Of FRUITS. 



*ECT. XVII* 



Cornel; u e. Cornelia?? cherry. The fruit ufed to 

 be by many preferved to make tarts, and a medicinal 

 preparation was alfo made of it, called rob de cornis. 

 See cherry, Lift 2, 19. 



Cherry : The forts may be the early May, May- 

 duke, (ripe in June) white, red, and black hearts, bleeding 

 heart, bigerodn, Turkey, trade/cants, and morella; to 

 which may be added, the yellow Spanijh, and white Swifs, 

 ripe in Augufi, 



In gathering cherries, take care not to pull the fruit 

 fpur off, which is a very common thing. If they are 

 properly ripe, they will part eafy from the tree. See 

 pages 31, 37, 85, 90, 103, 157, 160, 163. 



Chesnut is not a garden fruit, but the manured, 

 or Spanijh fort, in an open foliation, produces good 

 nuts about Michaelmas , and may be kept all winter, if 

 covered clofe from the air. See page 75. 



Currant, we have a fmali red and white, with a 

 larger of each, called Dutch currants, the Champaigne % 

 or pale red fort, and the black. There are currant trees 

 with variegated leaves, and a fort with a goofebeny 

 leaf. See pages 31, 38,76, 106, 159, 163. 



Fig is a fruit, the forts of which that are moftly 

 planted without doors in England, are the co??imon large 

 blue, early dwarf blue % early dwarf -white, and large white* 

 The firftkind is thehardieft; but yet do not always 

 ripen well with us abroad. See pages 29, 30, 74, 103, 

 105, 35 1, &c. 



Filberd, we hav* a white and red fort of, and the 

 latter judged moft agreeable in flavour. Other nuts 

 are the Spanijh, cob, and hazel in variety. The firft is 

 a large nut with a thin fliell, and the fecond is a large 

 one with a thick fheM, but both are good. There is a 

 nut near two inches long, but it does not kernel well. 

 See pages 37, 71, 76, 158. 



Gooseeerry, there are many forts of, arifing from 

 their propagation by feed, differing in their time 

 oi coming in, fize, colour, &c. The large forts of 

 goofeberries (weighing from ten to fifteen penny- 

 weights) 



