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Cool off with a scoop of soursop (a sweet-sour fruit from the custard-apple family) sherbet or green rice ice cream at Fanny Ice Cream (29 Ton That Thiep; 84-8-8211-633), where a shaded verandah out front offers a bird's-eye view of the street's comings and goings.
Ho Chi Minh City 2009
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Relax here with an icy glass of custard-apple juice or just view the interiors.
Jakarta 2009
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The hike was tiring, but along the way we were given little gifts, some roast corn and a gigantic custard-apple.
An Alaskan in Tanzania......................And on to Honduras Gail 2008
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The hike was tiring, but along the way we were given little gifts, some roast corn and a gigantic custard-apple.
Archive 2008-05-01 Gail 2008
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The taste is sweet, and the fruit is wholesome: it is full of seeds, like the custard-apple.
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· A second trial in the Philippines where mixtures of neem oil and custard-apple oil interfered with the transmission of tungro virus, another rice pest;
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Irene grew a custard-apple plant, a honey plant, and a swisscheese plant for Xavier, Chem, and herself; a hot red pepper for Xap; and a genuine has-bean for Grundy.
Dragon on a Pedestal Anthony, Piers 1983
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Representing the custard-apple family (_Anonaceæ_) is the curious papaw (_Asimina_), common in many parts of the United States
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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When we arrived at the hotel, we found it was a great white building, with a lovely garden, which contained mango, guava, banana, custard-apple, and many other trees.
Harper's Young People, March 9, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Various
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The custard-apple, or paw-paw, is my favourite, and my boys go with me into the woods to gather them when ripe.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 548, May 26, 1832 Various
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