Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-15
VIBRATIONS OF THE NUT.
nav same varieties Have Been
TranspIanted in Various far"
of the world.

. sor of botany, as the mistress %
house at which he was visiting passed
him the nuts, Il am very fond OF nuts
he added. as he pushed the finger DOW
sway and began depredations win !
i pa.r of nut crackers on some Peculiarls
/ stubborn variety, which at first bal
/ ged his most yigorousa attempts, relates
tne New York Tribune.
Il suppose you know every nut oy
iame and an about their ancestry ana
birthplace" said the younger daugh-
ter Of tie household, who had Just re-
turned for the summer vacation from
Yassar
II would like TO know great deal
more about them. was the noneomml-
tai reply. Il have always had the
greatest interest in nuts ever since the
time that as a boy went out on nut
ting parties. The children Of this age
do not 60 nutting, as their fathers and
grandfathers did.
Nuts have become a most important
article of commerce at the present
time, and / read only yesterday that
so 900, 900 Brazil nuts the kind have
In nv fingers. are exported from the
South American port of Para alone
These nuts are obtained from a re-
narkable tree, which attains the height
of 100 feet before the branches spread
out. The trees are buttressed in the
lower part of the trunk affording a
sort Of tentlike room for small FAM
ily. The nuts grow in large capsules.
which when they fall to the ground
are split open by the natives, and thus
the nuts are gathered.
zone can buy at almost any grocery
now more than a dozen kinds Of nuts
each Of which represents for the most
part a different part Of the earth.
Here in this dish. for instance, are
waInuts. peanuts. hazelnuts, butter
nuts, flberts, cobnuts, chestnuts and /
our own American peanut.
"The walnut is a strange sort OF /
vagrant, and so il has earned its name,
which in the German means foreign /,
nut. It has changed its habitat until 1
It has gone all around the world. II !
IS a close relative Of the butternut, /
md was first found almost as far /
north as the Arctic circle. At later 4
late II appeared in France and then
shifted TO Japan. After several CEN
uries IL was again introduced into
europe from the country south Of the
'aucasus. Hence, its name, as a for
igner.
81 don't know Of city-where !
ave been that there is not a Hilbert
treet," said the professor, after he
lad discovered a filbert nut at the bot
ON of the dish. "The reason is that
he filbert has long been a popular
ut. 1t is named after German saint.
those day is August %. The chief diff
erence between filberts and cobnuts
that the first are longer, with the in
olucre completely covering the nut,
lille the cobnuts are rounder. with
IS husk.
England is the home Of the hazel
Mt, and English bazelnuts, by the way,
e far superior to our American va
cites. In the old country the Guilt
tion of hazelnuts has been carried
J with such success that the nut has
come a dainty, and is ranked as
ch."
"But you said something about even
If American peanut" said the Vas
r student, "and you said II as IL the
'anut belonged to lower class. You
dn't mean to make fun of the poor
.anut, did you?"
well, not make fun Of Il. exactly"
piled the professor. "but we all
now, nevertheless, that the poor pea \
1T is made fun OF. abused and regard \
as a poor mans nut by great many \
sople. ! suppose the reason Is that Il
such an easy nut TO eat that ii has
ecome common, and hence regarded
vulgar by those people who are a.
avs trying to avoid doing what the
ajority. or, as they term ii. the
asses, do. Peanuts can be carried
iywhere and by some are eaten about
'erywhere. Hence the contempt for
le peanut has been caused. not bv
le peanut itself. but by those who
srsist in the abuse Of eating ii indis- >
Ultimately"
"But the peanut Is not truly nut ." $
terruped the girl collegian. as she i,
oked at her mother to see what ef. :
ct the question would have.
"Very true" answered the botanist
strictly speaking, il is a pod. much :
Ie same as peas or beans. And the
'ason that I said that ii is American G
because IL was first found GROWING '
Central America. It was then trans. O
anted to Brazil and Peru. II next il
'und its way to China. and was car. I
ed by the Chinese to India. Ceylou o
I'D the Malay archipelago. Then the d
terruped the girl collegain. as she A
ortuguese adventurers carried IL in @
leir slave ships TO Africa. in later DAYS h
has invaded Australia. as we'll" 4
Which is another evidence % tbs
american INVASION" said the father
the household. who PLAYED mumble.
,peg with the professor 40 wears he.
IRE.