains. 
  On 
  the 
  Volcano 
  of 
  San 
  

   Salvador 
  there 
  are 
  apples, 
  peaches, 
  grapes, 
  strawberries, 
  quinces, 
  and 
  

   cherries 
  in 
  cultivation, 
  but 
  except 
  for 
  the 
  strawberries 
  it 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  

   said 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  cultivated 
  successfully. 
  The 
  peaches 
  and 
  apples 
  

   are 
  small 
  and 
  of 
  inferior 
  quality, 
  owing 
  perhaps 
  to 
  the 
  planting 
  of 
  

   unsuitable 
  varieties. 
  Strawberries 
  of 
  good 
  quality 
  are 
  produced 
  and 
  

   may 
  be 
  had 
  throughout 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  unusual 
  

   fruits 
  cultivated 
  upon 
  the 
  volcanoes 
  is 
  the 
  pepino 
  (Solarium 
  ?nuri- 
  

   catum), 
  a 
  plant 
  closely 
  resembling 
  the 
  common 
  potato 
  plant. 
  It 
  

   has 
  large 
  blue 
  flowers 
  which 
  are 
  followed 
  by 
  egg-shaped 
  fruits, 
  yel- 
  

   lowish 
  and 
  striped 
  with 
  purple, 
  that 
  are 
  eaten 
  as 
  a 
  dessert 
  fruit. 
  

  

  The 
  high 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  volcano 
  of 
  San 
  Salvador 
  are 
  the 
  source 
  

   of 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  flowers 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  markets 
  of 
  the 
  capital 
  are 
  

   lavishly 
  supplied. 
  In 
  the 
  early 
  morning 
  it 
  is 
  common 
  to 
  see 
  files 
  of 
  

   women 
  coming 
  down 
  from 
  the 
  volcano, 
  bearing 
  upon 
  their 
  heads 
  

   baskets 
  of 
  fruits 
  and 
  vegetables, 
  eggs, 
  chickens, 
  and 
  turkeys, 
  and 
  

   many 
  other 
  articles, 
  and 
  not 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  them 
  bring 
  baskets 
  of 
  freshly 
  

   gathered 
  flowers. 
  Nowhere 
  do 
  roses 
  flourish 
  better 
  than 
  in 
  Sal- 
  

   vador, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  a 
  single 
  plantation 
  of 
  over 
  800 
  bushes 
  all 
  

   loaded 
  with 
  blossoms. 
  Dozens 
  of 
  bunches 
  of 
  violets 
  are 
  brought 
  

   every 
  day 
  to 
  the 
  markets, 
  and 
  great 
  quantities 
  of 
  fragrant 
  white 
  lilies. 
  

   Nearly 
  all 
  our 
  common 
  garden 
  flowers 
  are 
  cultivated, 
  besides 
  many 
  

   that 
  are 
  rare 
  or 
  unknown 
  here, 
  or 
  are 
  seen 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  gardens 
  of 
  

  

  