Show TREE HAS CANDY FLOWERS indian product that rivals the gingerbread ger bread house of the remembered fairy tales we have all read the story of 0 the gingerbread house in the fairy tales well there Is a family of trees in india that have candy flowers or the next nest thing to it these trees are known as the lie basala Bas Das sla trees and of the three important kinds two have sugary flowers and the third Is called the indian butter tree the petals of the flowers are rich in sugar and drop from the tree in the early morn ing ln they are pick picked ed up by the women and children and are spread out on oil mats to dry in the alie sun A single tree will furill furnish sh SOO pounds of oc lowers flowers in ili a year when fresh the flowers are very sweet and taste much like figs they are eaten fresh or cooked with rice shredded coconut or flour the seeds ot of the butter tree ire are full ef cf nil 11 II and this oil Is used to make n kind of butter butler and also for soap and candles popular mechanics magazine |