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Excerpt from The Grocer's Companion: And Merchant's Hand-Book In presenting this volume to our readers and the Retail Grocery Trade of New England, our chief and indeed only object is to provide, in as concise and comprehensive form as possible, a truly authentic and reliable history of the growth, culture, natural properties, and preparation of the varied and numerous articles which are now incorporated in the Grocery Trade, in order that the dealer and his assistants may not only be aided in an intelligent discrimination of the character and quality of the products daily brought under their notice, but give them a lively and constantly increasing interest in the trade, by adding to their store of practical scientific knowledge of the articles dealt in. This work comprises, within itself, all the uses of a Cyclopaedia, a Manual and a Hand-Book, all the necessary, well ascertained and authenticated facts being condensed into the smallest space consistent with completeness and perspicuity. Desiring to render its pages as interesting as possible, we have, in the treatment of the various sections, endeavored to steer clear of the ponderous argument of the Treatise, the statistical monotony of the Cyclopaedia, and the meagre description of the Hand-Book - so that it may prove to its possessor a multum in parvo, a handy and compact work of reference, which shall combine amusement, information and instruction to every reader. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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