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pp. 1093-1098. '* Experiments as to the Quality of Swedes,'' 

 Aug. 3906, pp. 282-288. "Cultivation of Sea Kale," March, 

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1905, "Storing Turnips." 



"Water Cress: Its History and Cultivation." W. W, 



Glenny in Journ. Roy. Agric. Soc. viii. (189T), pp. 607-622. 

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D. Prain, Bull. No, 4, 1898 (Reprinted from Agric. Series, No. 

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Brass tea spp. (Mustard) : On the seeds of some species of 

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 pis. i.-ii. 



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 & Vera K. Charles, U.S. Dept. of Agric. Div. of Botany, Bull. 



No. 29, 1901, pp. M9, pi. i. ff. 1-6. 



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Brassica " in Coinm. Products of India, G. Watt (1908), 



pp. 174-186. 



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Inst, xtii., 1915, pp. 452-460. 



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ROSACEAE. 



Prunus Amyg 



M 



Southern 



Spain, France, Sicily, &c, in the Canary Islands, and 

 California, for the kernels used for dessert. The best known in 

 commerce are "Jordan" and "Valencia" Almonds, and 

 supplies generally come chiefly from Spain (74944), Morocco 

 (41913), Italy (22245), Portugal (14277). Canary Islands (5865). 

 France (5529), Turkey in Asia (938), &c, to a total of 176,733 

 centals in 1913. The returns would probably include a propor- 

 tion of " Bitter Almonds " (var. amara, Stokes), especially from 

 Morocco (Mogador) ; these kernels cannot be efaten, as they 

 contain prussic acid, their chief use is for the extraction ol an 

 oil used for flavouring liqueurs gnd in cookery. There are 



< 1 



varieties of the Almond tree <rrown in gardens in Great Britain 



that also have eatable sweet kernels. 



* 



Prunus Avium, Linn. : Sweet Cherry. Prunus Cerasus, 



Jiinnl\ Sour Cherrv, Morello Cherry. 



The-e are trees of good size in their wild state, and from thein 



have heen obtained the many excellent varieties that are i »w 

 cultivated in orchards and gardens in mest countries with a 



temperate climate, including Europe, North America, North 

 Asia, Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, &c. The Trade 

 supplies of the fresh fruit in England (with an acreage of over 

 10,000 acres in 191 7) were augmented in 1913 from Franc* 

 (31585), Holland (22726), Belgium (14434), Germany (993), &c, 

 to a total of 69.T39 cent »K 



