THE EDIBLE PASSION FRUIT IN HAWAII 
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extent in the Dutch East Indies, where in some particularly favorable 
areas it grows wild as an escape. For good growth each plant should 
have a space 8 to 10 feet across, and in field culture the plants should 
Figure 5. — The giant granadilla {Passiflora quadrangulai 
vine with lame leaves and fruit, the edible fruit often 
as much as 8 pounds. 
Is I is a coarse, angular-stemmed 
to 10 inches long and weighing 
be set in rows 8 or 10 feet apart each way and trained on rather 
open overhead trellises, which will give a horizontal spread at 6 or 
7 feet above the ground, allowing the fruit to hang suspended be- 
neath and have both space and protection for natural growth. 
