314 The Gardeners Kalendar. Oct. 

 ground in the Ipring, before the bufhes put out 

 their leaves, and by digging of the ground, the 

 fruit of both forts will be greatly improved. 



Preferve the ftones or kernels of fuch forts 

 of fruit as you intend to fow for to propagate 

 for flocks, in fand, until the feafonfor fowing 

 them ; but you muil place them out of the way 

 of mice and rats, which will deftroy them if 

 they get to them 5 and, whenever you put any 

 of them into the ground, the fame caution 

 mull be obferved 5 for thefe vermin will foon 

 deftroy your kernels, where they can come to 

 them, if they arc not prevented. 



You ihould now gather all forts of winter 

 fruit; but this fiiould always be done when the 

 trees are peifeflly dry, otherwife the fruit will 

 not keep fo well. Your choice forts of winter 

 Pears fliould be laid in an heap in a dry place, 

 for about a fortnight or three weeks, to fweat ; 

 after which time they iliould be carefully wiped 

 dry, and each fort put up into a feparate bafket, 

 with paper put round the fide and the bottom 

 of each, as alfo over the fruit, to exclude the 

 external air ; in which method they will keep 

 much better than where they are fpread thin 

 on (lielves, and expofed to the air, whereby 

 their fkins will become flaccid; and if fome of 

 the moil choice forts are each wrapped in 



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