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cat Juice, but it is red “in the’ Middle. 
that it will ripen with lying ; fo that it, may be - 
of, the Birds ;. 
The Flefh is white, and full of a very rich: 
This 1s 
one of the Peaches, the. Pulp of which pais 
' freely from the Stone. 
A fourth Peach of this Seafon is the Cambray. ° 
This is inferior to the three: others, but is not 
without its Value. It is fmaller than the. lait: 
_ named, and of a longifh Shape. 
a greenifh white, and ‘it is very little ftained with 
‘red on the funny Side. — 
It is moderately j juicy, 
and the Tafte agreeable. | 
The {mall Medlari is now ripe; andi it oreatly ex- 
ceeds the larger Kind. The Free has no Thorns - 
upon it, and the Fruit- has.a | 
lefs Core. .~ 
.This recommends it; but atee more the Ex- 
cellence of its Tafte in the foft Pulp, 
_ The Quince now ripens alfa; and thee’ 1S. one 
Kind very much fuperior to the reft.. This is 
the Portugal, 
‘It is of the Shape of the Bure Pear, and iris | 
its Size ; and one Thing which ought to recom- 
mend the Tree is, that it is a ae Bearer. 
Of the Pear Kind there are, . The long 
ftalk’d Rofe Pear. 
This is very little inferiour'to the other Rofe 
Pear, defcribed in a preceding Chapter. It is a mid- 
ling Pear, and has a very long and flender Stalk. 
It is of a dark brown toward. the Sun,, and 3 
yellow on the other Side, when ripe. There ‘is 
a Firmnefs in the Fleth of. this Pear, which to 
fome i is very agreeable, 
‘The Wafps are fond of it, as are alfo many 
tis therefore difficult to. pre- 
ferve it; but there is one Advantage, which js, 
: gathered a few Days before the Time when. it is 
Its Colour is a ~ 
| {weet Juice. 
| make: a good: Higure; becaufe the — bai 
Mass The Sen Whoibaim: 
Kind hang thin and ‘ftraggling in ‘the’ Bunches, 
to be ufed; and it will thus be obtained entire. 
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2. The Salveati is a fecond Pear of this Sea.-“——— 
fon. -Itis one of the round Kinds, and is of a 
moderate Size: and it is red toward the Sun, 
and elfewhere, when ripe, yellow. 
The Flefh is tender, and the Tatte extremely 
{weet. This is another of the Kinds of which 
Birds and Infects are fond; and it muf# be there- 
fore gathered two or chiee Days before it is S ripe, 
for it will not eat the worfe. 
3. The Deans Pear, called alfo the Dike 
ripens: now, and is an exceeding fine Kind, 
This is of ‘a middling Size, fomewhat longifh, 
and of a white Colour. The: Fleth is tender, 
and full of a rich and pleafant Juice,* ~~ 
With refpec&t of Apples, there are now in. 
good Seafon the White Calville, a very’ good 
Kind, and the Golden Rennet, and Golden Pip- 
pin, too well known to need Defcription. 
The prefent Year does not favour Grapes ; 
but it is a Seafon when fome good Kinds natu 
‘rally are in their Perfection, 
1. The Fic Grape. This has its Name from 
- the Colour of the Berries; which is exactly what 
we call Flefh Colour. It is a Kind that ripens 
_in fuch Years as do not fucceed for others. 
- The Berries are of a longifh Shape, they ftand 
clofe. ins the Bunch, and they are full of ‘a very 
The Bunches are fmall, but they 
together,» 
The Bersiée of this 
and hava: a very long Stalk, They are oblong 
and very ‘large. © Their Colour’ is brown, ane 
the Fruit eats flefhy, with avery pleafant Juice, 
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WA EE eke — 
The Care and M. anagement - Fruit-Trees. et 
Hi IS Week i is a very proper Time forthe | 
pruning and managing of Goofeberry and 
Candhe Trees ; and they are to be ftrengthened 
at the Time of pruning, by breaking : and- en- 
riching the Earth about them. i 
_ The beft Method is to cut them pretty clofe, 
and then leave their Bratiches to difplay them- 
felves according to Nature; and when ‘this 1s 
done, a fprividling of old Dung fhould be fcat- | 
tered over the Ground in which they ftand, and 
— dug i in. 
Shrubs i is extremely. bad. “Mr, Mi.ier, who has 
been hitherto fuppofed a Writer incapable of - 
Miftakes, directs the Branches of thefe Buthes to 
be tied up with Withs, and Coleworts and Cab- 
~ bages to be planted between them. This is not 
by the prefent better Practice. 
lefs contrary to Reafon, than it is contradiéted - 
This tying up of 
the Branches, leaves the Earth about their Stems 
“too much expofed to Frofts; and the Plantation. 
of thefe large and drawing Plants exhaufts the 
Nourifhment- from the Ground. 
- The Contrivance of Nature in fpreading ‘hi 
Branches of thefe Bufhes near the Ground, js 
Pie Sy 
ores the Tete oy; their Roots, ses Ground 
being kept foft and mellow. under: their Shelter ; : 
which his Method of tying up prevents. 
‘With Refpeét to the other, it is a Chance 
whether the Cabbage and Colewort Plants ftand 
the Winter ; and if they do, their beft Produce 
is by no Means worth the flarving of the 
Shrubs, 
For this Reafon, as Kicker Ground is feldom 
fcarce, and the-Produce of the Currant and 
| Goofeberry Bufhes, when in its Perfection, a 
The common Method of managing ‘thefe | 
very ufeful and valuable Article, they are by 
no Means to be injured for the Sake of what 
is fo much inferior to them ; and they will, by the 
Method we have propofed for the autumnal Ma- 
-nagement of the Shrubs, rival meas F ruits of 
better Name. pt ah | 
The fame Kind of Management is to be con- 
tinued to the Rafpberry Ground. y tad 
Firft let the Gardener go. through the Plan- 
tation with a fharp Knife and a fleady Hand, and. 
boldly cut away the old ufelefs Wood. : 
When this is done, Jet him go over the 
Ground he has trampled with a {mall bea. 
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