iter. xvn. •"• iiu'its. IW 



weights) have been much run upon, yet' there are 

 fmall ones better tailed . The names at .lea ft of the 

 forts are numerous, (above 009) but thoTe that hive 

 been long commonly cultivated are, the early black, 

 Jmail early red, fmooth green, hairy green, common and 

 large white, hairy and fmocih red, ironmonger, Cham- 

 paign?, yellow, amber, and tawney. Seepages 51, 38, 

 76, 106, 159, 163. 



Grape. The only forts likely to fruit well in open 

 culture, are the black July, white and black fzveet water, 

 black mufcadine, and black clujler. See pages 29, 31, 

 75, 103, 105, 147, &c. 



Medlar, we have an apple and pear fhaped fort of; 

 but this fruit is little cultivated, and not crood till rotten 

 ripe. The forts are, the German, the Italian, and the 

 Englijhi or Nottingham medlar. Gather at the begin- 

 -ning of November, lay fome on ft raw, and cover with 

 ftraw ; and others (to forward their ripening) put in a 

 box, on a two inch layer of frefh bran, moiftened well 

 frith foft warm water; then ftrew bran between them, 

 -*id cover two inches thick, which moiften alio, but 

 not fa wet as before: Proceed thus, layer upon layer; 

 atffd a week, ten days, or a fortnight, will do the bufi- 

 :*.js. See pages 37, 75. 



The chief value of the medlar (as alfo'of the fervice) 

 \% its late coming in for table ufe, when there is littte 

 r fruit to be had : Few like it. 



Mulberry, there is a black, a white, and a red 

 fdrt of; but the former is the one generally cultivated 

 tor fruit, being as fuch the beft. The white fort of 

 mulberry is that cultivated for fecdingjilk worms. The 

 red fort is the common mulberry of Virginia, hardy, 

 and fucceeds here. 



The mulberry tree fhould h?ve a grafs plat under it 

 for ihc fruit to fall on : tor thofc thus picked up will 

 be fuperior to what may be gathered* See pages 32, 

 37, 75 j 157. « 



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