The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-16
The Pumelo, Alias the shaddocls, Alias
 the Grapefruit.
[From Harper's Bazarl

The PumelO, Alias the shaddoclS, Alias the Grapefruit. [Brom Harper's Bazar.l Captain Shaddock, of the East India trade, who first brought the Chinese pu- melo (Citrus decumana) to Europe, im- posed. or had imposed, his name upon this curious importation This giant orange was the wonder of botanical gardens and conservatories, and taken to the West Indies, fiourished as if in its native Cochin China The tree was g. valued ornament, but it's fruit so coarse and tasteless that it was only a curiosity, a showy trophy for fairs and exhibitions
 After it's introduction to Florida, cit rus-growers experimented with it, and by careful growing and cultivation se- cured for the transplanted pumelo quail ities that render it in some ways al- most superior to- its Asiatic archetype The once dry and despised curio is now delicious and valuable table fruit, and it is esteemed also for tonic and al- terative qualities that make it almost a necessary at this time of the year. It came slowly into market and into fla vor, but had great vogue and sudden bound to popularity at the time of the first epidemic of the grippe, when fruit vendors labelled it and physicians re- commended it as an excellent fruit for grippe convalescents. Many other mo- tions ran wild for a brief while, but the puInelo has remained fast fixed in the routine of luxurious living. Whether it's particular kind of citric acid is deadly to the bacilli of the grippe or not, the pumelo is seriously extolled as a beneficent spring tonic, the regular use of it claimed to be as sovereign as a course of mineral waters, or with drug gists' bottles and medicine-spoons, bracing the system as much as quinine, and counteracting bilious and malarlal tendencies.
 The Florida pumelo-grow seem not to have attempted to increase the size of the fruit, but to improve it's flavor and get finer texture, a more compact and juicy pulp. The thinner rind and inner membrane made it almost a diff ferent fruit, and necessitate it's being differently prepared for and served at the table in this country. It Is most refreshing breakfast fruit, and taken for its best effects, should be eaten without sugar the first thing at that
 
 able relish before the soup at either luncheon or dinner, and it may be served as a sorbet, a salad, or as des- sert as we'll,
 The more manageable size of the Florida pumelo allows half a fruit as a sufficient portion for each guest. The smooth yellow globe should be cut across at its equator-line, the seeds re- moved, and a space an inch in diame- ter cut away with scissors in the heart of the juicy hemisphere. If sugar be sprinkled on the halves and let stand a half-hour this central reservoir will be filled with clear amber juice. As the juice so often precedes the spoon like dashing spray, some housekeepers have all the pulp removed with a sharp knife, the partitions cut away, and the pulp put back in the cup of rind. A teaspoonful of rum or sherry is often added when the pumelos are served at dinner or luncheon, but for a before breakfast tonic only the least sugar should be allowed. For pumelo salad the pulp is cut out in as large bits as possible and tossed with a plain French dressing of oil, vinegar and salt. Real lovers of the fruit will admit that the pumleo is all right after one has swal- lowed the condiments anG come to the pulp itself
 Well-iced pumelo dressed with sugar and rum passes as sorbet between the roast and game of a dinner; or pu- melo pulp and Malaga grapes broken and seeded are dressed with sugar and rum, half frozen, and served in regular punch glasses.
 But, however We serve this delicious fruit, let it at least be dignified by eith- CT one of it's rightful names-let the pumelo be the pumelo, or at the ut most the decumana, and let Captains Brown, Smith and Shaddock and the Florida planters remember whats in name"