 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - 428 Seiten
...a thick tough rind ; when ripe is yellow and soft, and has a sweet and pleasant taste. The natives use it for bread ; they gather it when full grown, while it is green and hard, and bake it in an oven, which scorches the rind and makes it black ; but they scrape off the outside... | |
 | Alfred McFarland - 1884 - 276 Seiten
...there also made to cut 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...of Guam use it for bread ; they gather it when full grown—while it is green and hard ; then they bake it in an oven, which scorches the rind, and makes... | |
 | Alfred McFarland - 1884 - 270 Seiten
...shillings the bushel ; it is of a round suape, and hath a thick, tough rind. When the fruit is ripa, it is yellow and soft, and the taste is sweet and...green and hard ; then they bake it in an oven, which scorches the rind, and makes it black ; but they scrape off the outside black crast, and there remains... | |
 | Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson - 1906 - 308 Seiten
...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...and the taste is sweet and pleasant. The Natives of this Island use it for Bread: they gather it when full grown, while it is green and hard ; then they... | |
 | United States National Herbarium - 1905 - 570 Seiten
...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...and the taste is sweet and pleasant. The Natives of this Island use it for Bread: they gather it when full grown, while it is green and hard; then they... | |
 | William Edwin Safford - 1905 - 576 Seiten
...leaves. The fruit grows on the boughs like Apples: It is as big asa Penny-loaf, when Wheat is at five shillings the Bushel. It is of a round shape, and...and the taste is sweet and pleasant. The Natives of this Island use it for Bread: they gather it when full grown, while it is green and hard; then they... | |
 | Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson - 1906 - 334 Seiten
...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...and the taste is sweet and pleasant. The Natives of this Island use it for Bread: they gather it when full grown, while it is green and hard; then they... | |
 | Harry Johnston - 1913 - 364 Seiten
...fruit grows on the boughs like apples ; it is as big as a penny loaf ... of a round shape, and has a thick, tough rind. When the fruit is ripe it is...and the taste is sweet and pleasant The natives of this island (Guam) use it for bread ; they gather it when full grown, while it is green and hard ;... | |
 | Octavius William Andrews - 1927 - 484 Seiten
...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...yellow and soft, and the taste is sweet and pleasant." We occasionally ate baked bread-fruit, the taste of which reminded one more of chestnuts which had... | |
 | Harry Hamilton Johnston - 2000 - 352 Seiten
...fruit grows on the boughs like apples ; it is as big as a penny loaf ... of a round shape, and has a thick, tough rind. When the fruit is ripe it is...and the taste is sweet and pleasant The natives of this island (Guam) use it for bread; they gather it when full grown, while it is green and hard ; then... | |
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... 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, it is yellow and soft, and the taste is sweet and pleasant. 
