54 Cuik^rd-Apple, Papah. 
y^«.i699.dle a few fmall black Stones or Kernels; 
but no Core, for ’tis all Pulp. The T ree 
that bears this Fruit is about the bignefs of 
a Qiiince-tree, with long, fmall, and thick- 
fet Branches fpread much abroad : At the 
Extremity of here and there one of which 
the Fruit grows upon a Stalk of its own 
about 9 or lo Inches long, flender and 
tough, and hanging down with its own 
weight. A large T ree of this fort does not 
. bear ufually above 20 or 30 Apples ; fel- 
dom more. This Fruit grows in moft 
Countries within the Tropicks. I have 
feen of them (tho’ I omitted the Defcri- 
ption of them before) all over the Wefi- 
Indies^ both Continent and Elands ; as al- 
fo in Brazil, and in the Eali-Indies. 
The Papah too is found in all thefe 
Countries, though I have not hitherto de- 
fcrib’d it. It is a Fruit about the bignefs 
of a Musk-Melon, hollow as that is, and 
much refembling it in Shape and Colour, 
bothoutfide and infide; Only in the mid- 
dle, inrtead of flat Kernels, which the Me- 
lons have, thefe have a handful of fmall 
blackifh Seeds, about the bignefs of Pep- 
per-corns ; whofe Tafte isalfo hot on the 
Tongue fomewhat like Pepper. The Fruit 
it felf is fweet , foft and lufcious, when 
ripe ; but while green ’tis hard and un- 
iavory : tho’ even then being boiled and 
eaten with Salt pork or Beef, it ferves in- 
