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inſide is full of ſmall, flat ſeeds, covered with a juicy pulp, which has a very agreeable, muſky taſte. It grows on a vine, which bears a very beautiful bloſſom, very much reſembling the paſſion flower; and the vine is much admired, becaufe it affords the moſt delightful ſhade when turned over an arbour.

The granadilla is rather larger than the the largeſt ſized Liſbon lemon, and is an excellent fruit. It alſo grows on a vine, which bears a delightful ſky-blue and yellow bloſſom, very fragrant, and of the ſame appearance as that of the water lemon, but much larger. The rind of the fruit is alſo of a yellow colour, but not ſo bright as the other: and the inſide is full of ſeeds covered with a juicy pulp, but not of ſo muſky a taſte. The granadilla is much recommended to people in fevers, its juice being very cooling. The rind of it mixed with a little lime-juice, makes an excellent tart, nearly equal to thoſe made with

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