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112 THE FRUITS OF INDIA.
sops, almonds, gooseberries, strawberries, tamarind®
plums, figs, dates, citrons, loquats, potatoes, cabbaged
cucumbers, yams, brinjalls, peas, beans, artichoke
salads, celery, beetroot, cauliflower, nollcoll, mangos-
teens, &c, &c, most of which, at some time or other*
are found upon the tables of Europeans.
The Pine-apple (bromelia ananas) is called by the
natives anarusk. As the name of the fruit is Persian;
and there being no Sanscrit one, it is supposed W
be an imported fruit in India, though common »U
over the country, where the climate is not too severe
for its growth in the open air; a green-house, hot-
house, or cool-house for plants or fruits, being ye*
entirely unknown in India, even amongst Europeans.
The common bazaar pine of I ndia is a very inferior
fruit to the English hot-house pine, and even to those
which have been raised with care and under shade
(which they seem to prefer), in India. Those of the
eastern islands are very far superior, the commonest
Malay, or Javanese anana being equal, it is said, to
the best in India,—except, perhaps, those of Goa and
other Portuguese establishments on the western coast,
where, as in the case of the mango and some other
fruits, we still find traces of the care which the early
Portuguese colonists bestowed on them. This is pro-
bably owing- to peculiarities of soil and climate, as
well as care; though the Portuguese, like the Dutch,
were good gardeners, and paid attention to horticul-
ture, which the English, hitherto, cannot be said to
have done. It is said, and with much justice, that
no fruit in India requires to be eaten more cautiously
than this, both by new comers and new residents.
It is accused, and with some considerable truth, of
occasioning very severe and dangerous attacks of
pseudo-cholera and dysentery. To the newly arrived
Europeans, especially of the lower orders, it is indeed
a tempting fruit, and its powerful acid and tough
sops, almonds, gooseberries, strawberries, tamarind®
plums, figs, dates, citrons, loquats, potatoes, cabbaged
cucumbers, yams, brinjalls, peas, beans, artichoke
salads, celery, beetroot, cauliflower, nollcoll, mangos-
teens, &c, &c, most of which, at some time or other*
are found upon the tables of Europeans.
The Pine-apple (bromelia ananas) is called by the
natives anarusk. As the name of the fruit is Persian;
and there being no Sanscrit one, it is supposed W
be an imported fruit in India, though common »U
over the country, where the climate is not too severe
for its growth in the open air; a green-house, hot-
house, or cool-house for plants or fruits, being ye*
entirely unknown in India, even amongst Europeans.
The common bazaar pine of I ndia is a very inferior
fruit to the English hot-house pine, and even to those
which have been raised with care and under shade
(which they seem to prefer), in India. Those of the
eastern islands are very far superior, the commonest
Malay, or Javanese anana being equal, it is said, to
the best in India,—except, perhaps, those of Goa and
other Portuguese establishments on the western coast,
where, as in the case of the mango and some other
fruits, we still find traces of the care which the early
Portuguese colonists bestowed on them. This is pro-
bably owing- to peculiarities of soil and climate, as
well as care; though the Portuguese, like the Dutch,
were good gardeners, and paid attention to horticul-
ture, which the English, hitherto, cannot be said to
have done. It is said, and with much justice, that
no fruit in India requires to be eaten more cautiously
than this, both by new comers and new residents.
It is accused, and with some considerable truth, of
occasioning very severe and dangerous attacks of
pseudo-cholera and dysentery. To the newly arrived
Europeans, especially of the lower orders, it is indeed
a tempting fruit, and its powerful acid and tough