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that neighbourhood make wine from cranber- 

 ries ; but never having tasted this liquor, I 

 can give no account of it's quality. The 

 English cranberries, which are preserved in 

 bottles with no other care than keeping them 

 dry, are very superior to those large cran- 

 berries imported from the northern parts of 

 America, which are now so common in the 

 shops of London. These berries, being pack- 

 ed in large casks, must undergo a fermenta- 

 tion during the voyage, which consequently 

 deprives them of a part of their natural fla- 

 vour. Cranberries are also imported from 

 Russia and Germany ; and during this last 

 year great quantities have been brought from 

 New Holland, which are smaller, and darker 

 coloured, than those brought from America, 

 and very superior in flavour. Cranberries are 

 found growing in many parts of Spain and 

 Hungary. They are the produce of damp 

 swampy lands only : but the idea that they 

 will not bear transplanting, is erroneous, the 

 late Sir Joseph Banks having planted some 

 near a pond in his grounds at Spring Grove, 

 which have produced fruit beyond calcula- 

 tion. This information may be worth the 

 attention of those who have marshy or brook 

 land, as a matter of profit ; and to those who 

 have ornamental water in their gardens or 



