Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1905 — Nutmeg Tree and Fruit. [ARTICLE]

Nutmeg Tree and Fruit.

“The nutmeg tree begins to bear at the age of ten years,” said a gardener. “It keeps on bearing until it is ninety. The fruit resembles an apricot, and when the fruit is ripe it bursts open, showing at its heart the black nutmeg Inclosed in a network of scarlet. “The nutmeg, after plucking, must be dried. It is dried over a slow Are, and the process Is tedious. It often occupies two months. “Before shipping the nutmegs are always steeped in sea water and lime. This Is to protect them from Insects. They have nothing but insects to fear. In an insect proof condition they keep —well, they keep practically forever.’’— New Haven Register.

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