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FRUITS IN TIIETR SEASON. 421
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Summer's Light Fruits Have Long Since Fl...
that tlie custom was derived from the Saracens , and it was believed There to it mi have ght is been room orig adop inall for the y ted have conjecture on account implied , since of a desire the to fertility , conjecture that of as the the we orange are flowers left -p , lant that and the .
fruit- appear together upon this tree , so the bride might retain graces But of thoug maidenhood h the flowers amid of the the cares ordinary of married orange life are . esteemed for
their is most fragrance powerfull even developed more than in for a distinct their beaut variety y , the of the former famil quality y
disy tinguished as the tree as is the called Bergamot is occasionall . The fruit round of the but common more often bergamottier pyriform , , y
and only attains a pale , yellow in Paris orangeries , , but beams with a bright golden hue in the gardens of Italy , where it is chiefly grown
in and the of nei the g scent hborhood is derived of Bergamo . It often , whence retain the s the name style both at the of summit the tree , ht
but sometimes has , instead , an aperture disclosing six or eigtiny fruit skin s and nestling pulwithin within the The large white one blossom , each thoug having h small its vesicled is extremel outer y -
odoriferous , p and the essential . oil contained , in it , and also , in the rind of the fruitbecomes in the hands of the perfumer a precious essence
which serves , as the base of many delectable preparations . The whole rindindeedis oftenafter being cleared from the pulp , dried , and then
softened , in , waterintroduced , into a mould , pressed into the form of a boxthen adorned , with paintings in brilliant colors , and made into
a very , popular bonbonniere , gratifying at once to the sight , the sities smell The , quaint and bergamot the and taste , too queer . , like . One all its in other particular orange has brethren double , has blossoms diver- ,
succeeded by a fruit which has , a large circular opening at the flattened top , whence proceed a number of irregular prominences . On twenty cutting regular open one cells of these arpund fruits the , circumference it is found to be ( besides divided a numb into about er of
, irregular berances , ) ones and' in in the each centre of the corresponding twenty , in the with midst the external of the pul protu p , is
seeninstead of seeds , the rudiment of a little fruit covered with yellow , rind . The same season which brings our ordinary orange into such
demand , claims also special service from two other , fruits very nearlallied to itand whichthough notlike the former , blazoned "
y , , , proper upon our tables , yet appear before us , especially during winter festivitiesin a variety of formslending such added
attractions to many a , delicious compound , that , we could ill brook their absenceand therefore may well add them to this "page . What
, would be our British palladium—plum-pudding—not to speak of Puritan-defying mince-pie , were it deprived of the subtle influence
in of sp citron iring ? punch And maint how , ain passing even existence over many without a . lesser lemon uso , ? could
wit-The citron claims priority of notice as having been the first of
Fruits In Tiietr Season. 421
FRUITS IN TIIETR SEASON . 421
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1861, page 421, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021861/page/61/
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