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New and Strange Foods to Tempt the Palate
Agricultural explorers in the Bureau of Plant Industry introduce cherimoya ice cream and other rare fruits from Asia Africa and the Americas. The cherimoya is grown in California and touted as a dessert fruit with milk like texture. the mangos jackfruit and coloradobalan berry are discussed as promising tropical additions. papaya provides pepsin aiding digestion. avocado or alligator pear is highlighted as a balanced nutritious staple now grown in Central America and introduced to California and Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
Uncle Bam
Uncle Sam
Indo-China
Africa
Andes
South Sea
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
David Fairchild
America
Mark Twain
Wilson Popenoe
Clements Markham
Popenoe
Bir Clements
United States
California
Tropics
Ita
Alea
Department of Agriculture
Jhold
Java
Sumatra
Malacca
Straits Set Urments
Cochin-China
Ceylon
Sulu
Philippines
Cuba
Canal Zone
Porto Rico
South America
Bogota
Colombia
Oregon
Washington
Hawaiian Islands
Florida
Jamaica
Guatemala
Central America
Mexico