The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-11-20
to warrant the @enolature. Flor
ida Ag1icuItura

The above is allusion to the fruit
sent us by Mr.. qelck Of Los Angeles
and described ihhe Press OF Aug
ust 31st We IL thankful to our
| Florida content ary for the dispo-
sition to set u]higHt, and on one
point we accepdAe amendment, and q
That is on the spfne of "Granadilla."
We followed i early edition of
{. Rhind's Vegetkle Kingdom the
late edition iSK, which we have
since seen, make he correction noted
by our Florida lend. Beyond TINS
point the .4m4turiSt is at sea.
The proper bothical name Of the
nlant which he Antions is, PdSSi7o
"a quadrang,sla3, not g GranatS3lt0
quao7rangulmis this form beng a
mixture Of pop Par and botanical
terms accordlnako the best light we
can oct on the labiect. The fruit
sent by Mr.. Ord k was not p. 4u0@-
,aagu5dris, as saed aboyeJ It. was
only about halt Ice enough, did not
contain more thf a tablespoonful OF
pulp and It hada hard she'll, sohard
That our knife bake it's course thro'
il and left the edes rough like saw
teeth. You coli no more make cit
ron of the rind, han you could OF a
dry chestnut She
We are not aHogetiler unacqualnt-
Cd with p. 0ak9rd2aqetIdris. 1t is
growing here, Ala no one would be
likely to mistaM it for the fruit sent
MS from Los Ankeles, than he would
to take an ego blant for pomegran,
ate. It is evident that the editor OF
the AmicultaaE@ also knows the
oua67yo1aqaslmisJ and if he had en-
.joyea the advantage OF seeing, the
Los Angeles fruit, would not have
erred concerning it. In case any OF
our readers mat desire to know more
about the qudolanguI0rls, we suRJoln
the following description from the
latest edition of "Rhind's Vegetable
Kingdom:
"The Granadilla vine P. Qmaol'a''g-
uEayis) has square stalk, and leaves
five TO six inches in length. The
flowers are red within and white out
side. They are odoriferous, and gen
orally the plant is covered with fruit
and flowers at the same time. The
fruit is very large, being an oblong,
Of about six inches in diameter from
the stalk to the eye, and l5inches in
green's creenisf ysIlow; #fsn FfbeS, sort alef
lleathery to the touch, and quite
smooth. The rind is very thick, the
pulp is OF purple color, and is eaten
with wine and sugar. 1t has a sweet
Slightly acid flavor, and is very CRATE
full to the taste, PdcJic Rural
Press -. n
We acknowledge the mistake in
calling the fruit Granadilla, quadrant
gularis, we should have said " Passi
flora" it was entirely an oversight.
Now that the Press has described the
fruit that it alluded to-. perhaps we
can give some information. There
are several varieties of the edible
passion fruit in the West Indies all of
which are good eating and the vines
make very Observation-Disclosures. The
fruit with hard rind is probably the
Passyfora 1Ndlitormais, or apple
fruited Granadilla, that has a fruit
about two inches in diameter, rind
very hard. can be carved into cups
etc. This specie grows wild in ia
maica. The natives call it "sweet
cup" or Conch nut. 1t can be cut in
two with sharp knife, and the pulp
eaten with a spoon. Another specie
is Passysord Ldsor:tolid or Lawrel
leaved Grandila, the Fruits the size
of hens egg the flowers are red
and violet and very fragrant, the
French call this fruit Po'nnae ID On
or apple. of gold. Two species are
indigenous to the states, p. Ldtea, in
the Southern States andsP. hacar7aG
ia or maypop which grows further
north. IK f~43f |,