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| Picture No | 12008546 |
| Date | 1868 |
| Description | Nutmeg plantation 1868 |
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Island of Penang, in the Indian Ocean by the Strait of Malacca, consisted of a vast plantation of fruit trees of which the nutmeg was run by an English enterprise. Illustration showing various scenes starting with the shaking of the tree to bring down the ripe fruit to its use in the kitchen by the thrifty housewife in Britain.
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| Source | Engraving in 'The Cottager and Artisan', 1 November 1868, page 84 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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