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He brought wrinkled pears, and green, round grapes, and walnuts, on a white cloth, and presented them I think my pears are still good," he said.— The Lost Girl
Raw fruits--pears, peaches, ripe apples, berries, oranges, persimmons, grape-pulp without seeds, etc Desserts_: Custard; jellos; junkets; home-made ice cream; sponge cake; baked fruits with whipped cream, etc FOODS TO BE AVOIDED BY YOUNG CHILDREN 1.— The Mother and Her Child
The two leaders dispensing with staves and candles, bore garlanded baskets; one filled with fruit--melons, pears, apples, and grapes--and in the other a pair of doves: which with sharp quick motions turned their heads from side to side as they gazed wonderingly on their strange surroundings with their bright beautiful eyes Following came the main offering: a spotless lamb.— The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals
It follows not that, because a man is fond of peaches, pears, and grapes, he is also fond of passionfruit or tomatoes.— Platform Monologues
These varieties are under restrictions until fruited and deemed worthy of further propagation Illustration: Crossing work in pears--view in Prof. N. E. Hansen's Fruit-Breeding Greenhouse, State College, Brookings, S.D I did not know whether immunity to blight is a possibility or only an iridescent dream, so I made no charge for these scions.— Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916

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