it is ^reckoned one «pf the most delicious fruits in Iqdia. One
remarkable circumstance is, that no one mango.:reseinbles another
plucked from the same tree in ta s te ,o r, flavour. The
pulp, which is extremely juicyi arid of d stringy texture, is cp-
veredjj with a coat like a peach, but larger, and thicker,; and
pasily.. peeled off. The kerriel ’is yery large, and of the
same shape as the fruit. In smell the mango ^^embleè Jfehe
melon, although at timés’it smells^ not unlike turpentine.* Ttfe
‘fruit' wföii ripe "is'ektreméty wïtólèsomè t o T ê a t ahcf whèh
‘plucked, before arriving at m a tu fity ,it makes the best picklds
and préserves known in that quarter of the world. 'The ■ mpn-
gor-trep grows to' a vast size; and extends' its large and beautiful
branch^ like Pur fbak V but^thfe^ timber'is not applied to any
useful purpose.
Tlie mangosteen is ,a- fruit'Very highly1 eStéëmëb, but1 r a i l of
the rarest in-; Ceylon; being only found’i n ’o n e ‘or two gardens
;béloögng : to Dutch' gentlemen. In 'appearanfcë* this ffnii'TcsëmL
bles the pomegranate, 'but the’ pulp is iri'pfb Tike That pf^the
mango,-and consists of fibres full of juice. I t is - ësfeéMied^n
excellent remedy in fluxes.
Tne shaddock or puntpelmose ' often .^tows'' to 'JTlie sizfe of ,a
-man’s head.^jin shape ït-^ ém b ïë s-'th e ferangé,4 ahd;is5<^ ^ | e d
with a coat of the, same texture, although much'' softer ’ and
thickeri >1 The pulp also Resembles that o f'th e ^ran|eT'onlyJ the
juicy, fibres are proportidnably ja rg e k There ~arë twó'Tpecjcs
of shaddock; th ë 5onp‘is of a .white, andj the other-ofi a yellow
colour;*"and they also: differ in flavour.
The Jamboe Malacca rose appU ^cg Malacca applet is j^bout,
• the size' of one of :our ordinaryapples, and ofi nearly the same
shape, only, more oval. I t is of a beautiful red arid: wfiWJcolour
n üh> putpris; p£ é softer texture than o u r, apple, and has
thé taste .and! Smell1 öf a fosei from whfeh it* derives- its1 name.
I t is, .a yery.wholesome fruit-/c®o&g»ahd pleasant?#* though iqsi-r
p id || ‘-It -contains, afiarge (soft keriiel nearly half the! ê ze of,-the
fruit. This .fruit fill im p h ^ y f'be'li^lfejd^by- mariy#ff. dh'er natives
of Asia -toi'beififfle f jjtoit '.which caused*;-Adam be ^driven'’out
^©f.-jParadife
Tla|e?MI)Ö^kpple fes-Jóf; èJsm’allef''< size thahithe former,, soft
andjjfull of "a) ^erpeharsh’ astringent jüice^whiclri*. prickers Up
thdt lips hw-hèd a p p l ^ i tp ^ th e im |^P fe :rihut, wbichf-jn; shapd
is ffriot / unlike, a 1 kidieyA>ea# gtówSHo jth e end of uthe ..apple ;
®thd?,' tdstes,! s&he'n roasted, likS^öür .Ghesmtts?nbrit'dhar^.'pUyt,
,)0 l\ë katapaJsom}mhst resembles1 our walnut, but, to my: taste;
has a better flavour. | | <>..
, The pxmpmor papaya h dj^th© size/.oft arcmelonj, and .has a
pulpmfearly ööthp siphe; taste .and smell, bjib sp soft' as to he
dj^itdes^rwjth 4 a.-, sp^opvJalcejj''.puddjng. - AMHough; ij:; is, nofj ,a
fr,uib .‘of "addelicious .flavourijyet from, its being veiydwhcilegome
anddcööliiagj i t is muchiiaten. In the insidCiiof the pfilp: there
i&. a ïhbllow (.space-TwhicA ,-cpnt.ains .a .quantityr.lofnjseefcl^fi jthe
colpfir and ske '-ofirtMackipeppèr- havings.«exactly ’the. tastes of
water cresses, iristead.Af;,which'. I have.- often, used.-them«**
\iTlfe custard appted-s ,so called.from the pulp ljavihg.^toiC;
jesemblanc© ^ taste j o \ .custard1 puddingr Thejjpuip is con-,
tained’ in a speckled jshell likë a fir -cone, 'and^hasf a;-nümjber
of- - blackjseedsj thnxed with its inside, - Vhich-' i§c nearly .ok the
sameuconsistence .as^ that .of -theitformer-b
* The tamarind gro%$ jn long green pods like those1 j,of our
kidney-beans; but off.a stringy and »spongy-o texfere* 1 I t corn-
tains a number-, of ikerneftè,.-%nd is very -ahj.d, which quality
c -T -t