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till Auguil. The young green berries will, 

 in fome early trees againll 6outh vvaiis, be ki 

 to gather in April, and in general lupplies lu 

 May and June, — very uietul for pies, tans, 

 and other culinary purpofes ; and in the be- 

 ginning of June, when of lull growih, before 

 they begin to ripen, a quantity may be ga- 

 thered, and bottled up, the cork feiiied down 

 clofc with wax or rofin, to ex-.lude the air, ' 

 and placed in a cellar, or buried in the 

 ground, will keep goud feveral months : and 

 in their mature growth of ripenefs, are iu 

 perfe(ftion, in the early and late forts, fr.'ni 

 the middle of June till the end of Auguft; or 

 iome late ripeners, if in the f u 1 fun, may be 

 matted, to fhade them, and .thereby will con- 

 tinue longer. 



CURRANT. 



/^URRANTS are very agreeable Summer 

 fruit, ufeful principally in their ripe 

 Itate, or occalionaily when green for tarts; 

 but when ripe are good and wholefome, both 

 to eat as defert fruu, and tor various culinary 

 occafions, alfo to make currant wine, jelly, 

 &c. and to prefervc : and black currant jelly 

 is ufeful as a medicine ; and therefore the 

 trees of the different var :et:ts ihould be ad- 

 jnitted plentifully in gardens, but moll of the 

 red and white, planted both as llandard 

 bufhes round the qu:;ters of the kitchen gar- 

 riep, a^d in Qro(s row^s or occafionally in 



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