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102 FRUITS IK THEIR • SEASON.
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under It _ajnece appears , the and name that could of it be prcccocia was found known ; onl and y in it at Ital has the y called in been first the in -rate suggested Latin tim fruiterers e of _fircecox Dioscoridei that ' , shops whei
becoming th first at intro word duced confounded being here taken , it w b ith was y the it probabl the ignorant word y Aprecockes for the plural arose and a , makin the _article , g anc ir
the and singular other earl A y preeocke English , the horticultural very form writers in which , and it app reall ears y its in ori Gerarci ginal / actuall
the Ang corrup licized tion apx . _3 ellation Evelyn , the , writing present th i genteeler n ir term 8 , mentions " for apricot the tree it ' being Ijy being the name abri _y
cotier adopted which by the French rise , to abricot this , clever e _ptin , recorded by Madame de _- Genlis , of Cotier gave head _jDhysician to Louis XL , who , after the death
tree Madame of that scul , mon de ptured Beauj arch , , over eu falling , withdrew the into door disgrace from of his the hous under court e , with the and new had the regency an inscri apricot ption of
-Ci a V abrie Cotier . " Some varieties of this fruit are exceedingly delicious , and the for themselves
best found in Persiathe apricots of Iran , have won the g large lowing size title but of by , " Seed the of Chinese the Sun the . " double In Jap -blossoming an tlie tree kind attains is
reduced very to a dwarf , and grown in pots as a favorite ornament for their rooms in sprin , g * . One sort , too which , which is has little pul sweet p , is culti and
nut vated -like onl . y The on account wild apricot of its in kernel that , country , very thoug large h admitted , , into a corner of even the Emperor ' s garden , needs no culture , will grow to be in
in the worst of soiland flowers so late in spring as no the danger west from of Pekin frost . are , The covered otherwise with these barren trees mountains and " wliat which , perhaps lie , to "
Grosier" will be hardlbelievedisthat , the crops produced by says themand , the oil extra y cted from , their , kernelsrender the
the _jDeasants lowlands , who inhabit The oil these is superior mountain to s that as rich from as walnuts those , who , is live burnt in
-. what in lamp remains s and used of the at stones table ; and the collect peasants the - cinders warm , their to manure stoves their with
land . " In China , too , apricots , are generally the earliest fruit of summer . "When fully ripe the Chinese them several preserve times them in in a conserve of their ,
own and also expressed take out juice the , boiled stone and then , till dip dry dissolved them in and the honey sun to some and eat vinegar during
drink added winter , used to stewed the by water all j or classes if , they . afford Their quit a expressed e wholesome juice and , too most , is formed refreshing into
lozenges , h , records also sometimes in his " dissolved Topograp in hical water Anecdotes to make " that a beverage the apricot .
Goug , , was and first there broug are ht now to Eng about land twent by Wolf y good , head Eng gardener lish sorts to Henry besides two VIII fruit the . ;
while peach- from apricot time , supposed to time to new be kinds a hy still brid between . The these black apricot s , , appear
102 Fruits Ik Their • Season.
102 FRUITS IK THEIR SEASON .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1861, page 102, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101861/page/30/
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