The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-10
PASSION FRUIT.


to Al Visitors.
"f'lums:" asked 80 thc Ftewar,
handed r,c ii It.0 hn;red NJ With
darl, puspI, @,ojrs 80. ii; passion
fruir ,u." rrrIjed he ~ts~arl, Q
glance ia,;urjo.Iy NJ NJ vt,-1-vis, 40
Australian girl "Dont !on know pas
sion truitE'' IA, said, Then This IL
one of the @rrat days of Your IfeV
How many passion fruit must i take
to make ii really -frHt:" j asked
well. lay hn.f Il dn."... and then tlM)
steward had i.,lt"r pat the plate out
of your reach, ,or after You iiatc tast-
cd onn Won Will want /" take all t'a
+, reHt -
So helped fuy.:,lf u half Il dozen.
writes Il sydney correspondent Of the
London .rrIr%,d,i. and found That the
dark purple skin which had >ugisest'I
uumS At frs; Ni-ut was in reality Il
hard rind Then. Initiating my fyrir
in>trucirv@s | eur the top off with o
knife AZ it uuo were performing Il sim
liar operation on Htl cgr. and had I'D
hand y natural cup filed with Il GREGG
Der of catfish circular seeds, "Anu)
now" | pu"rird. We'll. there are lots
of Na}S Of eating passion fruit. she
said. but Won naI better start with
them ,u na,uryI Just Oh i'll Sour
spoon all begin and tell me what "
tastes li,c" With something of the
elauti"u ~ an explorer entering upon
Il new country / put the luscious spoon
fu' 10 my mouth, closed my eyes AND
tasted r9pjj'rrusly.
This Introduction to passion fT'uie
took I,t.t,, an i liner on the Australian
coast Tn, question Immediately puG
to myevlt was. why have we not this
dci,i"'!.; fruit in En.siand:' | ma'e
inquiries. aud WAS informed that it
would not stand the sea voyage. was
further Inll Hn au"cdoic to the (efe1
that Queen Victoria had Il great de-
sire iu tHstr Ail the fruits of her en-
iir,, anl that her wish had been graft
iticI ia regard - I'LL hut the passion
fruit. which il had been fn,ln,! iEpos-
Siblc 10 convey hnu" in good condi-
ton an, iinl IT all prepared 10 vouch
fer !hc correctness OF this assertion.
On The contrary, D ana much inclined
to question il And in amy slSc 1t
seems; likely that The street boy of to-
day may Er able TO enjoy Il luxury
that. according lo the story. was de-
MED to his sovereign, for III the ORC
taya has been sent 10 England Ea CON
signm,flt o. passion fruit with view
10 testing Inc possibilities OF trade.
And il tn" venture proves satisfactory
| will talr upon uv>clf 10 prophcsy
THAI in tie course Of Il !B:tf or two the
London puilic will he readily able to
procure this charming fruit and that
in Il year ~ tWo longer the c"Ster Will
be selling If from his barrow.
La Australia passion fruit is very
cheaI. haze myself bought them at
twelve a rcMay. though these were
rather pp,.' in Quality. Nevertheless
six Il penny is = common price, ana Mt
four :, penny CO.." can buy first class
passion frnit in most OF the towns of
Australia. Sow. til, i; Il trade which
has been very little worked up. If
there wcr.. y lar..r export demand, 1t
can hardly ra doubted that passion
tfntt rDGtH tr 2ff'N u tAftf.iiiSis
cheap.
In New South Wales passion fruit
appear; to he ohtainahlc al the year
round though in the winter months
they are Ia plentiful and more ex-
pensivc-up :" siAp"ace Il dozen. The
| winter supply probably comes from
| north queensland or Fiji In summer
| of course the fgdit would be most vel
| come in England. Gn Il sultry day
| nothing could j." more refreshing than
| some pa in, fiut,, 1t ia< usually
| slightly aci'I taste. 50 that most peO-
| pie prefer 20 eat il with powdered
| stf-:r EpiriirrE ~ that 1t is best
| with a little port v inc put in ;hc fruit
| before il is taken with the spoon out
| Of its natural cup. This is certainly
most seductive way of consuming it.
| Half a dozen passion fruit emptied on
| Il plate and mixed with sugar and
| cream make dish for gourmet.