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pra&ife this Method. And wliere 

 the Ground in the Quarters is well 

 dreiled and trenched, the Fruit-trees 

 will partake of the Benefit ; for as 

 the Trees advance in their Growth, 

 fo their Roots are extended to a great 

 Dillance from their Stems ; and it is 

 chiefly from the diftant Roots that 

 the Trees are fupplied with their 

 Nourimment ; therefore the dreffing 

 of the Borders only, will not be fuf- 

 ficient for Fruit-trees which are old. 



In the gathering of the Pears, 

 great Regard mould be had to the 

 Bud which is form'd at the Bottom 

 of the Foot-ftalk, for the next Year's 

 BlofToms ; which, by forcing off the 

 Pear before it be mature, is, many 

 times, fpoil'd ; for while the Fruit 

 is growing, there is always a Bud 

 form'd by the Side of the Footftalk, 

 upon the fame Spur, for the next 

 Year's Fruit; fo that when the Pears 

 are ripe, if they are gently turn'd 

 upward, the Footftalk will readily 

 part from the Spur, without injure- 

 ing the Bud. 



The Seafon for gathering all 

 Summer Pears is juft as they ripen ; 

 for none of theie will remain good 

 above a Day or two after they are 

 taken from the Tree : nor will many 

 of the Autumn Pears keep good 

 above ten Days, or a Fortnight, af- 

 ter they are gathered. But the Win- 

 ter-fruits mould hang as long upon 

 the Trees <.s the Seafon will permit ; 

 for they muft not receive the Froft, 

 which will caufe them to rot, and 

 render their Juices flat, and ill-taii- 

 cd: but if the Weather continues 

 mild until the Middle of Oclober, it 

 will then be a good Seafon for ga- 

 thering them in ; which mult always 

 be done in dry Weather, and wnen 

 the Trees are perfectly dry. 



In the doing of this, you ought 

 carefully to avoid bruifing them ; 

 therefore you Ihould have a broad 



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flat Bafket to lay them in as they arc 

 gather'd ; and when they are carried 

 into the Store-room, they mould be 

 taken out fingly, and each Sort laid 

 up in a clofe Heap, on a dry Place, 

 in order to fweat, where they may 

 remain for ten Days, or a Fortnight ; 

 during which time the Windows 

 mould be open, to admit the Air, ia 

 order to carry off all the Moifture 

 which is perfpired from the Fruit: 

 after this, the Pears mould be taken . 

 fingly, and wiped dry with a woollen 

 Cloth, and then pack'd up in dole 

 Bafkets ; obferving to put (ome fweet 

 Wheat-flraw in the Bottom*, and 

 round the Sides of the Baskets, to 

 prevent their bruifing againrt the 

 Baskets. And if fome thick fofc 

 Paper is laid double or treble all 

 round the Basket, between the Straw 

 and the Pears, this will prevent the 

 Pears from imbibing the mufty Tafte 

 which is communicated to them bv 

 the Straw, when they are contigu- 

 ous ; which Ta!te often penetrates 

 thro" the Skin fo ftronglv, that when 

 the Fruit is pared, the Taite will re- 

 main. You -mould alfo obferve to 

 put but one Sort of Fruit into a 

 Basket, left, by their different Fer- 

 mentations, they mould rot each 

 other ; but if you have enough of 

 one Sort to fill a Basket which holds 

 two or three Bufliels, it will be ftilt 

 better. After you have fill'd the 

 Baskets, you mull cover them over 

 with Wheat-ftraw very clofe ; f.rfl: 

 laying a Covering of Paper two or 

 three times double over the Fruit, 

 and fatten them down ; then place 

 thefe Baskets in a clofe Room, where 

 they may be kept dry, and from 

 Froft ; but the lefs Air is let into 

 the Room, the better the Fruit will 

 keep. It will be very necefiary to 

 fix a Label to each Basket, denoting 

 the Sort of fruit therein contain'd ; 

 which will fave the Trouble of open- 

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