SECT. XVII. 0? FRUITS, &C\ 56* 



well ripened, or they will fhrink. Lay them on heaps 

 till they have Jwcaied a few days, when they mull be 

 wiped dry. Let them then lay iingly, or at lead thinly, 

 for about a fortnight, and be again wiped, and immedi- 

 ately packed in boxes and hampers, lined with double 

 or treble meets of paper. Place them gently in, and 

 cover clofe, fo as to keep air out as much as poflible. 

 Preferve them from frojl through the winter. Never 

 ufe hay for the purpofe. 



Some of the choicejl table forts of apples may be 

 treated as directed for the beft pears. 



The baking apples need not be packed, but either 

 kept fingly on the floor, or (helves, or in heaps covered 

 over, when they have fweated a few days longer than 

 the others, and' have been wiped dry ; yet thefe, if 

 packed, will certainly fland-a better chance of keeping 

 the longer. Remove all decaying fruit as foon as 

 difcovered, and fuffer no damp or mulfy ftraw to re- 

 main in the room : Ufe that of wheat or rye. 



Apricot is a fruit fomething between a plumb and 

 a peach, partaking of a middle nature, both in growth 

 and tafte. 



■ The early majculine, Bruffels, orange, Turkey, Breda, 

 Smd Moor park, or Anjon, are the common and belt wall 

 forts ; but the Turkey, .and the Moor-park , though ex- 

 cellent fruits, are idle uncertain bearers. The Dun-more 

 Breda (excellent) is ripe in September. 



Gather apricots a little before ripe, or they will Iofe 



that fmartnefs which recommends them. With refpect 



to thinning the trees of young fruit, when too full, fee 



_ page 146. Particulars as to ra'ifmg, pluming, &c. fee 



pages SO, 37, 71, 90,-103, 105, 129, &c. 



Berberry (fometimes called fiperidge) is a pretty 

 fruit, ufeful as a preferve and garnijh ; a handfome ihivb, 

 which makes a profitable, and alio ufeful hedge, for by 

 tea on of its thorns it is almoft impregnable. 



Be fides the common red- fruited, thesis a jlonelefs 

 red, preferred for preferves. See Lift 5, feci. 19. Of 

 raifing this fhrub,-&c. fee pages 76, 165. 



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