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of the tree, which is often no larger than a peach tree, 
and they grow sometimes directly out of the trunk or 
___ the bark.of the older limbs as though the branches could 
2 wk bear their weight. Another popular fruit is’ the 
sugar apple (Annona squamosa) with pulp like sweet 
creamy custard. It is. often planted near houses and 
produces several crops a year. The bullock’s heart, or 
- common custard apple (Annona’ reticulata), is less popu- 
i with the islanders. When ripe it is usually reddish 
and si solid with its surface covered with impressed reti- 
culated lines; while the sugar apple is at first glaucous 
green and then. yellowish with its surface divided into 
easil hashed tubercles corresponding to the individual 
composing it . 
of eels ality are produced. = 
ised: ? 
Anather | ant of the same family, also caled 
wild pine, is Tillandsia 
