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400 FRUITS IN THEIR SEASON.
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now called the Capiton , and its fruit , which is not much esteemed , the Capron . The characteristic frona which it derives its "
highwood" title , is the peculiarly lengthy stem , which lifts the fruit above even the long-stalked leaves . Its flowers , like those of the Chili , are
considered to be of different sexes , for thoiigh it is believed that few if any are quite _imperfect , some have so few stamens , and others so
few pistils , that unless great care be taken to balance the different kinds many blossoms wither away _iinproductivelyand scanty crops
, Inevitably result . In days when this kind of floral structure was less understood than at present , the hautbois soon gained a bad
character as a scanty bearer , and fell irrevocably into disrepute , except so far as its name is concernedand that at least is as
, regularl kin y appended d as the , ti in tle the of street " St - . cries Michael , to strawberries ' s" is indiscriminatel of any and every
applied _^ by the same popular authorities to all varieties of oranges y . The real hautboisthe first of our larger varietiesis of very high
flavor , has particularl , y solid flesh , with no central , cavity , and adheres firmly to the calyx .
In 1766 , the Alpine or everlasting strawberry had been cultivated for three or four years past near London , and it was believed
that the King of England had received the seeds first from Turin . Though sold at a guinea a pinchmany purchasers were found
anxious to obtain the novelty , and , it soon , spread so prodigiously that in the course of a few years beds of it were to be seen in
almost every garden , and went _from our shores to Holland , and thence to France , where , to this day , it is preferred on the whole to
all other kinds . The royal table was always furnished with it from . _Versailles kitchen garden , from June to October , and during the
greater part of the rest of the year from hotbeds ; but this hardy and indefatigable bearer , even in the open garden , never stops
yielding an ever-renewed harvest until actual frost , with a voice that must be obeyedcries sternly" Holdenough ! " The reason
Is to be traced in the , fact of its runners , , taking root , and then at once blossoming and bearing fruit even more freelthan the parent
lantswhereasin other kindsthis usualldoes y not take lace xintil p the , next year , after that in , which they were y put forth . p
It was about the close of the last century that the latest and best of all our foreign settlers , the Pine Strawberry , made its appearance .
Some affirm that it came originally from Virginia , some front Louisianaand Miller received some lants of it from " a curious
gentleman , of Amsterdam , " who assured p him they were sent from . Surinam ; but it is not to be found among Madame Merian _' s famous
illustrations of the natural history of that place ; and Stedman , in his account of Surinamdistinctly affirms" It is well known that
nothin-skinned fruit can ever , come to perfection , in a tropical climate , such as grapescherriesstrmoherries & c . " But whencesoever it
have been broug , htno , fruit could _, better deserve a welcomeor may be , ,
more worthy of the proud title it bears , named as it is after the-
400 Fruits In Their Season.
400 FRUITS IN THEIR SEASON .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1861, page 400, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081861/page/40/
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