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CHAPTER LXVII 



WALNUTS, DATES, AND FIGS 



As for the walnut, the date, and the Sabine fig, the 

 quicker you bring them out the better the flavour, 

 for age makes the fig paler, the date rotten, and the 

 nut too dry. 



CHAPTER LXVni 



HUNG FRUIT 



Fruits that are hung, such as grapes, apples, and 

 sorbs, show of themselves when they should be 

 consumed, as by the change of colour and the 

 shrivelling of the berries they let you know that 

 they will come down to be thrown away if you do 

 not take them away to be eaten. Ripe sorbs wljich 

 have been stored when soft must be used pritty 

 quickly — those which have been hung when sour 

 may wait longer, as before mellowing they wan^ to 

 attain in the house the maturity which they cani^otj 

 hope to reach on a tree. 



