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following method, viz. get a large quan- 

 tity of mofs well dried ; and a number of 

 earthen jars fufficient to hold the fruit, 

 then place a layer of mofs and another of 

 pears till the jars are full, and flop them 

 up with plugs as clofe as you poflibly can, 

 which done, cover them with fand a foot 

 thick or more on every fide, and let them 

 be opened one by one as they are wanted 

 for ufe : if a few do happen to rot, the mofs 

 will receive their moifture, and prevent 

 them from injuring the others. 



Such as are defigned to be ufed firfl after 

 they have been couched, may be laid upon 

 a boarded floor or flielves in the fruitery, 

 where they ought to be kept dry by open- 

 ing the windows in fine days, but in rain or 

 froily weather, the windows mull be kept 

 clofe ftopt, to prevent the air from having 

 any efrecl upon the fruit -, and if the wea- 

 ther continues fevere, they muft be covered 

 with ftraw and cloths. 



The properefl rooms for fruit are thofe 

 with the windows on the fouth fide, and 

 that can either have a fire in them, or are 

 next to fome ftove, or other room where 

 one is commonly kept, which ought to be 

 U both 



