100 Sketch of the Tropical Fruits likely to be worth 



(Crataeva Tapia),* and of several sorts of Cactus, particularly 

 C. triangularis, the Strawberry Pear, and C. repandus,+ are 

 occasionally produced at table ; not to mention the various 

 kinds of Grenadillas, described by Mr. Sabine in the Trans- 

 actions of the Horticultural Society.§ 



The greater part of the fruits I have now enumerated are 

 cultivated equally on 



THE CONTINENT OF AMERICA, 

 and some of them are said to acquire there a degree of ex- 

 cellence at which they never arrive in the islands. Of the 

 choicest of what maybe considered peculiar to the continent^ 

 but the variety of which is very inconsiderable, I shall now 

 offer a brief notice, divided for convenience into those of the 

 countries lying to the north of the Equator, comprehending 

 N. Grenada and Guiana, and those of the regions situated to 

 the south of it, namely, Brazil, Peru, and part of Chili. 



Guiana, $c. 



The Tapaculo is a tree which abounds in the islands of the 

 Lake of Valencia, where it is called by the Spaniards Papaya 

 de la Laguna. It has a straighter trunk than the common 

 Papaw, to which it is nearly related, but its fruit is not half 

 so large, is perfectly spherical, without projecting ribs, and has 

 a diameter of four or five inches. When cut it is full of 

 seeds, but it has not the cavities which are constantly found 

 in the common Papaw. The taste of the fruit is extremely 

 sweet. M. Humboldt doubts whether it may not be a variety 



* Sloane, Vol. ii. page 169. f Browne, page 238. 



§ Transactions of the Horticultural Society, Vol. iii. page 99. 



