Show ALLIGATOR PEARS to acquire a taste tor for them la Is an n expensive ez luxury most lost interesting of all south florida fruits because little cultivated almost unknown outside of the tropics and most highly appreciated when on once introduced produced trod is the alligator algat cr or ar L zar ar the of cuba says biar ar aces round table A very few alligator T acar trees are arc grown in sheltered belt ered spots spot oi of southern california ant south alor da below latitia lati tua 85 degrees grees is the only ank y section of the united states where it can be e cultivated on a large scale and andas as a profitable crop here it grows as luxuriantly lu uri antly and with as little care as the guava though it requires a greater depth of soil the tree is tall slender and covered with a dense foliage of da daffe rk glossy green while the ripened ruit fruit f also areu green in color is smooth skinned and as large as a mans leans two fits fists ineide is a great round stone or seed surrounded by a soft yellowish h green pulp which sprinkled with salt ailt and eaten with a spoon or maile made into a salad is delicious bayon djie no one eve r eats cats an alligator pear without vit bout wanting another and the taste once acquired d demands c to be gratified regardless of expense I 1 have known so 50 and even 75 cents apiece to be paid for these pears add when I 1 once asked a broadway dealer which was the extensive expensive mit fruit in his store he promptly answered alligator pear |