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the isle of Zante, by our Levant traders, and 

 first planted in England in the year 1533, 

 I conclude was the vine that produces the 

 small grapes which we call currants, and of 

 which the English use more than all the rest 

 of the world together. This fruit grows in 

 great abundance in several places in the Ar- 

 chipelago. We have a factory at Zante, 

 from whence we import them so closely 

 pressed by treading, that they are often 

 obliged to be dug out with an iron instru- 

 ment, the natives thinking we use them as a 

 dye. 



Currant trees produce their fruit on small 

 snags, that come out of the former year's 

 wood : in pruning, care should be taken not 

 to injure that part; but the shoots may be 

 shortened or thinned as soon as the leaves 

 are off. They require least room, and have 

 a neat appearance, in private gardens, when 

 planted as espaliers; and the fruit is thought 

 to ripen better. 



