The mamma apple is a large fruit, of the ſize in general of a middling-ſized muſk melon; but ſome are much ſmaller. The rind of it is thick, ſtrong, and has the appearance of leather; the inſide has three large nuts, or kernels, which are covered with a thick ſubſtance, of the colour of a carrot, very juicy, and in taſte much reſembling that of a peach. It is a delicious fruit when ripe, but is reckoned to be unwholeſome, from its indigeſtive quality, yet they make tarts of it. The timber of the tree which bears the mamma apple is a very beautiful wood, durable, and is uſed for furniture.
Guavas are of three ſorts, the white, the red, and the yellow guava; the firſt is the largeſt and moft eſteemed, but they are all very good. The white ſort grows in general as large as a good-ſized apple, the red rather ſmaller, and the yellow about the ſize of a golden pippin, which they alſo much reſemble.
