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FRUITS IN THEIR SEASON. 399
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part " Societ of y the " in " Emp tliose loyment early times of Women to mark " is out shown its cult by ure the as directions a fitting
issued by Tusser ' s farmer to his dame : — " Wifeinto the garden , and set nie a plot
With Such , growing strawberry abroad roots , , among of the thorn best excellent to s of be got wood ;
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" The strawberry grows underneath the nettle , "yet , since among all the hypotheses as to his original occupation ,
it gardener conclusion has at least by thence profession not drawn yet been , we be may advanced not somewhat be permitted that questionable our to greatest doubt , whether poet that —• was the a
"... wholesome berries thrive and ripen best , _IsTeighbor'd by fruits of baser quality . " .
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view to cultivation thoug , was company thus transp that lanted they to grew , the ; garden for speaking , Tusser of says their that arrangement : — when
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bear _earmine fruit -colored unforced preserve Bohemian , and . by He confectioners mentions also , considered as as making the only to other be iden kind
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Fruits In Their Season. 399
FRUITS IN THEIR SEASON . 399
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1861, page 399, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081861/page/39/
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