 | John Sims - 1828 - 370 pages
...West Indies. DAMPIER saw the tree abundantly in the Ladrone Islands, and he tells us that the fruit is as big as a penny loaf, when wheat is at five shillings the bushel ; that the natives of Guam use it as bread, " gathering it when fully grown, while it is green and... | |
 | Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 884 pages
...largest apple trees ; it hath a spreading head, full of branches, and dark leaves. The fruit grows on the boughs like apples ! it is as big as a penny loaf when wheat is at 6ve shillings the bushel ; it is of a round shape, and hath a thick tough rini When the fruit is ripe,... | |
 | Frederic William Naylor Bayley - 1830 - 1388 pages
...largest apple trees. It hath a spreading head, full of branches and dark leaves. The fruit grows on the boughs, like apples ; it is as big as a penny loaf, when the wheat is at five shillings the bushel. It is of a round shape, and hath a thick, tough rindWhen... | |
 | Gilbert Thomas Burnett - 1835 - 1050 pages
...1688, ay» its fruit " is as big as a penny loaf when wheat is at bs. the bushel ; it is of n found shape, and hath a thick tough rind ; when the fruit is ripe, it is yellow and <oft, and the taste is sweet and pleasant. The natives of Guam use it for bread. Tb<!y gather it when... | |
 | Frederick Chamier - 1838 - 930 pages
...largest apple trees. It hath a spreading head, full of branches and dark leaves. The fruit grows on the boughs like apples. It is as big as a penny loaf...when wheat is at five shillings the bushel. It is of round shape, and hath a thick tough rind. When the fruit is ripe, it is yellow and soft, and the taste... | |
 | Thomas Andrew - 1842 - 728 pages
...fruit, first discovered by Captain Dampier, is described by him as follows : ' This fruit grows on the boughs like apples : it is as big as a penny loaf when the wheat is five shillings the bushel. Itis of a round shape, and hath a tough thick rind. When the... | |
 | John Cargill Brough - 1859 - 432 pages
...Captain Darnpier, who first described it in 1688. "The fruit," says this celebrated navigator, " grows on the boughs like apples; it is as big as a penny loaf...soft, and the taste is sweet and pleasant. The natives use it for bread. They gather it when full grown, while it is green and hard ; then they bake it in... | |
 | W. H. D. A., William Henry Davenport Adams - 1867 - 136 pages
...largest apple trees : it hath a spreading head, full of branches and dark leaves. The fruit grows on the boughs like apples : it is as big as a penny loaf,...bushel : it is of a round shape, and hath a thick, rough rind : when the fruit is ripe, it is yellow and soft, and the taste is sweet and pleasant. The... | |
 | Romulus Magnus Oppman - 1867 - 484 pages
...our largest apple-trees; it has a spreading head full of branches and dark leaves. The fruit grows on the boughs like apples, it is as big as a penny loaf; it is of a round shape, and has a thick tough rind. When the fruit is ripe, it is yellow and soft,... | |
 | Wonders - 1870 - 264 pages
...largest apple trees : it hath a spreading head, full of brandies and dark leaves. ' The fruit grows on the boughs like apples : it is as big as a penny loaf when wheat BREAD-FRUIT TREE (Artocarpus incisa). is at five shillings the bushel : it is of a round shape, and... | |
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It hath a spreading head, full of branches and dark leaves. The fruit grows on the boughs like apples; it is as big as a penny loaf when wheat is at five shillings the bushel, it is of a round shape, and hath a thick tough rind. When the fruit is ripe... 
