524 Account of the Ichworth Imperatrice Plum. 



and having folded them in blotting paper, I put them into a paper 

 bag and suspended them in my apple chamber. In this situation 

 they all remained perfectly sound till the end of February, or be- 

 ginning of March, gradually, but slowly becoming more shrivelled, 

 and ultimately still retaining a good deal of juice : and I entertain 

 scarcely any doubt but that with the aid of closed jars, I could have 

 preserved them till Midsummer or longer." 



