Pine apples grow in Dominica to a great ſize, and are in general very juicy, but they are not fo good as in moſt other iſlands, owing to the too great moiſlure of the ground, which makes them grow too luxuriant and watry. Pine apples ſliced, covered with brown ſugar, and left ſome time to drain out their juice, make an excellent drink, after being ſtrained, and ſet by for a time in bottles.
The roſe apple is chiefly eſteemed for its fine ſcent, which reſembles that of the flower after which it is called. It is, however, eat by many, but is reckoned unwholeſome; being put up with linen, it gives it an agreeable ſcent, equal to that of lavender.
The ſtar apple, ſo called from the bloſſoms of the tree which bears it, reſembling a ſtar, is a fine fruit, of the ſize and ſhape of a large plumb, of a purple colour; and its juice is of
