FRUITS WITH UNIQUE 

 QUALITIES 



A Chinese Fruit with Green Flesh 

 — Other Fruits 



ANOTHER importation from the Orient 

 jfj^that seems pretty certain to be welcomed 

 here, is a plant indigenous to China, be- 

 longing to the genus Actinidia, known to the 

 natives as the mao-li-dzi. 



The English interpretation of this word is 

 said to be something like "Hairy Plum." 



As described by a missionary from whom I 

 received the seeds of the plant, the hairy plum 

 grows as a vine, and has a fruit with bright green 

 flesh, containing seeds not unlike those of the 

 strawberry, and with a thin brown skin covered 

 with a downy coat like that of the peach. The 

 fruit is said to resemble the strawberry in taste. 

 It is described as delicious when raw, and also 

 as very good when cooked. 



My informant further states that the seeds are 



obtained from a plant growing in the mountains 



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