The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-01-29
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. From one of our late exchanges we elm .
following remarks relating to the mangosteea. :
conversation we have heard this fruit alluded -
one of the most delicious known. The mango. v,:I
has been introduced into our kingdom, altbm,h
fine fruit, is said to be much inferior to the man.
teen, which latter, we believe abounds in the Ps
lipine Islands and the neighborhood of Manila, v.
insert the article below to call to it the attention y.
our horticulturists, who may be acquainted with Il.
fruit, its locality and quality, and would take pleasD,
in inserting any communication which might tend
the introduction of it. If it grows in Manila, II !,
not a difficult matter to have young plants Imperial
either by vessels direct to this port or via San Fra,
cisco.
THE MANGosTEEN.-This extraordinary fruit is IN.
now attracting considerable attention in England j.
consequence of its having been fruited successfuTy
Syon House, the seat of the Duke of NOrthumberlanl
where at the same time it bore flowers, and the rim
and ripening fruit, as represented in the drawing.
The mangosteen has long been celebrated by trayd.
ers as the best known fruit, and efforts have bee,
frequently made to flmiliarize it to other countrs
than the Malay Peninsula and islands to the ems.
ward of Bengal, but, till now, in vain. The fruit /
of a spherical form, of the size of an orange-wha
young, it is of a reddish green color-when ripe. n
reddish brown and, when old, OF a chestnut brown
Its succulent rind is nearly the fourth of an inch
III lniChHeSS, ConldiHilS ii very powerful aStflngelt
juice, and, in wet weather exuding a yellow gum.
which is a variety of Gamboge. On removing The
rind, its esculent substance appears in the form of
juicy pulp, having the whiteness and solubiGty n
snow, and a refreshing, delicate, delicious flavor: h.
is the pulp of the cells, and these separate easily frn
each other, like the lobes of an orange. e'The flavor ,
says one who ate the fruit at Syon House, sswas deli
cious, and compared, by some who partook of it, IA
that between a first rate peach and of a good CRANE y
DIR. Abel, when speaking of the fruits of BATAVIA
says, to define it by precise language would be diff.
cult. We are all anxious to carry away with us some
precise expression of its qualities but, after satisfyin,
ourselves that it partook of the compound taste of,iss
pine apple and peach, we were obliged to confess that
it had many other equally good, but utterly ing.
pressible, fayors. From its perfect wholesomenes
it may be eaten in any quantity and, as it possess
no luscious qualities, it does not cloy the palate. 1
is not a little singular that a plant nearly allied h
the Gamboge, should yield SO wholesome a fruit. The
rind is astringent, and employed in cases of dysn.
terry, and the bark of the wood is used as a dye"
In British stoves, it has attained the height of ten
or twelve feet in the Malay Islands, it is said to BE-
twenty feet. A botanical description will be found IN
Curtis Botanic Magazine, vol H., Sd Series, Plat
4,047. All writers attest its great xcellence.-Fv
the HorticulturiSt.