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3598 "This street is in the heart of the native city and always presents a bustling scene of business activity. 

"Those who have been in tropical countries are apt to think the fruits must be of rare and excellent quality. My own opinion ( and I have tasted nearly every fruit in the tropical world) is that the merits of all the gruits in the tropics, reduced into one, would not take the place of a good, mellow, juicy apple. The only fruit on this stand which I can recommend is a small species of banana to be seen suspended in the rear, a little to the left of the ebon vendor. These little bananas are known as lady-fingers. They are sweet, juicy and well-flavored, and are found at every meal on every European table in India. The large fruit at the right is a species of muskmelon. I can identify a poor quality of pear, and pomegranates--always a seedy worthless fruit.

"The half-dressed, squalid appearance of the dusky assemblage about the stand is always repugnant to the stranger. Fartherback you see several grimy and seminude collies, who stare at the photographer, knowing his work is a constant desecration according to the Koran-the making of images." (Extract from India through the Stereoscope, by James Ricalton.) 

From Notes of Travel No.39, copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

Juicy fruit at a stand on Silver Street, Delhi, India.

Fruits succulents, sur un étalage en plein vent. dans la Rue "Silver," Delhi, Indes.

Saftstrotzende Früchte anf einem Verkaufsstande in der "Silver" Strasse, Delhi, Ostindien. 

Jugosas frutas en un puesto en la calle Silver, Delhi, India.

Saftig frukt i ett stånd å Silver Street, Delhi, Indien.

Сочные цдоды на Доткѣ на удицѣ Сидъверъ-Стритъ Деди, Индiя