The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . ar (Monstera deliciosa), Mangos, the Kaki(Persimmon Fruit), and Chinese Lychees. ThePersimmons are eaten when well bletted, andare sometimes known in Covent Garden as the Apricot Jelly fruit. Dates are always popu-lar at Christmas time, those from Tunis, packedin decorative boxes (known in the market as thefancy glove-box) find a ready sale. Dried Figscome principally from Smyrna. Some are sentin neat little baskets that have the appearanceof inverted straw skeps. Packers of thesevarious fruits find i
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . ar (Monstera deliciosa), Mangos, the Kaki(Persimmon Fruit), and Chinese Lychees. ThePersimmons are eaten when well bletted, andare sometimes known in Covent Garden as the Apricot Jelly fruit. Dates are always popu-lar at Christmas time, those from Tunis, packedin decorative boxes (known in the market as thefancy glove-box) find a ready sale. Dried Figscome principally from Smyrna. Some are sentin neat little baskets that have the appearanceof inverted straw skeps. Packers of thesevarious fruits find it pays to place them beforethe public in as attractive a manner as or Metz fruits appear to be morepopular each year, although at one time almostall the trade in them was in the hands of con-fectioners and grocers. There is a greatervariety of these crystallised fruits than ever thisyear, and the manner of packing is as attractiveas could be wished. Marrons glaees are one of themost expensive of all these conserves, and aremade only from Italian chestnuts, which have. Fig. 156.—peess for extracting acid from thelemon peel. no divisions such as are found in other respect to Nuts generally, English Cob-nuts,as readers are aware, are scaroe, and the fewthat are arriving in Covent Garden Market com-mand high prices. Supplies of Grenoble Wal-nuts appear to be sufficient to meet the demand,and the nuts are of average quality. French andItalian Chestnuts have never been finer; con-siderable quantities of these Chestnuts are usedfor culinary purposes. Brazil nuts are good, butnot over plentiful. There is no doubt that theKubber boom has much to do with the scarcityof these nuts, for the natives find it more profit-able to gather rubber. Apart from that fact,the supply of Brazil Nuts must always be alimited one. Sweet Almonds have arrived in ex-cellent condition from Faro, in Portugal, andMontaigne, in France. The Sapucaya nut (Leey-this Ollaria), wh
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