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IS. Sweet-sop 



Annona squamosa 



This fruit is eaten raw. The small sweet-sop tree is native to 

 the West Indies, and is found chiefly under cultivation in Cen- 

 tral America. Its flowers are a greenish yellow. The fruit, 

 varying in shape, has a yellow-green scaly rind covered with a 

 white "bloom" which can easily be removed. It is not neces- 

 sary, however, that it be removed. The mealy part of the fruit 

 is white, custard-like, and sweet; the seeds are black and shiny. 

 The sweet-sop is also called sugar-apple, anona, and anon and is 

 sometimes erroneously called custard apple. 



