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the well-beaten whites, and place in a quick oven for twenty 

 minutes. Turn out when cold over a quart of fresh straw- 

 berries. 



Strawberry Dumplings 



Put one pint of flour into a bowl, and rub into it two 

 ounces of butter ; add a teaspoonful of baking powder, mix 

 well, and add a gill of cold milk to make a soft dough ; 

 knead lightly, and roll out into a thin sheet ; cut with a 

 round cutter into good-sized pieces. Put three strawberries 

 into the centre of each, pinch up the dough, and make into 

 a dumpling. Place on a plate and put it into a steamer, 

 and steam for fifteen minutes. 



WALNUT TREES 



Walnut trees thrive in deep loamy soil, and 

 there is nothing to do to them except pruning very 

 occasionally. Some gardeners never touch the 

 trees from one year to another ; but if the shoots 

 become too luxuriant, then pruning is necessary, to 

 make them send out those short spurs which pro- 

 duce the nut. 



The best kinds to grow are the Dwarf Prolific, 

 Noyer Fertile, and Noyer a Bigore. 



RECIPE 

 Walnut Liqueur 



Take a hundred young walnuts with soft shells pricked, 

 two quarts of pale brandy, fifteen grains of cinnamon, fifteen 

 grains of cloves, one wineglassful of ratafia, and let all 

 marinade for ten weeks ; then pound and filter, and add one- 

 and-a-half pound of white sugar candy. 



