FRUIT. 
a tree, or plant, for the propagation or multiplication of its 
kind ; in ne . Sag fruit. ehades all kinds of feeds, with 
their 
Favits, feerif fed, 
the organic remains or 
—— to early w ee Sy 
of different Sipe fo 
ene aay of the 
(Organic Remains, ee 48, 
ner ia as al of the em 
of thefe 
SE bee Dy ed a numerous family of 
s of a former flate of the 
eae pee n or ¥ Se a a 
thefe miftakes, and refer the foffils to their proper clafs, 
when it can e3 with ‘particular reference to th 
ledge no 
undiffolved by er. The red folutions, and th 
juices, are fom times made dull, and fometimes more 
florid, by Bey and are generally ren purplifh by 
alkalies. The‘ colour 
The bri oe Ped fruit - of 
is an exception to the above 
Labat, a beautiful red 
> 
are fooneft, 
-cherry is confdersbly ds 
the opuntia, or prickly pear, 
it _ gives, accordin ny to 
h 
which is a pigment fufficiently 
water, but not mifcible with 
yellow dye. 
See AVIGNON Berry, pees TO, OF Rovcov, and. 
any 
: ga her, aie occa‘ion of 
them keep ; imported chiefly from beyond fea, and fold by 
the grocers. 
Such are raifins, currants, figs, 
megs, pepper, and other Spices ; 
{pective articles 
Under the = of dry fruits - alfo frequently. 
rs, alnionds, filberts, & 
See Pouarvnnseoes 
capers, olives, cloves, nut 
which fee under their re« 
coal 
te 
vay 4d ¢ 
| Aeaaies and. Prt« 
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Fro r-flice, a name giv ven by gardeners, ae others, fo a 
fort of {mall black flies, found ia vaft num ong fruit- 
ated in the {pring feafon, and fuppefed i eo oe injury: 
to 
Thefe are a {pecies of f{imall b lack fly. Mr. Leewenhoek 
referved fome of them for his microfcopical obfervations. : 
He found that they did not live longer than a day or twos 
but that the females in this time a ally laid a great num. 
ar ai who fuppofe that 
e trees, are miftaken : 
e that t arts are on their j ies but they have no 
canine wi c is themfelves; they: 
feed on fuchas is ally See and when there 
is not enough of this for their purpote 
places where the pucerons refort, and feed on ~ juices 
he thefe little creatures extravafate by means of the 
holes they bore in the leav oe with their trunks. Thefe 
7 are a {mall fort of infe& ve yor in ye 
ruit-trees, and other plants and trees they are a 
Ga colour, and are commonly called tree-lice. Phily 
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FRuItT ve Hes. mifchiefs aie _ of ‘aa cufs 
tom of many p ee swallow 
other fruit are very 
tions 
in 
feb Poiotophiea "Pranic 
who fuffere 
s As or a wom 
8 give us a 
: ie pains in Ra! le for thirty mer a once. 
h, len 
th a. ftron é bein 
Fei thefe ada 2 
driven down from her bowels to her anus, w. 
a fenfation of fto ‘oppage Poca and pro 
ane ae without voiding 
thin: this. 
a mont. 
n the “tance. Of a’ careful hand in 
flicted wit d after the taking it out 
fectly: well he ball extra€ted looked like a ftonc, and. 
felt very hard, but am in w on cutting it 
Foe SO ard matter, refembling a ftone, had gat Another 
Fruits, Proferuation of. See Frvim, in: 1: Gardening, Pre- inftance given in the fame papers a man, who dying 
a of FLowErs, and. Preferwation of: Saeleanigin em - of an incurable colic, which had tormentcd him many 
e early. ripeni ng of- frutits,: fee Fore NG and years, and baffled the effects medicines, was opened 
ee TING. after death; and in his bowels-was foun the caufe of 
Fruit, "Bread, See Brea his. diftemper, which. was a ball of the l#ke nature with 
RUITS, with. seeped to. scams are diftinguifhed. inte. that. juft mentioned, but fomething larger, being. fix inches 
nee, or fre/b, an in oe hen meafured, a: eighing. an ounce, 
an £; in the centre of this, as of = aoe aa was. 
TS, recent, ad 
from the tree, without any deirs 
~ moft of the productions 
ithe fruiterer 
Yr: r preparation; ; 
orchards,. fold by 
Fru ETS; dry, 
‘vith: other ingredients fometimes added- to them to make 
* thofe fold. juft- as- they. are gathered 
are thofe dried in the fun, or by the fire,- 
For" 
and, . 
