292 A TREATISE OF, &c. 



Tho* currants are a common fruit, yet 

 they are liked at table, in fome families, 

 and may be preferved good upon the trees 

 till November or December, admit they are 

 planted againft a wall : by only ^nailing 

 two tbickneffes of garden mats over them 

 in a dry day, when they are ripe, it pre- 

 vents their withering by the fun's heat, and 

 if the autumn be dry, a little water given 

 to the roots will be of fervice. 



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