Sunday, July 09, 2017

 Strange Fruit

On an evening walk with my friend Lucy and her 10 year old daughter Christina, we stopped at a fruit stand.  I cannot remember the Chinese name of the fruit we bought, and there is no English equivalent—apparently it does not grow in England or the Americas. Its outer skin is tan and crinkly, resembling a candy wrapper.  The inner orange fruit is sweet, something like a cumquat. 




1 comment:

Renee' C. Lyons said...

I've grown something similar. We call them ground cherries. They make good pies. My grandmother used to make them.

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