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Identifier: dutchnewyork01sing (find matches)
Title: Dutch New York
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Singleton, Esther, d. 1930
Subjects: Dutch Americans -- New York (State) New York New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs To 1775 New York (State) -- History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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tswhich the Indians use. There is also plenty of bill-berriesor blue-berries, together with ground-nuts and artichokes,which grow under ground. Almost the whole land is fullof vines, as well in the wild woods as the mowing landsand flats; but they grow principally near to and upon thebanks of the brooks, streams and rivers. . . . The grapescomprise many varieties, some white, some blue, somevery fleshy and only fit to make raisins of, others, on thecontrary, juicy; some are very large and others small. . . .In regard to other fruits all those which grow in Nether-land, also grow very well in New Netherland, without re-quiring as much care as is necessary there. Garden fruitssucceed very well, and are drier, sweeter, and more pleas-ant than in Netherland; for proof of which we may in-stance particularly muskmelons, citrons or watermelons,which in New Netherland grow readily in the open fieldsif the briars and weeds are kept from them. The garden products in the New Netherlands are very
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GARDENS, HOUSES, AND STREETS ^3 numerous; some of them have been known to the nativesfrom the earHest times, and others introduced from dif-ferent parts of the world, but chiefly from the Nether-lands. . . . They consist of various kinds of salads, cab-bages, parsnips, carrots, beets, endive, succory, finckel,sorrel, dill, spinage, radishes, Spanish radishes, parsley,chevril (or sweet cicely), cresses, onions, leeks, and be-sides whatever is commonly found in a kitchen garden.The herb garden is also tolerably well supplied with rose-mary, lavender, hyssop, thyme, sage, marjoram, balm,holy onions (ajuin heylig), wormwood, belury, chivesand clary; also pimpernel, dragons blood, five finger,tarragon (or dragons wort), etc., together with laurel,artichokes and asparagus, and various other things onwhich I have bestowed no attention. The pumpkin grows with little or no cultivation, andis so sweet and dry that it is used, with the addition ofvinegar and water, for stewing in the same manner

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