102 Sketch of the Tropical Fruits likely to be worth 



fruit of which is yellow, oblong, and small, the stone large, 

 and the pulp thin, and though of a sharp acid has an agreeable 

 flavour.* Possibly it is a species of Spondias. 



Under the name of Medlars he speaks of a fruit of a 

 crimson colour, with a taste very like that of Strawberries. 

 It grows on a large green shrub, and is cultivated in many 

 gardens at Paramaribo, f 



Brazil, Peru, fyc. 



The fruit most highly esteemed by the inhabitants of these 

 countries is a sort of Custard Apple, which they call Cheri- 

 moyer ( Anona Cherimolia ) . It is a tree about twelve feet high ; 

 the leaves are oval, pointed at both ends ; the flowers solitary, 

 very fragrant, of a greenish white colour, and the fruit some- 

 what heart-shaped, with a scaly appearance on the outside ; 

 when ripe it is grayish brown, or black. The flesh is white, and 

 sweet, mixed with several seeds of the colour of coffee. 

 The Creoles think this fruit the best of the country ;% Baron 

 Humboldt speaks of it in terms of high praise; and his account 

 is completely confirmed by the testimony of many officers 

 who have been in the South American service ; but Feuille'e 

 says, one European Pear, or Plum, is worth all the Cherimoy- 

 ers of Peru. The latter author has figured it in his Journal 

 des Observations, $>c. iii. 1. 17. It is said to be the same as the 

 plant known in our gardens under the name of Anona tripe- 

 tala, and which has been referred to it by M. De Candolle. 



The Grenadillas, called Parchas by the Spaniards,! I are 

 very commonly eaten, especially in Brazil ; and are highly 

 * Stedman, Vol. ii. page 173. f Ibid. 



% Feuillee, Journal des Observations faites sur les cotes orientales de I Amerique 

 Meridionale, Vol. iii. page 24. 



!j Humboldt's Personal Narrative, Vol. v. page 129. 



