Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 60192-h.htm or 60192-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/60192/60192-h/60192-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/60192/60192-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/spicestheirhisto00fiel SPICES THEIR HISTORIES Valuable Information For Grocers [Illustration] Price Fifty Cents Copyrighted 1910 By the Trade Register, Inc. Seattle, Washington. CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 3 ALLSPICE OR PIMENTO 4 CAPSICUM 7 CINNAMON AND CASSIA 13 CLOVES 21 GINGER 25 MUSTARD 31 NUTMEG AND MACE 36 PEPPER 45 CUMIN, OR CUMMIN SEED 52 SPICES INTRODUCTION. The history of spices, with other valuable information to all branches of the grocery trade, was originally written by Robert O. Fielding, of the staff of the Trade Register, in which the several articles appeared in various issues of that journal, duly protected by copyright, with the accompanying illustrations. Retail grocers everywhere will find this little book of especial value for study and reference. It is all meat for the salesman who realizes that success in trade these days depends upon knowing where the goods he handles were produced, how to judge their qualities, how they are prepared for market, and what are their uses. How to sell, the market conditions, etc., are continuously set forth in the weekly issues of the Trade Register, $2 a year, by men who have had practical experience behind the counter. [Illustration: Lovett M. Wood (signature)] Editor. ALLSPICE OR PIMENTO A Valuable Product From Jamaica Which Combines the Flavor of Cloves, Cinnamon and Nutmeg