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weights) have been much run upon, yet there are 

 (mail ones better tailed. The names at leaft of the 

 forts are numerous, (above £00) but thofe that have 

 been long commonly cultivated are, the early black, 

 Jmall early red, j?nooih green, hairy green, common and 

 large white, hairy and jmooth red, ironmonger, Cham- 

 paigne, yellow, amber, and taw ney. Seepages 31, 38, 

 76, 106, 159, 165. 



Grape. The only forts likely to fruit well in open 

 culture, are the black July, ivhiie and black fw set water \ 

 black mufcadine, and black clujler.- See pages 29, 31, 

 75, 103, 105, 147, &c. 



Medlar, we have an apple and pear (haped fort of ; 

 but this fruit is little cultivated, and not good till rotten 

 ripe. The forts are, the German, the Italian, and the 

 Englijh, or Nottingham medlar. Gather at the begin- 

 ning of November, lay fome on ftraw, and cover with 

 frraw ; and others (to forward their ripening) put in a 

 box, on a two inch layer of frefh bran, moiltened well 

 with toft warm water; then flxcw bran between them, 

 and cover two inches thick, which moiHe-i alio, but 

 not to wet as before: Proceed thus, layer upon layer; 

 and a week, ten days, or a fortnight, will do the bufi- 

 nefs. See pages 37, 75. 



The chief value of the medlar ; as alfo of the fervice). 

 is its late coming in for table ufe, when there is littjfc 

 other fruit to be had : Few like it. 



Mulberry, there is a black, a white, and a red 

 fort of ; but the former is the one generally cultivated 

 for fruit, being as fuch the bell. The white fort of 

 mulberry is that cultivated for tmdmgjfJk worms. The 

 red fort is the common mulberry of Virginia^ hardy\ 

 and fucceeds here. 



The mulberry tree mould have a grafs plat under it 

 for t*he fruit to fall on : tor thole thus picked up will 

 be fuperior to what mav be gathered. See pages 32, 

 37, 75 1 157, " J 



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