Descriptions of fruits in China, Japan and India in an unidentified hand. Includes pears ('there are many varieties, some growing extremely large, sometimes weighing 10lbs a piece, with white flesh of an excellent flavour'), jujube ('is much cultivated through China and is held in high estimation by all classes, there are many varieties'), kaki (Diosphyros kaki) [persimmon, Diospyros kaki] ('the fruit is the size and shape of an apple, of a reddish-orange colour, the flesh is semi-transparent, brown, soft and pulpy, with an agreeable honey-like flavour'), rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum) ('size of a pigeon's egg, covered with spines & hairs, the part eaten is a subacid pulp surrounding the kernel') and latti ani (Willoughbeia edulis) [Willughbeia edulis] ('a climbing plant, the fruit the size of a lemon, filled with soft yellowish pulp in which are immersed a few seeds the size of a horse bean') [here the list includes approximately 28 more fruits]. Paginated
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