SECT. XVII. OF FRUITS. 283 



GOOSEBERRY, there are many sorts of, arising 

 from their propagation by seed, differing in their 

 time of coming in, size, colour, &c. The larger 

 sorts of gooseberries (weighing from ten to fifteen 

 penny-weights) have been much run upon, yet we 

 have small ones of superior flavour. The names at 

 least of the sorts are numerous ; a nurseryman gives 

 me above 200, but those that have been long com- 

 monly cultivated are, the early black, small early red, 

 smooth green, hairy green, common and large white, 

 hairy and smooth red, ironmonger, Champaigne, yel- 

 low, amber, and tawney. See pages 51, 38, 80, 112, 

 168, 173. 



GRAPE. The only sorts likely to fruit well in 

 open culture, are the small black July, white and 

 black sweet water, black muscadine, and black duster. 

 See pages 30, 31, 76, 114, 118, 356, &c. 



MEDLAR, we have an apple and pear shaped sort 

 of; but this fruit is little cultivated, and not good 

 till rotten ripe. The sorts are, the German, the 

 Italian, and the English, or Nottingham medler. 

 Gather at the beginning of November, lay some on 

 straw, and cover with straw ; and others (to forward 

 their ripening) put in a box, on a three inch layer of 

 fresh bran, moistened well with soft warm water ; 

 then strew a layer of bran between them, and cover 

 two inches thick, which moisten also, but not so wet 

 as before : Thus layer upon layer, will, in a week, 

 ten days, or a fortnight, do the business. See pages 

 41, 84. 



The chief value of the medlar (as also of the 

 service) is its late coming in for table use, when 

 there is little other fruit to be had. 



MULBERRY, there is a Hack, a white, and a red 

 sort of; but the former is the one generally culti- 

 vated for fruit, being as such the best. The white 

 sort of mulberry is that cultivated for feeding silk 



