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by a substance somewhat like apple, and over all is the rind. 

 The external substance is used for tarts and other sweet prepa- 

 rations, and the pulp is made into jelly. 



The aviago pear tree grows to about thirty or forty feet in 

 height. Its branches are long, its leaves large and pointed, 

 and its flower has six petals. The fruit, when ripe, resembles 

 a large pear. It consists of a soft, agreeable, nutricious pulp, 

 covered by a rind, and containing a stone. The pulp is eaten 

 with salt and pepper. 



The female poppau generally grows to the height of fifteen 

 feet. The trunk is about seven inches in diameter, covered 

 by a light brown bark, hollow, and wholly without branches. 

 The leaves are three or four feet in circumference, divided 

 into seven or eight sections, which are again subdivided into 

 other sections. The leaves are supported by foot stalks about 

 two feet long, which grow from the top of the trunk. The 

 flowers have five petals of a light yellow color, supported by 

 pedicles which grow from the top of the trunk; they have 

 an agreeable odor, and are used for preserves. The fruit is 

 about six inches in length, of an oval form, and when ripe of 

 a yellow color. The internal part of the fruit consists of a 

 soft pulp, mixed with small seeds. This pulp is covered by 

 a substance somewhat like that of a pompion, which is eaten 

 when the fruit is nearly ripe, being previously boiled. There 



