WEST INDIAN FRUITS AND ESCULENTS. 



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Sour Sop. (Anona muricata, L.) 



A tree, or arborescent shrub. The pulp of this fruit is 

 more acid. When mixed with milk and sugar it is refresh- 

 ing ; nevertheless it requires an acquired taste to like it. 



Star Apple. ( Chrysophyllum. cainito, L.) 



A large tree. There are two varieties ; one with purple, 

 the other with green fruits. They are pleasant when fully- 

 ripe, and are admitted on the dessert-table. In the garden of 

 Mr. J. Bailey, at Passage, in Bridgetown, is a remarkable 

 tree, which produces purple and green fruits on the same tree. 

 It is the only instance of that kind which I know of. 



Star, or Damascen Plum. {Chrysophyllum monopyrenum, 

 Sw. ; C. oliviforme, Lam.) 

 Indigenous in Barbados. It reaches a large size when cul- 

 tivated, and the fruit is considered superior in delicacy to 

 the former. 



Damascen, or Gallimato Tree. Smooth Star Apple. 

 (Chrysophyllum glabrum, Jacq.) 

 It is indigenous in Barbados, and the plum-shaped fruit re- 

 sembles in taste the preceding. 



Bully Tree, or Balata. Bully Berry. (Bumelia nigra, 

 Sw.) 



A large tree, indigenous in Barbados. The fruits are 

 clammy, but of an agreeable taste. Several kinds of fruit go 

 under that name in Guiana ; some more delicate than the real 

 Bully Berry, which belongs to the genus Mimusops. 



The Mammee Sapota. (Achras mammosa, L. ; Lucuma 

 mammosum, Gaertn. fil.) 

 A large tree. The fruit is oval, containing a thick pulp of 

 an agreeable taste. It is sometimes called Natural Mar- 

 malade. 



Sappodilla, or Neese Berry. (Achras sapota. a. A. 

 zapota ; A.fructu elliptico scabro major e, Browne. /3. A. 

 zapotilla; A. bracchiatus diffusus fructu subrotundo.) 

 The fruit is more delicate than the former ; but, as Jacquin 

 observes, " Fructus edulis solummodo est quando jam putres- 

 cens ccepit." It is a large tree, bears likewise when merely 

 of an arborescent form. It is perhaps an acquired taste, but 

 I have been very partial to the Sappodilla. 



Rose Apple, or Pomme Rose. (Jambosa vulgaris, De C.) 

 A tree of moderate size. 



