CHAPTER XXV 



ROSE AND MALAY APPLES, JAVA PLUM, 

 SURINAM AND BARBADOES "CHERRIES," 

 AND MARMALADE BOX 



THE ROSE APPLE or Eugenia Jambos 



THIS beautiful, dainty fruit is of the same large family 

 of which the guava is a member, the Myrtacece, and 

 also that to which' the allspice, the Eugenia pimenta, 

 belongs. With its rose odour and overdress and delicate 

 flavour, it is an extremely attractive morsel. It may be 

 eaten in its natural state; sliced, with wine and sugar; sim- 

 mered gently with sugar so that a delicate, simple sauce is 

 the result, or its top and seeds removed, dropped into 

 boiling syrup for about fifteen minutes, then served whole, 

 cold. In general it should be treated very much as is the 

 guava for foods, either cooked for immediate use, preserved, 

 or used in beverages. 



MALAY APPLE AND JAVA PLUM 



The Malay Apple (E. Malaccensis) is not unlike the Rose 

 Apple, though larger; in colour the same: pink and white. 

 The Java Plum {E. Jambolana) bears a sweet purple fruit 

 about the size of Northern plums. 



SURINAM OR CAYENNE CHERRY {Eagema Micheli) 



This cherry is both black- and red-fruited, the black 

 variety being considered somewhat sweeter than the red. 



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