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some and nourishing; a native of Guinea, and grows from 

 twenty to twenty-five feet high, with numerous branches; 

 leaves like the ash, alternate and pinnate. The fruit is 

 reddish or yellow, the size of a goose egg, with a pulp of 

 a grateful, subacid flavor. It is propagated in a rich soil, 

 from seeds, cuttings, and layers. 



ALLIGATOR PEAR, or AVOCADO PEAR. (Laurus 

 Per sea.) Loudon. 



It grows, in the West Indies, to the height of thirty feet, 

 with a large trunk; the leaves are like the laurel, of a 

 deep green ; fruit the size of a large pear, and held in 

 great esteem where it grows. The pulp is pretty firm, and 

 has a delicate, rich flavor so rich and mild, that most 

 people make use of some spice or pungent substance to 

 give it poignancy either wine, lime juice, but mostly 

 pepper and salt. It is raised from seeds. 



ANCHOVY PEAR. (Grias cauliftora.) Loudon. 



This is, in the West Indies, an elegant tree, rising to the 

 height of fifty feet ; the leaves are two or three feet long, 

 and oblong ; the fruit is oval, the size and shape of an 

 alligator's egg. It is pickled and eaten like the mango of 

 the East Indies, which it greatly resembles in taste. It 

 is raised from the stones, and grows in moist bottoms or 

 shallow waters. 



ARAUCANIAN PINE, or PEHEUN, 



Is by some supposed a new genus ; its branches form 

 a quadrangular pyramid ; the leaves are three inches in 

 length, heart-shaped, hard, and shining; its fruit attains 

 the size of a man's head, and in taste resembles the chest- 

 nut. It grows in Chili. Ed. Enc. 



BREAD FRUIT. (Artocarpus incisa.) 



A native of the South Sea Islands, where it attains the 

 size of the oak ; the leaves alternate, glaucous, and two feet 

 long. The whole tree and its fruit, while unripe, abounds 

 in a tenacious, milky juice. The fruit is the size and shape 

 of a child's head, with a rough surface and thin skin. It 

 is eatable to the core, which is the size of the handle of a 

 small knife. The eatable part is as white as snow, of the 

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