Evening journal., 1906-07-02
new FOODSTUFFS
MAY REPLACEMENT
Government Scientists Now at
Work Developing Useful
fruits and Vegetables

WASHINGTON. July 2-President
Roosevelts recent inquiry into packing
house methods have caused so many
persons to become vegetarians that
curiosity has been aroused as to the
extent and variety of plant food and
the origin Of the most popular species.
Experts Of the Department Of Agricul-
ture are working on the development
Of new kinds Of vegetables produced
from shoots and seeds OF varieties dis
covered in out-of-way corners Of the
world and their success is such as to
remove all fear that people viii not be
able to live without meat.
"a leading Philadelphia hotel has
recently added to its menu a new vege-
table developed by these scientists It
is called "chayote." and is a delicacy
OF the eggplant sort, with a flavor
which has proved pleasing to epicures
who have become tired OF staples like
potatoes and beans. In line with this
is another experiment which will soon
be given to the public for salad maxi
ing. II Is a japanese plant called
"udo" which is as common there as
celery lis here. japanese living i'm
America think so highly OF their native
food that this article IS imported in
canned lots rather than given up alto
gethor. Although not as valuable as
lettuce. Il is adaptable to many uses
by the addition of various sauces. IL
grows in thick shoots about two feet
long. by slicing these into long, thin
shavlngs and serving with a French
dressing there is obtained an unusually
crisp salad with "A flavor different from
anything OF American origin and hence
an the more priced by chefs for patrons
with jaded appetites
Many persons who depend largely
upon the potato as q vegetable OF every
day use think that it was brought to
this country from Ireland. but the po-
tato plant was introduced into this
country from the highlands of Column
bia and Peru, which also furnished
some of the other largely consumed
vegetables Of to-day. Tomatoes came
originally from Peru also. and all
though the plant was considered poi
sonous at first, that fear has been over
come sufficiently to have permitted the
growth OF this food on half "a million
acres i'm this county last year Lima
beans. as the first name implies. came
also from Peru.
In the line OF luscious fruits, the cx-
perts are at work developing new
species. The orange groves of Florida
and California were built up from cut
tlngs brought here from Brazil. Every
one knows how successfully the navel
orange has been brought to take the
place Of the old secdy kinds. Now the
lagriculture scientists are developing the
mango, which was first introduced here
from the East Indies The first trees
of this species We're brought to Florida
In 1889, but in the great freeze of 1895
all but one tree were killed.
Another coming fruit is called man
gosteen, which is moro like a plum and
has a white pulp and flavor unlike any
of tho present fruits. H.. too. needs
scientific development to bring out AN
ITS possibilities AT present the species
has a root TO frall to insure the best
results. The department experts here
are seeking another of the same species
which win provide for the toughness
OF hbre required TO stand the strain
OF grating the new fruit The rlnd of
the mangosteen is purple brown.
Persons fond OF chocolate for eating
nave a new delicacy in cactus cheese. "
Which has been developed as a product
or the original prckly cactus of the
western desert lands. Scientific culture
has removed the spines Just as IT got
rid Of the seeds Of the orange and fhis
has made the plant valuable for fodder
for animals in that part of the country
The plant has then been further do
veoped so that II yields the so-called
cheese which is much like cake choco-
late, but has an acid taste which cbo.
colate does not have.
According to present exr ations
moro new fruits will be tbe
public for growing IN ~ tbs
present year. The p Se
primarily through III
stations.