July 18th, 1978: All about Fruit

I could lion fruit, if only Petey would too.  Right now we have apples (the little green ones-the only kind Petey likes), watermelon, and black raspberries in the refrigerator (Betty keeps her watermelon in a ditch on the farm).  I have kiwi fruit from New Zealand.  It has a brown husk and is a clear green inside, with very tiny black seeds that are edible too.  As its advertisement says, "no pith, now waste". At 69 cents apiece, for a fruit the size of an avocado or less, there's better not be waste!  We have some golden cantaloupe, just perfectly ripe-and the on the table I have giant apricots from Dad's tree, and bananas.  Oh, and I have a lemon in the refrigerator, for slices with my tea.  Once a variety like this would have been the mark of a king's table, before cargo liners and refrigerated railway cars/airplanes.  Even in Hawaii, apples were a luxury, though you could have all the papaya and pineapple you wanted for 9 cents/pound.  But we have all the local produce-bananas, papayas (tho not very good ones) and pineapple too...and now even kiwi fruit.