Cherimoya

Cherimoya, or CHIRIMOYA (Anona cherimolia), the most esteemed fruit of Brazil and Peru, now common, and even naturalised in some parts of the East Indies, and other tropical countries of the Old World. It is a fruit of most delicious flavour, is sometimes described as the finest of all fruits, and sometimes as inferior only to the mangosteen. Both flowers and fruit emit a pleasant fragrance, but when the tree is covered with blossom the odour is almost overpowering. The fruit varies from the size of an orange to 16 lb. or upwards in weight. See CUSTARD-APPLE.