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Sect. XV. 3. 5 



OF 



FRUITS, 



419 



D 



nze of the fruit by that means alfo, as well a. by the ad 



d 



z 



Where t 



■ 



ddition of 



efs aromati 



much moift 



IS 



D 



without at the fame time 



armth, feme inconveniences are 

 md faccharine flavour of 



liabl 



as a 



fruit 



When therefo 



fruits become nearl}' 



IS 



. pe, lefs water fliould be given them, unlefs 

 fame time to increafe the heat, in which 



merfed 



may be done in fome hot-houfe 



and then the fl 



of the fruit may be heightened, as well as its fize iacreaftd, as fh 

 by Mr. Baftard in the Philofophical Tranfafl. who planted p.ne.appl 



plants in veffels of 

 hot-houfe, or on the fire-fl 



d placed thefe veffels near the top of the 



for the purpole of fupplying them 



with a c^reater heat ; and produced by thefe means both 



nfcrib 



word 



dfhall 



flerts, and better flavoured pine apples 

 On this important fub^ed I fl^all tr 

 only add, that fleam from boiling water is now fuccefsfully ufed 

 Le hot.houfes for the growth both of vines and of pmes, but muft 

 require fome attention in th 



ppl 



veyed through 



fmall apert 



f 



hich perfor 



(ion ally 

 a brick arch. 



which is conftruaed fomewhat like the floor of a malt-kiln where 

 1. w,rer boils beneath the beds of bark or of fo,l; and .s occafionally 



admitted 



room above 



and thus fupplies moiflu 



and heat 



both to the <Trouad and to the air of the hot-houfe 



My hotthoufe is covered with the beft crown glafs, which I ap 



prehend gives more heat th 



the common fort of green glafs 



& 



fed for h 



houfes 



I 



the front par 



of 



houfe, and 



died any where in the loweft parts of it, the puie-apple plants w 1 



th 



low 



The way in which I treat them is as fol 

 , i Vice" a' (helf near the higheft part of the back wall, fo that 

 .uc piue-plants may ftand without abfolutely touching the glafs but 

 as near it as can be. On this ftelf I place pans full of water, about 

 feven or eight inches deep ; and in thefe pans I put the puie-apple 



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pla 



