. The new hydropathic cook-book : with recipes for cooking on hygienic principles : containing also a philosophical exposition of the relations of food to health : the chemical elements and proximate constitution of alimentary principles : the nutritive properties of all kinds of aliments : the relative value of vegetable and animal substances : the selection and preservation of dietetic materials, etc., Pear—Manner of Selecting—The Quince. Among the best early or summer pears are the Madeleine,Summer Virgalieu (fig. Fig. 44. 44), Sugar Top, ZoarSeedling, Bloodgood, andRostierer. Among t
. The new hydropathic cook-book : with recipes for cooking on hygienic principles : containing also a philosophical exposition of the relations of food to health : the chemical elements and proximate constitution of alimentary principles : the nutritive properties of all kinds of aliments : the relative value of vegetable and animal substances : the selection and preservation of dietetic materials, etc., Pear—Manner of Selecting—The Quince. Among the best early or summer pears are the Madeleine,Summer Virgalieu (fig. Fig. 44. 44), Sugar Top, ZoarSeedling, Bloodgood, andRostierer. Among thebest fall pears may benamed ihe Muscadine,Stevens Genesee, Bran,dywine, Washington,Flemish Beauty,Buffum,Swans Orange, and theWhite Doyenne or Vir-galouse—called also theVirgalieu of New York,and the Butter-pear ofPennsylvania. Amongthe winter varieties thePrinces St. Germain^Lewis, Columbia, andEaster Bergamot aremuch esteemed. Those who select anyspecies of pomaceousfruit in our marketsmust judge of its qual-ity more by their ownsenses than its name, aseach may be improvedor deteriorated by theseason, soil, manure, or other circumstances of its cultiva-tion. The Quince (Pyrus sydonia, fig. 45) is a small shrub usually growing to eight or ten feet in height. It grows wild onthe banks of the Danube, and is a native of Austria. In thiscountry it flourishes only in the Middle and Western , OP. SUMMER ^pARS. 68 Hydropathic Cook-Boo k. Varieties of the Quince—Its Cultivation—The Aku, or Aker. The fruit is highly fragrant, but very acid; hence it is prin- Fig. 45.
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