£$4 07 FRUITS. SECT. XVII- 



CORNEL; i. C. Cornelian cherry. The fruit ufed to 

 be by many preserved to make tarts, and a medicinal 

 preparation was alfo made of it, called rob de corn is. 

 See cherry, Lift 2, fe&. 19. 



Cherry : The forts may be the earty May, May- 

 duke, (ripe in June J white, red, and black hearts, bleeding 

 heart, bigeroon, Turkey, trade/cants, and morella; to 

 which may be added, the yellow Spanifi, and white Swifs, 

 ripe in Angufl. 



In gathering cherries, take care not to pull the fruit 

 fpur off, which is a very common thing. If they are 

 properly ripe, they will part eafy from the tree. See 

 pages 31,37, 85, 90, 103, 157, 160, 163. 



Chesnut is not a garden fruit, but the manured, 

 or Spanijh fort, in an open fituation, produces good 

 nuts about Michaelmas, and may be kept all winter, it 

 covered clofe from the air, See page 75. 



Currant, we have a fmall red and white, with a 

 larger of each, called Dutch currants, the Champaign?, 

 or pale red fort, and the black. There are currant trees 

 with variegated leaves, and a fort with a goofeberry 

 leaf. Seepages 31,38,76, 106, 159, 163. 



Fig is a fruit, the forts of which that are mofily 

 planted without doors in England, are the common larjfr 

 Hue, early dwarf blue, early dwarf white, and large ivhite. 

 The firftkind is thehardieft; but yet do not always 

 ripen well with us abroad. See pages 29, 30, 74, 103, 

 105, 151, &c. 



Filberd, we have a white zn&red fort of, and the 

 latter judged mofl agreeable in flavour. Other nutt 

 are the Spanijh, £ob, and hazel in variety. The firft is 

 a large nut with a thin fhell, and the fecond is a large 

 one with a thick fhell, but both are good. There is a 

 nut near two inches long, but it does not kernel well. 

 See pages 37, 71, 76, 158. 



Gooseberry, there are many forts of, fcriftng front 

 their propagation by feed, differing in their time 

 of coming in, fize, colour, &c. The large forts of 

 goofeberncs (weighing from ten to fifteen penny- 

 weights) 



