Chapter II. 



PULPY FRUITS BORNE BY SHRUBS AND TREES. — 

 POMEGRANATE ; FIG ; VINE. 



Pulpy fruits are distinguished from others hy the 

 softuess of tlieir texture, in which the seeds lie im- 

 bedded. They differ very much amona; themselves 

 in botanical characters, — some being berries, others 

 pulpy receptacles ; but the arrangement is sufficiently 

 precise for our purpose. 



The Pomegranate — Pnnica Granatum. 



Before the peach, the nectarine, and the apricot 

 had travelled from Persia to the more Western coun- 

 tries on the borders of the Red Sea, the pomegranate 

 was there assiduously cultivated, and held in the 

 greatest esteem. In the wilderness, when the chil- 

 dren of Israel murmured for the fruits of Egypt, 



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