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Re: passion flower fruits

CarmenTK:  are we talking about the same thing, Passiflora incarnata?  This
vine grows natively here (Dallas, TX) in moist areas and along small
waterways.
The green egg-sized fruit skin is filled with 1mm sized seeds; each seed is
enclosed in a membrane distended with a pleasant-tasting gelatinous pulp.

The outside skin is smooth until it becomes ripe, when it becomes
pitted-pimply.
You can then make a drink from it by taking out the seed-cases and pounding
them to break the membranes, and adding soda-water, or you can eat the
entire contents as is with a spoon, like you do a soft-boiled egg.  It
tastes vaguely lemony.  P. edulis is from tropical regions, and is sweeter;
it is yellowish or purplish;  you can sometimes find that in supermarkets.

P. edulis is interesting because, if you find it growing out in the prairie,
you can dig for a shallow well (a perched water-table).  It may cover an
area some 5-20 ft across.  It is perennial.
Or are you talking about something else?            Geoff

-----Original Message-----
From: Austin Moseley <amoseley@csac.com>
To: prairie@mallorn.com <prairie@mallorn.com>
Date: Friday, October 30, 1998 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: passion flower fruits


>Just think of the ad-copy possibilities. It almost writes itself!
>
>
>CarmenTK@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the encouragement, Austin.  I was thinking along the same
lines
>> myself - jam or preserves.  Since it's a small fruit with little meat I
guess
>> it is like a plum.  I'm going to save some seeds in case this turns out
good.
>> We may have found our tax-deductible farm product.<G>
>
>
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