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8) This was a red letter
Day. I tasted my first
division of most remarkable
fruit & found only in this
particular part of the
world. They have a
most offensive odor a
strong fetid rather shrunk
like smell to the tongue.
Thorn covered exterior shell.
Within the fruit is divided
into lengthwise sections
like an orange in which
lie 3 large rounded seeds
the size of chestnut &
these are covered by a day
colored pulp which
forms the edible part.
The pulp is decidedly
sweet in taste like a
custard apple. The odor
events into the texture &
this makes it very distinctive
& pleasant. H. Sachs