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FRTJITS IN THEIR SEASON. 343
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" " ——"" The Walnut Traces Its Noble Gen...
larit will ripen of the freel fruits y in the this open tree air is . no Notwithstanding relation to the horse the great chestnut simi- ,
there y being no other , point of resemblance between them , and they being belong singularl indeed to y quite unlike distinct , in considering botanical that both orders they , develop their regards blossoms into the a fruit even
prickl solid almost y substance exactl outer y husk identical of , the the nut brown appearance within leathery ; the , yellow inner as one _penjdulous , and the catkins green white anthered fertile flowers
offering arranged almost as no here long indication and as there the of in leaves an tufts issue , upon with having the many twi any gs thing of the in sweet common chestnut with , statelof
that delicate so fairl of y the petals , like spring a , li feast ghting glory of up lanterns of the Bushey dusk of nature y Park foliage , ' s those botanists own amid devising which considering y pyramids . they The g fruit leam the ,
howeveris not so similar as it appears , prickl to y part the , of the of the fruit acorn of the or sweet beard chestnut of the filbert as an , while involucre that , analo of the - cup
hors gous e chestnut is a pericarp , containing real seeds , the corresponding part native The in generic the lace former a cit name y being of of Pontus the actuall chestnut whenc y seed e , it - Castanea vessels was broug . , is ht derived to Greece from , and its
first lanted p , there in the classic , vale of Tempe ; Mount Olympus , too , but Romans being neverthele p at , among one time whom seems nearl the to y have nuts covered were been by made but it . little into It was esteemed bread familiar for , if the we to poor may the ,
jud who ge speaking by the very ss of the uncomp multi limentary plied coverings remark , observes made upon - —" it . It by is Pliny really ,
object surprising , of so that little nature value . should ' Perhaps have taken the op such inion pains this had bread not to conceal arisen an in
his time which was entertained afterwards , as to being a the diet fruit which tended to to have improve been the formerl complexion nrach . more In largel our own y emp country loyed
appears y is than recorded at the b present Ben Jonson day , or when at least he in alludes more to various " the chestnut ways ; one which use y
into hath fritters larded many ies a and swine stews , , " and which Evel he yn speaks calls " of the their very being best made use "
respecting for them ; such but , p our prep , modern arations cookery . , The finest books we contain get come and no where from information S too pain ,
from where special house they sanctit are to house y the attache common on All s to food Saints them of , ' the Eve for peasantry in to partake Catalonia , of the them peop , believ , le go , a -
ing tival that they for will every free chestnut a soul from they eat purgatory in a different . But house it most is in at the that south
fesof as France an article and of in consump the north tion of , for Ital here y that they they are are the of princi importanc pal food of e
the lower classes . Professor Simmonds informs us that about consumed in France
tion 2 , 000 of , 000 the rural hectolitres . _iDopiilation are in annuall some y of the departments living , a almost por-
Frtjits In Their Season. 343
_FRTJITS IN THEIR SEASON . 343
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1861, page 343, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011861/page/55/
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