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170 PBUITS IN THEIR SEASON.
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. Vii. King Pikje Apphe. "The King* Neve...
to wonder that night , at the Koyal table , to see a . present from a gentleman of this country of two large baskets fall of ripe oranges
and lemons of different sorts , many of which were quite new to me ; and , what I thought worth all the rest , two ripe ananasses , which to
my the t growth aste are of f Brazil ruit perfectl , and I y coul delicious d not . im You agine know how they they are came naturall here y ,
but by enchantment . Upon inquiry , I learnt that they have _broiig as long ht as their they stoves lease to g such iving perfection to every they plant lengthen the degree their of summer heat it
would receive from p the , sun in its native soil . The effect is very near the same , and I am surprised we do not . practise in England
so useful an invention . " The deficiency was soon supplied , for , by of app 1730 les Europe , who pine . - were stove Many s quite were , however unable established , to were indul capable in ge all in the a of luxury princi appreciating pal so therefore costl gardens y pine as
made these to stove exten -grown d their nurslings importation of art , for , and a pine an effort might was be bdugiit in the West Indies for sixpence which costs the English grower
almost as many pounds . Phillips , writing in 1821 , mentions that even while his pages were in progress the fruit had just been
Bermuda imported Oxford Street , Islands for the fruiterer , the first consi time who gnment , as had an consisting purchased article o of f them comm about erce informed 400 , from ; and him the the
that about two-thirds of the number arrived in good condition , and that a regular supply might therefore be expected for the future . This
perfection author was that , however there would , in hopes be " African that forcing gardens would " on soon the banks reach of such the
when Thames ine , and looked les would forward be , therefor " cried e , throug to the h speed our y streets arrival of two the for time a
crown , p " a hop app e whose fulfilment is as much exceeded in one respect as it is fallen short of in another , by the supply-at the present day ,
street-sold at a half-penny a slice , but , alas , of insipid imports , instead of full-flavored home growths . These come chiefly from the
Bahamas with so little , where car they e that are excellence grown as can turni har ps dly are be in expected our fields thoug , and h
, probably the great demand , excited by this abundant importation , may cause more attention to be paid to them , and thus eventually
improve The le the aves supp of ly the . Bromelia A . nanas are like those of the very
Aloebut less thick and succulent , and are mostly armed with thorns , thoug , h , in the variety called the King pine the foliage is quite
smooth and without prickles . Though the first leaves of seedling p blades ines are of very small when and full- tender grown , they much are resembling from two to the three smallest feet
long , and from grass two , to three inches broad , and of that dusty bluishthe green centre color of which these mostl leaves y characterizes rises a stem , sea vary -shore ing in vegetation height from . In a
foot to several feet , on which are clustered _nunieroLis small close-
170 Pbuits In Their Season.
170 _PBUITS IN THEIR SEASON .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1861, page 170, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051861/page/26/
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