. 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., , 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. Q
. 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., , 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. QUINCE TBEK. cipally employed to flavor other chief varieties arc the apple-shaped,pear-shaped, Portugal, and musk. is an outline of the former. The quince tree will grow well in avariety of soils, as in most cool situa-tions near streams, a clayey loam, drygravelly ridges, etc. The tree should be 46. Description.—The Appl, Apple-Gulped, or OrangeQuince is large; shape, similar to the apple, having thebroadest part nearest the stern-end, the rererse of the peirr;fine golden color; flesh Arm, rather tender when cooker),of excellent but not high flavor. Leaves oval. This vari-ety is two or three weeks earlier than the pear-shape!. Itwill not keep so well, is not so high flavored, but it cooksmore tender. THE APPLE, APPLE-9nAPED, OE ORANGE QUINCE. The Aku, or Aker (Blir/hia sapida), is a native of Guinea,and but little known in this country. The fruit (fig. 47) is apome about the size of a gooses egg, of a mild acid flavor,and very nutritive. It woul
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