Common things made plain Author:James Menzies Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 124. What size and weight does the GREEN TURTLE sometimes attain, and where is this animal caught ? -- It is sometimes five or six feet in length, and six or... more » seven hundred pounds in weight; this animal is caught on the shores of the West India Islands and of various tropical countries. FRUITS. 125. What are the principal kinds of native Fetjit found in Great Britain ? -- Crab- apples and pears, gooseberries, raspberries, black, red, and white currants, and wild plums. 126. What are the principal trees that are cultivated in England for the sake of their FBUIT ? -- The apple, pear, peach, plum, cherry, and apricot trees. 127. What is meant by Engrafting fruit trees ? -- Young shoots, taken from trees that are bearing fruit, are inserted into trees that have been raised from seed. 128. What kind of fruit trees are always Engrafted ? -- Apple, pear, plum, cherry, and others. 129. What kind of fruit do trees that are raised from seed bear, if they are not ENGBAFTED ? -- They bear only small, sour fruit, such as crab apples, crab pears, and the like. 130. What are the Dried Fruits which are most largely imported into Great Britain ? -- Figs, raisins, dates, prunes, and currants. 131. In what countries is the FIG tree principally cultivated, and from which of them is the largest quantity of figs imported into this country ? -- The fig tree is principally cultivated in the southern countries of Europe: more than half the figs imported into this country are brought from Turkey. 132. What are RAISIRS, and in what countries is this fruit obtained ? -- Raisins are dried grapes; this fruit is obtained in the southern countries of Europe, Asia Minor, and Egypt. 133. What are Dates ? -- They are the fruit of the date palm, a tree which grows in Arabia and E...« less