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idea of the fine taste of the fruit thus gathered direct 

 from the tree, when the kernel, though so curiously 

 convoluted, slips its pale yellow skin easily and is so 

 wondrously white. Surely it is an error to banish the 

 orchard and the fruit-garden from the pleasure- 

 grounds of modern houses, strictly relegating them 

 to the rear, as if something to be ashamed of. 



