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every Side : the Bark is fmooth, and 

 I of an Afh-colour : the Leaves are 

 oblong, pointed, and have feveral 

 deep tranfverfe Ribs or Veins, and 

 are of a light-green Colour : the 

 Fruit is of a conical Form, and as 

 large as a Tennis-ball ; of an Orange- 

 colour, when ripe., having a foft fweet 

 yellowifh Pulp, of the Confidence of 

 a Cuftard, from whence this Name 

 was given to it. 



The fecond Sort is not fo large 

 as the firft ; rarely rifing above 

 twenty Feet high, and not fo well 

 furnifhed with Branches ; the Leaves 

 are broader than thofe, and have a 

 fmooth Surface without any Fur- 

 rows, and are of a fhining-green 

 Colour: the Fruit is large, of an 

 oval Shape, irregular, and pointed 

 at the Top ; being of a greenifh- 

 yellow Colour, and full of fmall 

 Knobs on the Outfide : the Pulp is 

 foft, white, and of a four and fweet 

 Tatfe intermixed, having many ob- 

 long dark-colour'd Seeds. 



The third Sort commonly grows 

 from thirty to forty Feet in the 

 Weft - Indies. This hath oblong 

 pointed Leaves, which have fome 

 flender Furrows, and when rubbed 

 have a ftrong Scent : the Fruit of 

 this Sort is feldom eaten but by the 

 Negroes : the Tree grows in moilt 

 Places in all the Mands of the Weft- 

 Indits. 



The fourth Sort is a Tree of hum- 

 bler Growth, feldom rifing more 

 than twenty Feet high, and is well 

 furniuYd with Branches on every 

 Side : the Leaves of this Sort have 

 an agreeable Scent when rubbed : 

 the Fruit is roundifh and fcaly, and 

 when ripe turns to a purpie Colour, 

 and hath a fweet Pulp. 



The fifth Sort is much cultivated 

 in Peru for the Fruit ; and from 

 thence the Seeds have been brought 



England, and many Plants have 



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been raifed. This grows to be a 

 very large Tree in the natural Coun- 

 try of its Growth, and is well fur- 

 rimed with Branches, which are gar- 

 niihed with Leaves of a bright green 

 Colour, and much larger than thofe 

 of any of the other Sorts. The 

 Fruit is fhaped like an Heart, and 

 is fcaly on the Outfide, being of a 

 dark-purple Colour when ripe : the 

 Flefh is foft and fweet, has many- 

 brown Seeds intermixed : this Fruit 

 is efteemed by the Peruvians as one 

 of their mod delicate Sorts. This 

 has produced Flowers in England, 

 but no Fruit. 



The fixth and feventh Sorts grow 

 in fome of the French Iflands, as alfo 

 in Cuba, in great Plenty : thefe grow 

 to the Height of three Feet or more ; 

 their Fruit are efteemed by the In- 

 habitants of thofe Iflands, who fre- 

 quently give them to fick Perfons, 

 as they reckon them very cooling 

 and wholfome. 



The eighth Sort grows plentifully 

 in the Bahama Iflands, where it 

 feldom rifes to more than ten Feet 

 high, having feveral Stems : the 

 Fruit of thib Sort is fhaped like a 

 Pear inverted, the largeft End being 

 at the Footftalk. This is feldom 

 eaten but by the Negroes, and is the 

 Food of Guana's, and other Ani- 

 mals. 



All thefe Sorts, which are Natives 

 of the warm Parts of America, are 

 too tender to live in this Country, 

 if they are not preferved in warm. 

 Stoves: they come up very eafily 

 from the Seeds which are brought 

 from America, if they are frelh : 

 but the Seeds muft be fown on a 

 good Hot-bed, or in Pots of light 

 Earth, and plunged into an Hot- bed 

 of Tanners Bark. Thefe Seeds 

 fhould be fown as foon as pollible 

 when they arrive, unlefs it is very- 

 late in Autumn, or in Winter : in 

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