The Breadfruit

The breadfruit is so well known and described that to attempt a new account of it would be unnecessary and useless. However, as it may contribute to the convenience of the reader, I have given the following extracts respecting it with the plate annexed. The natives 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 it black. But they scrape off the outside black crust, and there remains a tender, thin crust,. Inside is soft, tender and white like the crumb of a penny loaf. There is neither seed nor stone in the inside, but all is