The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 53
l with certain so-callednuts in their trade. The fruiterer, for example,offers edible (eatable) nuts in filberts, walnuts,chestnuts, Brazil-nuts, cocoanuts, etc. The Italianwarehouseman has pistachio and cashew nuts;the grocer has bitter and sweet almonds and nut-megs; and the druggist has nux… … 248 THE WORLDS FOOD 249 could be made. The products above named illus-trate what are called nuts in commerce, and ourimports of such nuts are mainly dependent onthe two factors of their being favorite articlesof food and yielding valuable oils. The commercial edible nuts are, so far as ourtaste is…
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