‘and the Fruits” Tre ae — —____— 
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Of the Manner of gathering Fruits, and Preferving 
them ‘ich Gathering. 
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poe <j OT WITHSTANDING that we have ftrictly follow'd 
2 ix fe all the preceding Directions, and got great Quantities of fine 
JARRE? Fruits, yet if we don’t know when to gather them, “tis very 
probable that we may’nt have any worth our Eating ; for when Fruits 
are gather'd befere they are ripe, their Juices are crude, and being not 
fully grown, they immediately fhrivel, and become tough. And on 
the other Hand, when Fruits hang on the Trees a longer Time than their 
Juices are ri en ‘d, ae Ji Mice are Po aed prelpined or seals away, 
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CHERRIES are fit to be gather'd when they are become ee very 
deep black; and indeed, if they have a free drying Air, cannot be too 
much ripen’d. They are belt being eaten from the Trees, after a 
Shower of Rain; but moft commonly out of Spring Water after Dinner. 
The beft Time to gather them is the Morning, when the Crudities of 
the Dew are evaporated, before the Heat of the Day comes on. 
APRI COT. S, viz. the Mafiuline, Roman, Ti urkey, sid Bruxels, 
are varioufly eaten ; fome delighting to eat them when crilp, others 
when mellow, or a little foft, but not mealy ; which laft, in my 
humble Opinion, is the beft, becaufe that then all the Juices are in their 
utmoft Perfection, which in the others a are crude and immature. 
SOME delight to eat them ane the Tree, and indeed the Bruxel is 
beft when fo eaten ; 5 others not until the next Day after gathering, which 
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