. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 276 THE AGEICULTURAL NEWS. September 8, WEST INDIAN FRUIT. FOOD VALUE OF NUTS. Indian Mantiiig and Gard&ning (Jul}" 14), has an article on the food value of nuts, from which the following is extracted :— As an ideal food auts come a good first, as they contain all the chemical elements of a perfect food. The other day ?we referred to the ' Bambarra Ground Xut' (Vocuuheia suhtmanea), of which Balland said it was the first instance known to him of ' a natural substance possessing to an equal degree th
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 276 THE AGEICULTURAL NEWS. September 8, WEST INDIAN FRUIT. FOOD VALUE OF NUTS. Indian Mantiiig and Gard&ning (Jul}" 14), has an article on the food value of nuts, from which the following is extracted :— As an ideal food auts come a good first, as they contain all the chemical elements of a perfect food. The other day ?we referred to the ' Bambarra Ground Xut' (Vocuuheia suhtmanea), of which Balland said it was the first instance known to him of ' a natural substance possessing to an equal degree the chemical features of a complete food ;' and this may with safety be said of many other nuts. Let us see what India possesses in the way of nuts. There is first the walnut, '.vhich grows and fruits in profusion in the Himalayas. The nuts are commonly met with all over India at a very moderate price. Next we have the hazel nut, wliich also grows in profusion all over the Himalayas. Both of these are wholesome nuts, though perhaps a trifle oily. But the proportion of proteids in both IS large, and they are both capable of supporting life comfortably ; while in combination with something possessing saccharine properties, such as rasins, dry figs, and apricots, we get a perfect food. we have the almond and the common ground nut. Both of these are valuable: but as food, capable of sustaining life, the c;round nut has the greater claim, not being quite so oily as the almond. Again, there is the very common water-lily nut, of which Europeans know little, but which is largely consumed by the natives. These nuts are very tasty and wholesome, and should be much more largelj' consumed by Europeans in India than the)" are. The pistachio nut is another valuable food, well worth cultivating. The cashew nut tree is commonly met with on the plains of India. This nut, we consider, comes first among ail Indian nuts as a complete food; and the wonder is that the tree has
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