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is the Junating, the next the Summer Pearmain. 

 Besides these I would have a Doctor-apple, a Fall- 

 Pippin, a Newtown Pippin and a Greening, The 

 quantity would not be very large that six trees 

 would produce ; yet it would be considerable, and 

 the quality would be exquisitely fine. I would not 

 suffer too great a number of fruit to remain on the 

 tree ; and, I would be bound to have the three last- 

 named sorts weighing, on an average, 12 ounces, 

 I have seen a Fall-Pippin that weighed a pound. — 

 To preserve apples, in their whole state, observe 

 this, that /ro5^ does not much injure them, provided 

 they be kept in total darkness daring the frost and 

 until they be used, and provided they be perfectly 

 dry when put away. If put together in large par- 

 cels, and kept from the frost, they heat, and then 

 theyro^ ; and, those of them that happen not to rot, 

 lose their flavour, become vapid, and are, indeed, 

 good for little. This is the case with the Newtowr 

 Pippins that are sent to England, which are ha^\ 

 lost by rot, while the remainder are poor tasteless 

 stuff, very little better than the English apples, the 

 far greater part of which are either sour or mawk- 

 ish. The apples thus sent, have every possible dis- 

 advantage. They are gathered carelessly ; tossed 

 into baskets and tumbled into barrels at once, and 

 without any packing stuff between them ; the bar 

 rels are flung into and out of wagons ; they are 

 rolled along upon pavements ; they are put in the 

 hold, or between the decks, of the ship : and, is it 

 any wonder, that a barrel of pomace, instead of 

 apples, arrive at Liverpool or London ? If, instead 

 of this careless work, the apples were gathered {a 

 week before ripe ;) not bruised at all in the gather- 

 ing ; laid in the sun, on boards or cloths, three 

 days, to let the watery particles evaporate a little ; 



