CHAPTER XV 



VEGETABLES WITH EDIBLE FRUITS OTHER 

 CROPS 



THERE remain other edible-fruited vegetables, that do 

 not classify with those in the two preceding chapters, 

 nor do they classify with themselves. For convenience, 

 they may be placed together here. Some of them, as 

 the plantain, papaya, and bread-fruit, are usually classed 

 as fruits rather than as vegetables, but many readers will 

 expect to find them here. 



ROSELLE 



The roselle, or Jamaica sorrel (Hibiscus Sabdariffa), is 

 a tropical plant producing its fruit in the cool season and 

 then perishing. As it will stand drought, it may be 

 cultivated throughout the tropics and subtropics during 

 the hot and rainy seasons. It is killed by a slight frost, 

 and can be grown with profit only where there are no 

 frosts during its time of fruiting, which, in Florida, is 

 usually between November and December. 



In regions like Florida, where neither the red currant 

 nor the cranberry grow, the roselle offers a palatable sub- 

 stitute for the acid jellies or jams made from these two 

 fruits. Its products are regarded, by those who have 

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