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Peter Parley's annual [serial] (1840)

Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860, Leighton, John, 1822-1912, Martin, William, 1801-1867 · London : Darton and Co · leaf 143

An illustration from Peter Parley's annual [serial], 1840, leaf 143
pended from the ends of a bamboo,which is borne on one shoulder. The baskets of this traderare stocked with various kinds of fruit. The melons, one of i 2 124 SOMETHING ABOUT THE CHINESE. which is seen in the picture, are water-melons ; there arebesides grapes, white and red figs, and peaches. This… … The other Chinese fruits are apricots, cherries, lemons, andoranges, which are grown in the gardens of the country people;they also eat the young shoots of the fragrant ash, theflowers of the yulong, and the soft shoots of the juicy-bam-boo. The leaf which the itinerant fruit-seller holds, is that…

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