Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-10-26
NEW FRUITS AND VEGETABLES,
(From the Hartford Times)

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One of the most wonderful things that
are being dono in America at the present
| time is the Introduction Of now we've
| tables fruits and edible plants from for
egn countries. There Is fascinating IL
Illustrated article on the subject IN the
| National Geographic Magazine for No
vember. The maJorty Of Americans have
| at the present time no conception 81
the great benefits winch are to result from
| the immense effort :he department OF
agriculture mt Washington Is pu;ting forth
to add to the food suppl; of this nation
by domcstica;ing hero tho fruits and
plants Of other countries
As an instance take The udo a Japan.
csc vegetable, which is described az "a
near relative Of we'll known villa pla,..
/ in New England. The epikcnard. nG.
much larger Either as q salad n cook
! cd rs asparagus Is cooked f. is said to
/ b, one OF the important vegetables OF Tho
world. We are told ;ha: ct is easy to
grow; it does not require rep;antirg Of
tcncr than once In u,uc o., ten wears; 1t
can be cropped in tho autumn or in tho
spring, and it yields large crops of shoots.
/ which are often two fec Ions and an
inch or more in diameter AZ tie uase.
These brilliant white shoots arc ciib,e %
their very bases without tho loust o,tor
,iouablo fibre and NOT in ,,.i. r..,.,., ITO
} asror,rus of ,vblcb oniv ,i,, ,t.. 80 -,
to cat" one Of the LARGEST neuar.ru.
growers of the world ia rroducir, .,,a,., II
I ceres OF IL in the Sacramonto yfllcv ,r
| California. Ere long II win houtr f., an
renr on the tnhlos of tIc ricb a,Id cv.n-
! tually will mo Iouht. IA. c.,r-l 10, ,bo
majority of american ,li,ro, ,,,io
rho d.shoo, .ho -na, l.....,......,
! Hawaiian miami b,. her,,r - IN, ,,,.1 90.
"A food IN WASHINGTON. and is declared hv
! thos, who bnve tasted If .o Lo .,u..ri,,.
to the nototo
! Tlo vor,.,ou .,no oc ,o ,,.. ...
valley in china boyi.o lor,.oi,. ,,,,raa,,..
ed and is eoor 70 J.. H. tro r,nds
nurser, mon. generally lts frnit rsser,.
hlcv thc tns. ,.,,s,l,o,rt,,. - r,.or =.
o,o... ,.,.,rt,,.l.. ,,,, nc 80, o,.,,'..,,.,,.,,
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ass. :, c.r., ,.e..r. ~ ,,..
in nc = vino ri.o, 1r,o 5,..o...,a,., -
o.ri...Itura now. ho., , r~o,.o - ,a,,t,on.
+, rorth,.., 1-,or,1 .rb,,. T.. 49,. ,,,, -
the yyorI1 v..i.h e go, 49, ',.a'
/, fe .,.oi1,,,,< t,. ,a,rai to,,r g., ,rr,
F'i'n| i1pcs. for Nno-st0E"s and trelliscs
'or 'Shi ladders, fo' haSie and crates
! hu' the mmboo is also rseful for food
itS eng r"o'" sending up stems which
sh'ot ~ nj Tie rae Of foot day
NIX" slant asparagus ST. ms, - tender
! mat tH'N can he Snapro' II with tn"
hahd' ana when cooled they 'nrm ott'
OF the great vegetable dcNoacics of trc
| world I'd
| he el'nt perstmr7or ree'ef 'hira. re-
markahie FOR viEt". Irod a"tl"enea. .rd
+ 'oAG me- Is h".ns introduced In t1o tai'-
/ 'd states. 'h' fruit is four inches IN
/ diameter 'se'dl"ss md pnrkerl"Ss,' and
! Professor Sargent OF Harvard declares
1 that the cultivation Of this fruit will ba
, worth n million dollars to this country.
Tn" hardy wild peach OF China can
be used rs stock for all kinds OF
stoned fruits 1t re'ts,s drouth and cold,
! ana Will enable ploms. apricots, prunes
! ,I more extensively cultivated than
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