The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-09-16

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The Chinaman can consider th the most
luscious oi al fruits
There Is nothing beautiful about a GU
ava tree. except its white. rose like hlos-
SONS. and is pfofusion 81 goidcn-ycllow
fruit, The habit 81 the tree or bush Is
struggling. the foliage coarse. and often
dishgurcd by black fungus growth. II
is rarely planted. but IL grow sponians-
ously on the uplands and in the valleys,
forming over extensive tracts. dense
chaparral Thousands OF tons Of the
fruit go 10 waste every year. Under
annexation we NAV expect that these
will be manufactured into delicious Jelly,
for which there should be a good de-
mand
The plebian guava has an aristocratic
cousin. called the mandarin guaya,
which forms an ornamental tree OF con-
siderable size--its trunk and branches
smooth from exfoliaton OF the bark. its
foliage Of rather small. obovate, thick,
shining leaves-the fruit small and quite
acid
A third species. Psidium Cattleyana,
with similar foliage, grows only into a
small shrub, whose fruit is an inch or
less in diameter, globular red, and quite
acid, though OF an agreeable flavor. 1t is
known as the strawberry guaya.
The orange family is well represented
OF course. the trees, oranpe. lime, lemon,
shaddock, citron, etc, having very
strong family resemblance, and all orna-
mental, particularly when in fruit. The
trees naturally have a more luXuriant
growth than in California, but are not
more prolific.
A characteristic plant in Honolulu,
especially about the houses OF natives is
the papaya. An erect trunk, generally.
but not always unbranched. bearing at
the summit cluster OF large palmately
lobed or divided leaves, fifteen to TWEEN
ty inches in diameter on petioles two
feet long in the axil of each, in the fe-
male plant, a bud, blossom or fruit
There will thus be always fruit in all
stages OF growth, the lowest quite ripe
and yellow, the rest green. The fruit is
melon-like in size and structure, obovoid
and four to five inches in diameter, but
the peppery seeds are surrounded with
heshy covering. A plant will rpen
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several years The male tree produces
great panicles of white blossoms having
delicious spicy fragrance.
Another tree during the summer
months will atHact especial notice by its
tempting display of fruit: this is the
avocado, more commonly known as the
alligator pear. Persea gratissima The
tree is not usually large. nor is its foil
age particularly attractive-the rather
coarse, somewhat rough, obovate leaves
six or eight inches long. The fruit is
commonly elongated pear shape-some-
times club shaped, occasionally curved
like a crooknecked squash, but also
sometimes quite spherical, smooth skin
ned, green until quite mature. then in
some varieties suddenly changing to a
dark purple like that OF the egg plant
fruit, in others becoming somewhat
yellowish. The weight might range
from eight to thirty ounces, according to
the variety, or rather according to the
individual tree for each seems TO be a
law unto itself. The fruit contains a
single very large seed. the shape and
size OF a peg-top; this is surrounded
with pulp of delicate texture which al
most meltS in ones mouth-not sweet
nor acid, but having a characteristic
nutty flavor that commcnds it highly to
the educated palate. 1t is commonly
eaten with salt and pepper, with or
without vinegar, often with a mayon-
naise dressing, or in a sandwich with
thin bread and butter; frequently as an
addition to (bouillon or consomme)
soups. Unfortunately the fruit does not
bear transportation well, or it would be
better known i'll America.
The cuStard apple (Chermoyer) is
not much planted in Honolulu, although
the fruit sometimes comes into market
from other districts, The sour sop,
congener, you will meet with more fire.
quently, the tree with foliage somewhat
like that of the avocado the large fruit,
remaining green when ripe, covered
with prickle like scales. As in other
custard apples, the pulp contains scat
tered through 1t numerous seeds, 1t is
hbrouS and quite acid, resembling cot
ton batting soaked in a solution of cream
OF tartar. Few persons profess fond
ness for the fruit
Over arbors YOU will often see trained
a vine OF luNuriant growth. with ample,
nearly round leaves, and fragrant, dark
purple flowers, four inches or more in
diameter, whose multitudinous rays pro-
claim it a passion flower. Among the
leaves here and there is the large, melon
like fruit six TO eight inches long, oval,
pale green, with a smooth skin. This is
the Grenadilla. one OF the most delicious
OF tropical fruits, The edible part is
precisely that which is rejected in the
melon or the papaya Each seed is en-
Veloped in a pulp which is agreeably
acid, and OF a flavor like that OF the
Catawba grape. Only those with anti
quated ideas about the cause OF appen-
dcltS hesitate about parraking OF the
delicacy, for to remove the seeds would
be PROCLAMATION
Another passion flower produces a dull
purple fruit OF the size of a goose egg,
which has a similar acid pulp, less deli
cate in flavor but priced by many; il is