05-12-2007, 12:29 PM
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Trying to ID a mysterious fruit
In message , Ophelia
writes
Sacha wrote:
On 5/12/07 09:46, in article ,
"Ophelia" wrote:
Charlie Pridham wrote:
Does passion fruit grow on passiflora?
Yes, all are edible when ripe but quite a number are not worth
eating. Never eat them green though as they contain cyanide!
Thank you!!! That is something very useful to know!!!!
I wonder if that was what June meant when she said hers were
poisonous. Perhaps hers don't ripen.
June was talking about Japanese quince, I think, not passion fruit.
AFAIK, none of them are poisonous, except as Charlie has shown. In
the past I've made quince jelly from Japanese quince (Chaenomeles)
but it wasn't very interesting as to flavour.
Ahh thank you. I am out of my depth here )
I don't think I shall put mine to the test, especially as Sacha has made
the jelly and didn't like it. The flowers are lovely for the table in
spring, though.
PS Tiptree do a lovely quince jelly but I should imagine they make
theirs from the large hard, pale yellow fruit. I shall stick to that.
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June Hughes
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