Eastern Asia, the home of the peach and 

 the apricot. It was known to the Greeks, 

 who introduced it from Persia into Eu- 

 rope at an early day, as "Persicon" or 

 "Persian" nut and "Basilicon" or "Royal" 

 nut. Carried from Greece to Rome, it 

 became "Juglans" (name derived from 

 Jo vis and glans, an acorn; literally "Ju- 

 piter's Acorn", or "the Nut of the Gods"). 

 From Rome it was distributed through- 

 out Continental Europe, and according 

 to Loudon, it reached England prior to 

 1562. In England it is generally known 

 as the walnut, a term of Anglo-Saxon 

 derivation signifying "foreign nut". It 

 has been called Madeira Nut, presumably 

 because the fruit was formerly imported 

 into England from the Madeira Islands, 

 where it is yet grown to some extent. 

 In America it has commonly been known 

 as English Walnut to distinguish it from 

 our native species. From the fact that 

 of all the names applied to this nut "Per- 

 sian" seems to have been the first in 

 common use, and that it indicates approx- 

 imately the home of the species, the name 

 "Persian Walnut" is regarded as most 



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