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baking-powder, and at the last add two well-beaten e.^gs 

 and a pint of berries. Bake immediately. 



Huckleberry Pie.— Into a large cupful of berries stir a 

 half cup of sugar, a tablespoonful of hot water, and a heap- 

 ing teaspoonful of flour, made smooth in cold water. Bake 

 in a deep pie-iish with two crusts. 



THE LEMON. 



The celebrated tree of the Citrus genus which furnishes 

 this pungent fruit is a native of the forests of Northern 

 India, whence it has traveled along the mUd shores of tte 

 Mediterranean. Leaping the Atlantic the lemon has be- 

 come acclimated in the southern portion of our country 

 and in California, though the finest lemonS are Baid by 

 dealers in the fruit to come from Sicily. Something tn 

 that volcanic and sulphurous soil is converted into the 

 acid which is its chief value. 



The roughness observable on the rind of the lemon is 

 owing t'l imbedded cells filled with an oil which is obtained 

 either by distillation or expression. The peel is used for 

 flavoring, and the abundant acid jxiice has acquired a world- 

 wide value iu the arts, in medicine, in cooling drinks and 

 syrups, in flavorings and innumerable 'dishes and as a con- 

 stituent of perfumery. Because it is used so little as the 

 chief ingredient very few recipes for the lemon are given, 

 and these are chiefly under the head of Water-ices, Bever- 

 ages, Creams, etc. The value of oranges imported into 

 New York alone annually as estimated to be over two mill- 

 ions of dollars. 



Lemon Pudding.— All kinds of plain puddings, flavor- 



