Note 348 — LA NATURALEZA SUDAMERICANA De Valparaíso a Buenos Aires Juan María Gutiérrez

“fruta del monte”. Peaches are so common in the province of Buenos Aires that they are called “fruit of the woods”. In this connection Darwin says: “Among the introduced kinds may be enumerated poplars, olives, peach, and other fruit trees; the peaches succeed so well that they afford the main supply of firewood to the city of Buenos Aires.”—The Voyage of the Beagle.