GROUND CHERRY

the fruit of a very productive plant which grows wild in many parts of the world--in this country, most freely in the cornfields of the lower Mississippi Valley--and has recently been added to the list of cultivated crops. It is about the size of a cherry, generally orange-yellow or red, but also sometimes green and purple in color, and juicy and slightly acid in flavor. It matures inside a bladder-shaped calyx and, if left in the husk, can be kept through the winter. It is equally good raw and in the form of preserves.