92 HISTORY OF FRUITS. 



This fruit should be gathered on a sunny day, and 

 then exposed for a week to the influence of the sun on 

 wicker mats, which should be removed to the hottest 

 part of the house in the evening. By this treatment 

 chesnuts will retain their native relish and their reproduc- 

 tive energy, though conveyed to a great distance and 

 even across the seas. 



