Keywords: The field and garden vegetables of America (Page 589) (6002098773).jpg by Mascall in connection with <br> the engraving will give an accurate idea of its size form <br> color and general character The size rarely much exceeds <br> that of a large walnut Its form is rounded sometimes kid- <br> ney-shaped and rough with protuberances The surface <br> when the truffle is young is whitish ; but in those that are <br> full grown it is either blackish or a deep-black The color <br> of the inside is whitish with dark-blue and white gray red- <br> dish light-brown or dark-brown veins of the thickness of a <br> horse-hair which are usually variously entangled and which <br> form a kind of network or mat Between the veins are <br> numerous cavities filled with mucilage and small solid <br> grains These scarcely visible glands were formerly said to <br> be the seeds or germs of the young truffles The less the <br> inside of the Truffle is colored with dark veins the more ten- <br> der and delicious is its flesh <br> The blackish external rind is hard and very rough by <br> means of fine fissures grains and protuberances ; and forms <br> with its small facets which are almost hexagonal an ap- <br> pearance by which it somewhat resembles the fir-apples of <br> the larch Whilst the truffle is young its smell resembles that <br> of putrid plants or of moist vegetable earth When it has 29062927 92326 42073 Page 589 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/29062927 1863 10 5962/bhl title 42073 Burr Fearing Biodiversity Heritage Library The field and garden vegetables of America United States Varieties Vegetable gardening Vegetables Library Congress bhl page 29062927 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/29062927 united states Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2011-08-02 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/6002098773 2015-09-10 21 03 28 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The field and garden vegetables of America Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |