And of the young leaves which are as transparent as cornelian against the light before they have properly opened. I can think of no other shrub having quite such luminous tips especially if the pomegranate is growing above eye level so that we catch it between us and the sun.

The pomegranate is a native of Persia and Afghanistan, but has made its way so freely into other countries that it is difficult to say now whether it really grows wild there also or not. #gardening
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For evidence of its antiquity we can trace a long enough pedigree through history, mythology, literature and art. It has its name in Sanskrit; it appears in sculptures in Assyria and Egypt; it is mentioned in the Old Testament and in the Odyssey. #gardening

In Greece the pomegranate was held to have sprung from the blood of Dionysos. The Romans got it from Carthage and called it malum punicum in consequence. #gardening
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The sculptors of the Renaissance like those of Assyria and Egypt recognized it as one of the most decorative of fruits—the symbol of poetry and fertility. www.apollo-magazine.com/acquisition-...

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