The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-24
Facts Not Generally kno,cn

lea, and is So called from the name O
place near Rome, where it was frs
cultivated IN Europe
The nectarine is sail to bave received
its name from nectar, the particular
drink of the gods.
Pears were originally brought from
the East bv the Romans ~ s-z
The greengage is caiied after the
Gage family who first took it into Eng
land from q monastery in Paris.
Filberts originally came from Greece
The walnut is anative Of Persia, tho
Caucus and China tr
The Greeks called butter bonturor-
cow cheese
Before the middle of the seventeenth
century tea was not used in England
and WAS entirely unknown To the
Greeks and Romans
The bean is said to be native OF
Egypt.
The cucumber was originally a
tropical vegetable.
The pea is native of the South OF
Europe. .
Spinach is Il Persian plant.
The tomato is native of South
America, aud takes it's name from a
Portuguese word.
The turnip came originally from
Rome .t -~
Sweet marjoram is native OF Por-
tugaL
Coriander seed came originally from
the East.
II. .Nft l,aM Mol, m
Island, as also is the nutmeg.
Capers originally grew wild in
Greece and Northern Africa.
Garlic came to us fl st from Sicily
and the shores of the Med iterranean
Ginger is native Of the East and
West Indies
Sage is native OF the South OF
Europe. ..- .... --...
The gooseberry is Indigenous to
Great Biitian.
go Gloves come to us from the Indies,
and take their name from the Latin
cluuus, or French clou, both meaning
a nail, to which they have a resem-
blance.
The horseradish is a native of Eng
land.
Vinegar is derived from two French
words, uin aigre, sour wine
The nasturtium came originally
from Peru.
Parsley is said to have first come
from Egypt, and anthology tells MS II
was used to adorn the head of Her.
cules.
1t is curious fact that while til.
names of all our domestic animals ar,
of Saxon origin, Norman nam, ar.
given to the flesh they Yield.
When James Buchanan was Minister
TO England he had ears OF corn, her
metically sealed, sent to him from thi:
country.
: The word biscuit is French fol
twice baked, because, originally, thai
was the mode of entirely deriving it o
moisture to insure it's keeping
Claret is corruption OF cioiret,
:. term applied in France to any red o
rose colored wine.
Almonds are natives of the North
ern part of Asia ami Africa. Ii
ancient times they were much esteemed
by the natives OF the East .
; Apples were originally brough
from the East bv the Romans Th
crab apple is indigenous to Grea
9 Britain. .----a.
The asparagus was originally wilt
seacoast plant and is native of Grea
Britain.
The chestnut is said by some t.
have originally come from Sar,lis il
Lydia. and by others from Castanc
Thessaly, from which it takes its name
The onion was almost an object c
worship with the Egyptians two thou
sand years before the Christian era
1t first came from I.ldia.
Ounces originally came from Cor
inth. ..- ...s
Apricots are indigenous to the plain
OF Armenia.
Cherries were known in Asia as Fl,
back as the seventh century.
Damsons originally came from Ds
mascus.
Lemons were used by the Roman
to keep moths from their garments
and in the time of Pliny they wer
considered an excellent counter poison
They. are natives of Asia. -ls
Citron is supposed to be the Mediar
Assyrian or Persian apple Of til
Greeks
Rhubarb is n native Of Asia.
g. The straw berry takes its name fror
an ancient custom of putting stra'
beneath the frnit when it began
ripen It's delicacy was praised b
both Virgil and Ovid.
The peach originally came from Pc
sia
We are indebted to the infamou
Catharine de Medici for ice cream
THE capability Of frogs to exis
I,ona1