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nuts are commonly threfhed, or beaten down 

 with long poles. 



When they are gathered, clear the nuts 

 from the outer green hufks ; or if thefe at firft 

 adhere clofely to the iheli, lay them together 

 in an heap for»a few days, they will then rea- 

 dilv detach. Wipe the nuts clean, and houfe 

 them in a dry apartment, and covered clofe 

 with ftraw to exclude the air ; or lay feme in. 

 dry fand, that they may keep longer in good 

 conuition for eating. 



C H E S N U T. 



QHESNUTS are fometimes admitted in 

 fruit-tree collections, in cxtenfive grounds, 

 ieldom in fmall gardens, or thofe of moderate 

 compafs, efpeciaJly as the trees are of conli- 

 derable fpreading growth, and long before 

 they bear any tolerable quantity, and as the 

 frait does not always ripen in this country in 

 full perleiftion in fize and flavour ; nowever, 

 as in favourable ie.-:fons they fomecimes ac- 

 quire toleraS^'" maturity, fome trees thereof 

 may be introuuced in large orchards, parks, 

 &c. Hud of wh^ch there is only one principal 

 variety proper for culture, 'viz. 



Cultivated, or Spanifh Chefnut. 



This tree grows to a lofty ftature and large 

 aagnitude, with a confiderable fpreading 



head 



