I used to think these creatures were geckos or lizards or something. Apparently I was all wet and they are in fact anoles- which sounds like a rude body part but is in fact a kind of lizard. Or something. Anoles have this bizarre capacity to inflate a gourd in their throat and create a bright red sail.
All of which is fascinating but has nothing to do with anything because around the corner was the object of my wife's desires. 
The Sugar Apple has been around for years in Key West selling homeopathic stuff and vegetarian foods and the like. One hesitates to know exactly how to describe a place that once was alternative but nowadays this kind of stuff is majorly mainstream. 
My wife went inside to get her stuff and I enjoyed the afternoon glow outside. Sugar Apples are one of my favorite fruits (Wayne is another). The sugar apple is also known as the custard apple and they have a rather nice illustration of one on the store's website which has a link at the bottom of this essay.
I first tasted a Sugar Apple in Grenada years ago when my wife and I were sailing the southern Caribbean. The fruit looks like a big fat pine cone and when you break the skin this grainy sweet custard spills out with big black seeds embedded in it. I was totally hooked and my wife had to prise me away from the vendors' stalls at the outdoor market in St George's I got so addicted to the things.
Last year she found a Sugar Apple seedling at a nursery and I have been watering and fertilizing it assiduously. When it finally bears fruit I won't share it with anyone. That's a promise.
All of which is fascinating but has nothing to do with anything because around the corner was the object of my wife's desires. 
The Sugar Apple has been around for years in Key West selling homeopathic stuff and vegetarian foods and the like. One hesitates to know exactly how to describe a place that once was alternative but nowadays this kind of stuff is majorly mainstream. 
My wife went inside to get her stuff and I enjoyed the afternoon glow outside. Sugar Apples are one of my favorite fruits (Wayne is another). The sugar apple is also known as the custard apple and they have a rather nice illustration of one on the store's website which has a link at the bottom of this essay. 
I first tasted a Sugar Apple in Grenada years ago when my wife and I were sailing the southern Caribbean. The fruit looks like a big fat pine cone and when you break the skin this grainy sweet custard spills out with big black seeds embedded in it. I was totally hooked and my wife had to prise me away from the vendors' stalls at the outdoor market in St George's I got so addicted to the things. 
Last year she found a Sugar Apple seedling at a nursery and I have been watering and fertilizing it assiduously. When it finally bears fruit I won't share it with anyone. That's a promise. 
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We have places in Lancaster selling "Road Apples." They are freshly plopped.
JR/TW
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