FOOD RESOURCE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
BAEL, BAEL FRUIT
Ward, Artemas. 1923. The Encyclopedia of Food. New York, Number Fifty, Union Square.
is an East-Indian fruit of the citrus tribe, round to pear-shaped, three to five iinches in diameter, with smooth, grey or greenish-yellow rind, or shell, and sweet, pale orange-colored, aromatic pulp of excellent flavor.
Garrett, Theodore Francis (edited by). 1898. the Encyclopedia of Practical Cookery. L. Upcott Gill, 170, Strand, W.C. London. Vol. I
is a fruit, sometimes known as Bengal Quince, is imported from the East Indies; it grows upon a tree of the orange tribe (aegle Marmelos), and is usually gathered when but half ripe, then dried, and used as a medicine. When ripe and freshly gathere3d, the fruit is very fragrant, and pleasantly refreshing to the taste. In its fresh state the fruit is most globular and measures, on an average, from 2 inch to 4 inch in diameter, it, however, varies very much both in shape and size, some being flattened at each end like an orange, whilst others are oval, and others again partake of the shape pear. They have a smooth, hard shell, the interior being apportioned into ten to fifteen uneven cells, something of the character of an orange, each cell containing several woolly seeds. Between the cells the fruit is filled with a mucilaginous, juicy pulp, which has an agreeable aromatic flavor. The pulp, when mixed with water, and sweetened, forms a palatable cooling drink. The fruit is rarely eaten fresh.