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“Zapote borracho,”’ meaning drunken or bloated zapote, is really 
a very delicious fruit. It is ovoid-pear-shaped, smooth and 
green, without, and with a very deep yellow pulp in which are im- 
bedded several large seeds. The pulp is very sweet and of a 
peculiar and delicious flavor. I judge that it is a species of 
Lucuma. The two first-named zapotes were found in the market 
in late winter, about February, while the last-named was ob- 
tained in July. 
One of the most important fruits native to Mexico is the 
“Nance agrio,” or “Nance amarillo,’”’ meaning the sour or yellow 
nanchi. It is the product of the small Malpighiaceous tree 
Byrsonima Karwinskiana (not B. ee as stated by Dr. 
se in his ‘‘Notes on the Usfeul Plants of Mexico’). This 
tree seems to be exceedingly widely distributed throughout 
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Mexico, and the ripe fruit seems to be in season, in different 
parts, throughout most of the year. I purchased it down near 
the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in February, and it was abundant 
in the markets of Guerrero in July. At the last-named period, 
T found trees in the mountains of Guerrero loaded with the green 
fruit of the new crop, with some ripe fruit, and still bearing 
a considerable quantity of flowers. The fruit almost exactly re- 
sembles an oxheart cherry, except that it is not at all flattened 
laterally and not indented at the base. It is of a light, bright 
yellow and contains a stone like that of the cherry. Its flavor 
is mildly sweet and sub-acid, and it has a characteristic and very 
agreeable strong flavor of its own and a deliciously ea 
fragrance. It is eaten raw and cooked in the fresh state and is 
dried for subsequent cooking. 
Yet still more delicious, more closely resembling the flavor of a 
cherry, but far richer, is the ‘Nance dulce,” or ‘‘Nance colorado,” 
meaning sweet or red nanchi. This is far less common an 
abundant than the other. I encountered it only in Oaxaca. The 
tree is about as large as a cherry tree, and bears flowers and 
fruits at the same time, but two or three in a cluster, instead of 
in racemes like the other. The fruit is about twice as large as 
the other, of a beautiful red color and lightly and irregularly two 
or three lobed. 
