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ripe alike, efpecially of fome forts ^ and 

 therefore, before they are brought to the 

 table, the fmall unripe and rotten berries 

 muft be pickt off. 



Some of thefe bunches may, by the me- 

 thods before direfted, be kept eatable till 

 Chriftmas, but thefe fhould be gathered 

 from the vines before they are touched by 

 the frofts ; and after they are picked as be- 

 fore direfted; pack them up in fmall jars, 

 between layers of wood afhes fifted fine, 

 inftead of mofs. 



All fuch pears as would come to matu- 

 rity on the trees, are better gathered three 

 or four days before they are ripe, other- 

 wife they will eat mealy, and feveral kinds 

 will rot at the cores before they will fall 

 fpontaneoufly from the ti'ees. 



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