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FRUITS IN THEIR SEASON. 333
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nient are allowed to eat as many as they choose . Nor are such village comp this fruit liments s in , the Erfurth to peop cherry , le where attractions set ap there art a peculiar are day very to celebrate to extensive England their , plantation for ri in pening some s of , to the time in
and assemble on the " Cherry _Festival" pass sports of children and Cherries rejoicing carry " ; ing as while being branches Philli observed ps adorned records annuall with a yet y ri at pe more Hamburg cherries interesting the , , custom parading by troop " ori Feast s the of i
streets nated in with a desire joyous to cries perpetuat . In thi e the s case memory , however of , an historical event gsaid to have occurred in the year 1423 when the Hussiteshaving
threatened named Wolf , H , amburg proposed with that immedi all the ate children de , struction in the , one cit of y between the , citizens the , to li
ages cate the of seven enemy and ' s forb fourteen earance should . The go , advice clad the in was Hussite mourning adopted chief , , and supp with
the touched that happ after iest at regaling the result sight , for them of Procop such with a ius a band feast Nasus of of , little fruit sorrowing he sent the innocents , m was home so ,
laden with cherries and uttering shouts of " Victory , " for they bore to Throug their hout parent Germany s his promise , indeed the that , road the the . fruit side devoted both is a gen in city that eral should favorite be sp ; and ared trees in .
of Switzerland it are much and planted Loudon on mentions - one avenue in country Moraviafrom Bruim the to between Olmutz , , Strasburg as being h sixty and miles Munich long . , while These others are p extend lanted , by all
desire way of the Governmentand though the main crop when ripe to b hurt elongs partake the to trees the of . them proprietors Should freel the y , of while owner the ground growing wish , to all , preserve so passengers long the as fruit they are allowed of do any not
. particular one of the tree branches untouched ; when , he no has one onl w y ill to think tie a of wisp gathering of straw from round it ,
this mark of . " Taboo " being always religiously respected . /' The cherry-tree" observes Pliny" is one of the first thafc
yields fi $ uit to his master , , in token of , thankfulness and recognisance of his pains all the year long , " and indeed the appearance
of this fruit is still one of London ' s earliest signs of summer . Tied carefull " posies y " in as scattered though rows they on had sticks grown , or together _groujoed to closel form y into a sort little of
rosy m erer agnified ' s red windows , " bri mulberry ghtening lad , _, they harbingers the afford street-stall the of a s first , radiant almost faint burst as flush soon to of as come < c the celestial fruit when - g
full year ing its Jul with produce y shall a flood , , pour the of . blossoms rudd out time y all ri as peness her onl the y crimson later . whiten Thoug treasures the le h and thus tree with earl and y their g in lorify develop on snowy their the - lustre about the same apppear put
spring vestures . They are like those of most of our fruit-trees , formed on the tof the rosea calyx with five petals surrounding a
ring of numerous ype stamens , the , centre , in this case , being occupied
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Fruits In Their Season. 333
FRUITS IN THEIR SEASON . 333
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1861, page 333, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071861/page/45/
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