SUGAR 69 



saccJiarine dessert fruit, but docs not develop its full per- 

 fection of flavour until it is in the last stage of ripeness. 

 The bunch is cut as soon as one or two of the fruits Ix'^in 

 to change colour, then hung up in the house for a week or 

 so, by which time the whole bunch is yellow, ripe, and lit 

 for food. 



