Plants LXX1X. 



AMERICAN FP^ÜIT. 



Vol IP. No. 23. 



Fig. The white Guaya. 

 (pfidium pyriferum.) 



The white Guava or Guava • tree which hears 

 a fruit fi m il a r to a pair, is indigenous to the 

 Islands of the Weft - Indies. It attains commonly 

 a height from iQ to 20 feet, the item meafuring 

 about a foot in diamètre. The leaves which 

 grow oppohte to one another, are oval and full 

 of ribs without being indented. The white blof- 

 fom (B) appears in the third year and grows 

 lingly on the ftalks; the fruit (a) is about the 

 fize of a common pair; at firft it is gren, but 

 full grown it becomes yellow, mottled with red. 

 It has a good fmell and a ftrong but agreeable 

 tafte. Befides it is a very wholefome and com- 

 fortable nourishment and is frequently eaten in 

 thofe countries , fresh as well as boiled. 



Fig. 2* The rough fruited cultard- 

 Appìe. 



( A nn 0 na muricataJ) ; 



This Apple-tree is alfo a product of various 

 Islands of the Weft -Indies. Its oblong pointed 

 leaves grow without any ordre on the ftalks^ 



its flower -cup which confifts of three leaves, is 

 white on the out fid e and of a reddish colour 

 on the infide, and has an agreeable fmell. The 

 fruit (B) is as big as a Eft and bears the form of 

 a heart. The ou ih de green peel is as if it were 

 divided into various fcaly shields which in their 

 middle have a little prickly protuberance. The 

 puip is full of juice and not only of an excel» 

 lent win-e acid tafte, but it is alfo a very reli- 

 shing nourishment in thofe hot countries. For 

 to eat it the outiide peel is taken of and the 

 pulp eaten with a fpoon. 



Fig. 3. The Mamei Sapote. 



(Vehras manmiofa.) 



This fruit is found on the isles of Cuba, 

 Jamaica and various other parts of South Ame- 

 rica. Its white bloffom has fix leaves. The 

 fruit is three times as large as the annexed 

 picture. It is of an oval shape and reddish 

 hrown colour. The red pulp which alone is 

 eaten, has a fweetish tafte, but is very aqueous 

 and therefore not well tailed; it has fome ker- 

 nels ÇB) which contain the feed, (c.) Mamei- 

 Sapote is the American denamination. 



