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FRUITS IN THEIR SEASON. 43
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, . , —' Xi. The Peach. Its Itaxy *' Hom...
mo was any tive now reall b known y Perseus first ; plan and on ted which other at Memp account learned his , Alexander authors and assuredl assert chose y that wi it t afterwards h the peach bad
as the , tree y that should , supply crowns to the victors in the games the insti days tuted of Claudius in Pliny that ci i ) t ty and had in honor onl with y been considerable of his lat dragon ely , ( during difficulty -slaying the ances broug reign tor ht . into the In
Emperor Ital lace y ; it and found he records on its , that from in the Egyp island tit of remained Rhodes , perfec the , first tly resting barren : -
p considering does it seem the price tha way t obtained it could have for it , been , for , very being plen a s t p iful ecial in favori Roma te , with invalidsand having the reputation , of being a particularly
harmless fruit , it was sold sometimes at the rate of thirty sesterces i thoug ( t abou could t h five , too shillings , it , was kep ) of ap t so longer iece perishable , a price than beyond a a nature le that o that f days of when any other once that fruit p lucked y that ,
altimeas never the writer remarks" sold it coup must be , fetch , what it may . " some Soyer _^ times assigns a ye as t much higher for price , their , and peaches says that as £ 11 the . 135 ancient . 4 d . a Romans dozen , gave
or T 1 here 8 s . 9 d . each no au I thentic record of the introduction of the peach into Eng together land , with thoug the h apricot it was b probabl "Wolf y the broug gardener ht from to Henry Italy "V in III 1524 ., for ,
, y , common i e t numera is mentioned t ar ed ticles by Tusser in of the diet in lists by 1557 1562 of ; fruits , they for Dr growing seem . * Bulleyn to have in , this in become that his country ' ¦ ' Boke not , un of
onl of Simp Galen y les good , " who when thinks sayeth " it eaten expedient if they of an be empt to eate warn y after stomach his meate readers , as it they is tjie corrupt counsay they both are le
severa themselves l varieties and the names meates a ne latel w use y ea for ten the . " tree Gerard , recommend , who men ing tions the
leaves which boiled is still in considered , milk to destroy to be worms efficacious in children though - — it a needs prescri to ption be have the eifect of
followed with reat caresince an overdose may w from des hich troy the has ing flowers not also g onl occasionall as y a the purgative , worms y resu the but for lted children flowers the from children th , had e thoug use been as h of well it imprudentl is syru ; said an p ma eifec that de t
this gathered blossoms has in from onl this y trees occurred case which partaking when had been of the A grafted nature safer use on of the almond for stock the leaves stocks and their , is the to y virtues being accordinglchanged
infuse them in white brand y y , which . thus , when sweetened with su also gar candy to , distinguish makes a Rue the cordial different similar varieties in flavor of the to noyeau lant . and They the
history _iflbrds serve great of the encouragement discovery of their to the being general available cultivation for p this of habits , purpose of what
_Dbservation kind of peach . It would appears be _j that ) roduced some without means waiting of ascertaining * for its actual
Fruits In Their Season. 43
FRUITS IN THEIR SEASON . 43
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1861, page 43, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091861/page/43/
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