[1871] These must make raisins of the sun.
[1872] These must have been perfectly dry, or else they would tend to rot the grapes or raisins.
[1873] Columella, for instance, B. xii. c. [43].
[1874] The dust is in reality very liable to spoil the fruit, from the tenacity with which it adheres. In all these methods, little attention would seem to be paid to the retention of the flavour of the fruits.
[1875] A detestable practice, Fée says, as the oil makes an indelible mark on the grape, and gives it an abominable flavour. It is the best method to put the fruit in bags of paper or hair.
[1877] There are about forty varieties now known.
[1878] B. xiii. c. [14], [15]. These are the Ficus sycomorus of Linnæus.
[1879] In Troas; called the Alexandrian fig, from the city of Alexandria there. Fée doubts if this was really a fig, and suggests that it might be the fruit of a variety of Diospyros.
[1880] No fig-tree now known is destitute of this.