Vegetables with Edible Fruits 221 



appears as a vegetable at times on the tables of Europeans 

 in the tropics, but it does not seem to be particularly in 

 favor. Its taste is rather agreeable, and it is either baked 

 whole, or cut up and boiled or fried. 



The bread-fruit is usually picked while still green. It 

 is about the size of a muskmelon, but solid throughout, 

 without seeds, and with a slight core in the middle. It is 

 increased by planting large root-suckers. Like the coco- 

 nut, it is a strictly tropical plant, and seems to flourish 

 best near the sea. It does not seem worth planting, except 

 as a curiosity, where potatoes and fresh bread can be 

 secured easily. 



