Show POINTS ABOUT THE MAYPOP Littlo Known Southern Fruit Possesses Posses-ses Medical Virtues Recently Discovered A now fruit that seems likely to prove of considerable value has been developed by the cultivation of the common maypop a plant which Is very familiar In tho southern states qulto ornamental easily grown from seeds and affords n handsome cover for arbors and verandas It Is known to botanists as passlfiora Incarnatn The fruit In Its Improved form Is somewhat bigger than a hens egg and decidedly palatable It looks like a May apple Moro Important however Is tho recognition rec-ognition which tho plant has recently obtained as the source of a harmless I drug which Is utilized by physicians as a sleep prqducer and nerve soother I Unfortunately most nervo soothing and sleep producing drugs create habits hab-its which are difficult to throw off and In their jitter effects they aro Ihiblo to bo Injurious But the fluid extract of the maypop which Is obtained from the leaves and flowers while wonderfully wonder-fully effective as a soporific has no Nemesis Tho Improved fruit of the maypop Is available for use both fresh and preserved In all likelihood It will make Its appearance before long In our markets |