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were seen at Manila in the markets. One, the mangostinee a peculiar fruit size of a pear + brown hard exterior, inside are several large black seeds with a fine silky white pulp of fine acid [[flavor?]] somewhat loquat like.
This fruit has no relationship to a mango. ^[[It is the zapote chico]] Another fruit is the sauer, also brown outside with four large black seeds within but the whole interior is edible ^ sweet in flavor but not acid or so fine as the mangostine. The seals took me to a [[strikethrough]]restaur[[/strikethrough]] cafe where we had Manila mangos They are large yellow ones of very fine flavor. [[strikethrough]]A common g[[/strikethrough]] other fruits seen in the markets were bananas, mangos and apples, a common growth on the Pasig river

Transcription Notes:
Two instances of mangosteen on this page (which he spells 'mangostine').