Salt Lake Telegram | 1905-03-23 | Page 2 | Something New in Fruit

SOMETHING NEW IN EEUIT. "All Chinese fruits." says United States Consul Andereon at Hangchau, "are picked green and ripened off of the plant. The Chinese farmer is too anxious to sell his crop or too much afraid of thieves to wait until the fruit is properly ripened. Methods of packing and shipment are very crude. Much of the fruit Is handled in bags and In bulk, some of it In bamboo wicker baskets, but ways of marketing are being bettered under foreign supervision supervi-sion and in imitation of foreign methods. "Probably the beet all-round fruit In China la the pomelo. It is grown In the south central and southern provinces, and Is said to be the original citrus fruit. It resembles the grape fruit of the United States In slxe, shape, color and somewhat In flavor, being tweeter than grape fruit, with less of the bitter quality, with flesh more perfectly separated in the flections, and capable of being pulled apart and separated from all surroundings sacs or membranes. The natives cut through the peel about one-third of the way from the top, crimping the edge of the section all the way round the fruit, then remove the flesh, tear the sections apart, replace them In the peel, and serve thus divided and prepared. The fruit Is attractive, refreshing, re-freshing, wholesome and comparatively cheap, good-sixed pomelos being obtainable obtaina-ble in Shanghai, Hangchau, Nlngpo, Han-kau, Han-kau, and similar ports. In season, for tl Mexican (44 cents) per dozen. Generally speaking, the pomelo seems to be a cross between a shaddock and a good orange; but It is more hardy than either. It has better keeping qualities than the orange, and American horticulturists ought to give It their attention."