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Show Fruits In England. By far the greatest achievement ot CardlnalWolsey was combining otraw-berries otraw-berries and cream. A wprld benefactor, benefac-tor, his fallings may well bo forgotten and forgiven! How long iiave Britishers been, at least, partial fruitarians T Apples, pears, gooseberries and plums appear to have been grown ,ln England' for a vory long time, but' cultivated raspberries rasp-berries did not arrive until the sixteenth six-teenth century. Rhubarb was Introduced from Rus-, sla in 1573, but did not become popular pop-ular until the nineteenth century. It Is recorded that a Deptford gardener In 1810 sent a few sticks to the London Lon-don market but was unable to And a customer. Cherries were brought over by the Romans, but ceased to be cultivated until ono ot Henry VIl's gardeners re-Introduced re-Introduced them. |
