NUTMEG 



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merchant, made a list of the chief spices imported into 

 Europe, and in his list we find the item : Nutmegs from 

 Banda. 



NUTMEG TREE AND FRUIT. 



The Banda Islands are a tiny group forming part of the 

 Moluccas. They belong to the Dutch. In them the nutmeg- 

 tree grows wild, and there are besides extensive plantations. 

 The nutmegs exported from these islands were formerly 

 rubbed over with dried lime in order to kill the seed, and 



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