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it, mixed with sugar. Of the three kinds, the red, 

 the purple, and the green, the latter is the best. The 

 fruit is eaten with avidity, not only by men, but by 

 birds and quadrupeds. 



The Anchovy Pear — Grias cauliflora. 



The Anchovy pear is a fruit also much esteemed 

 in the West Indies, of which islands it is a native. 

 The tree on which it grows is tall, upright, and hand- 

 some ; rising to the height of about fifty feet, with 

 leaves two or three feet long. It bears large whitish 

 flowers, that come from the stem ; and these are fol- 

 lowed by the fruit, which is of considerable size, 

 brownish, having a kind of pulp over a single oval 

 kernel. The fruit very much resembles the mango 

 in taste ; and, like that, it is often made into pickles 

 before it is ripe. The tree grows in the moist parts 

 of Jamaica, and other places of the West Indies ; 

 where, in addition to the value of its fruit, it is a 

 highly ornamental tree. It may be reared in England, 

 by the joint effects of bark and the heat of a stove, 

 as is done with the pine-apple In the West Indies 



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