San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-27
SOME TROPICAL FRUIT.


Miami pronounce mi" like my, ".irl
like the am in family, and the ''i''
like 'c') is probably as satisfactory
a place as there is in the world to
come to if you want to take citrus
fruit cure, that is, to vitamize your
self with the juices of the orange. the
lime, the tangelo, and tie grape fruit.
You can also satisfy your curiosity
some of the wild fruits of this class.
Miami is. indeed. most gratifying
place in which to become acquainted
with many semi-tropical and tropicil
fruits which have not yet become OF
commercial Importance, but are used
locally or domestically as We use our
backyard fruits. And, as an aside or
a DEPRESSION, / want 70 say that 1T
you have an idea that people cannot
work in an all the year summer eli.
mate you should come to Miami and
see how completely that notion has
been exploded. 1t is probably the
fastest growing city on the continent
today.
No matter what your point of view,
l should say my method of preparing
myself TO find out about the things
that would serve me here was good
one. ! took the Miami daily morning
paper for month, and was prepared
to appreciate the vivid life in this
city of southern Florida and also
ready to look for the pavpsya. the new
pineapple orange, a Florida navel
orange, the guava, etc. 4 long stand
ing friend of this column is also here
we had not met face to face-ard
at her ranch of many acres on the
edge of the Everglades have seen the
ripc guava on the tree and on h""
table-both raw and cooked as sauce.
The Guava
This guava fruit of Romany Ranch
is yellow. and only the fleshy part.
envelope of the pink interior. was in
the hot fruit sauce had for tea.
The center is bunch of seeds with
what is evidently binding quite fTlI
of pectin. and is used for the guava
jcllies which those in the know CT
fine foods have for long used with
cream cheese for sandwiches. The
sandwich with cold chicken or tur-
key is quite the thing for the most
exclusive party refreshments. with
something hot in the chatting dish.
Tho commercial guav1 pastes and
jellies are usually rather poor. and
ono should really know at first hand
what a guava tastes like before buv
inc them. I have had somc of the
Jelly here that tasted like the guava,
but it was too sticky. The experi-
er,ces make me long 20 try my hand
at making this Jelly.
A little booklet which contains
nrodigious list of the fruits here say:
"The fruit is sometimes green. yell
low. or white. the inside portion
being well filled with seeds. the color
being mink or white according TO vari-
ETY.. There are as many varieties IT
guavas as of apples. Fruit is mostly
used for the famous guava jelly.
Also used for preserves"
This guava jelly has J cen made AMI
scld almost ever since Columbus dis
covered America. 7 think. hit my files
are at homo. so | have not nv me the
story. found in a book on life in rae
West Indies long ago. If its early use.
The LOquat.
A friend took me To the suburban
J.itAe Rivers TO the home NJ one OF
the leading writer's on Florida. nat
uralist also. in whose front jungle
there are wonderful orchids aS well
ms plain air nlants Of 0nakerish hue.
Growing So that We could almost nick
the fruit from tho high veranda which
surrounded the house. was the larg-
est louuat or Jananese plum tree |
have ever seen. heavily lnden with
fruit. We were invited TO lunch. and
ne comnote or sauce we had some
Of these loguats cooked with apples.
The cook was New England woman.
SO she had cooked the fruits until
they were red. I also had an opnor-
tunity 70 see the beautiful cardinal
bird and mate right Mt the back door.
NV hostess gave me what she said
were wild lines. but which looked
more like n small russell orange. This
fruit seemed ms juicy as King
orange, and I had with il delicious
drink. made lemonade fashion. l
would always prefer this drink to one
made OF lemons. which are not much
grown here because they have a tend
ency to grow too large, as they do on
the Mediterranean.
Ay0cadoes and Manages
One of the food reasons ] wanted 70
come 10 Miami was to see the expert
mental garden of the United States
department of agriculture. Here has
gone on the cross breeding and hard |
ening of the avocado tree. and here |
also there is great enthusiasm for
the Haden mango. Ny escort to the |
gardens is a great enthusiast for both |
these fruits, and has been called here |
s'the grand vizier Of fancy fruit pack |
ing" have been fortunate in having |
known his avocadoes these many