Engliſh apples; and ſo very refreſhing is the ſcent of theſe fruits, that many people ſuffer them to decay on their ſide-boards, for the ſake of their agreeable ſmell.
The ſappadilla is of the ſize and make of a bergamot pear, its juice is of a gluey nature, and of a ſweet taſte. The tree which bears it reſembles a pear-tree, and its timber is very ſerviceable for mills, or to make cartwheels of.
The pomegranates in Dominica are not ſo large as thoſe brought to England from other countries; but they are fleſhy, ſweet, and good, when thoroughly ripe. They bear a delightful ſcarlet-coloured bloſſom, which, in ſize and make, is very like the flowers called blue-bottles; and the ſkin, or ſhell of the fruit, being boiled into a decoction, is given to perſons afflicted with the flux.
