OTHER SPECIES OF CUSTARD APPLES, AS FRUIT TREES. 
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yellow and sweet-scented. Sepals three, small, acute. Petals six ; outer ones linear- 
oblong, narrow, triquetrous at the apex, somewhat concave at the base, nearly closed, 
inner petals merely rudimentary scales. Fruit egg-shaped, fleshy, covered with a 
thin tubercular coat ; the pulp is sweet and possesses a peculiar flavour, which is 
much esteemed in all tropical countries. The culture is exactly the same as for the 
Sour-Sop (A. muricata). It was introduced to this country in 1739. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE WOOD-CUT. 
a Anona Cherimolia, showing the flower and fruit. j d Detached fruit of A. squamosa, 
b Anona muricata. e Seed of A. squamosa, 
c Anona squamosa. I 
The Common Custakd- Apple (Anona reticulata of Linnaeus) grows from twenty 
to thirty feet high, and is a native of the Caribbee Islands, and Brazil, in which 
latter place, the fruit bears the name of Condissa, or Frute de Conde. It was intro- 
duced to our collections in 1690. In growth it greatly resembles A. squamosa, but 
the smell is less pleasant. The leaves are oblong-lanceolate, acute, smooth, and 
somewhat dotted. The peduncles are solitary. The flowers are rusty- tomentose on 
the outside, and pale yellow within. Sepals three, rusty-brown, acute. Petals six ; 
outer ones oblong-lanceolate, acute, nearly closed, excavated at the base, each marked 
with a dark purple spot, and covered on the outside with ferrugineous tomentum ; 
inner ones small, acute. Fruit ovate-globose, reticulately-areolate, and when ripe is 
