72 September 1748. 



his houfe, in which all forts of fruit, fiich 

 as peaches, apples, pears, cherries, and 

 others, are in plenty. The peaches were 

 now almoft ripe. They are rare in Europe^ 

 particularly in Sweden, for in that country 

 hardly any people befides the rich taile 

 them. But here every countryman had an 

 orchard full of peach trees, which were 

 covered with fuch quantities of fruit, that 

 we could fcarcely walk in the orchard, 

 without treading upon thofe peaches which 

 were fallen off; many of which were always 

 left on the ground, and only part of thetn 

 was fold in town, and the reft was confu- 

 med by the family and ftrangers -, for every 

 one that paffed by, was at liberty to go in- 

 to the orchard, and to gather as many of 

 them as he wanted. Nay, this fine fruiu 

 was frequently given to the fwine. 



This fruit is however fometimes kept 

 for winter ufe, and for this purpofe they 

 are prepared in the following manner. 

 The fruit is cut into four parts, the ftone 

 thrown away, and the fruit put upon a 

 thread, on which they are expofed to the 

 funfhine in the open air, till they are fuffi- 

 ciently dry. They are then put into a vef- 

 fel for winter. But this manner of drying 

 them i« not very good, becaufe the rain of 

 this feafon very eafily fpoils and putrifies 



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