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1 ayes them up in a New pot or balen, that they may be kept asunder. Demecrituedoth first cover them over with leaves, and then he makes morter of clay or ofsome Potters chalk with hair chopt into it, wherewith he besmears the Quinces *and when he hath dryed them in the San, he layer them up: and whensoever hewould use any of them, he breaks op their case, and there finds his Quinces in thesame taking as they were, when he pat them in. But Pliny tcacheth us very briefly,that if we would keep Quinces long, we must shut them up so close, that no airmay come at them. By the like means, you may preserve

AS things close exceeding vnU,

Magt, when he would preserve any fruit close, he covers them all over very careful-ly witii Potters chalk, and then dries it in the Sun; and if there happen to be anychap in the mould, he stoppeth it up with lome, and so when it is drie, layes ittip. Others take a new earthen pitcher, and strew it with the dust or (havings ofPoplar, or else of the Holm-tree; and then they place the fruit in it, in such sortthat there lies sortie of the dust betwixt every fruit: then they boord that space, andmake a floor over that stoary ; and having so done, they strew the second stoary withthe like dust, and there also dispose of their fruit as in the other stoary: then theyboord that space too , and make a third stoary, and so a fourth, and so for-ward till the pitcher be filled up r and When it is full, (hey lay a covering upon it,and plaister it over very carefully with thick lome. Others put their fruit into a bar-rel, but they place them in such order, that the one may not touch the other; audahen they close up the barrel again, as Palladm reportcth. Asricantu teaeheth a waywhereby b

Figs may he (hut my te be preserved long,

You mufl take a green Gourd, and make in it certain cells or hollow places of tc*ceipt, for every several fig a several cell) Into these cells you must put your figs#and wrap the gourd about with a swathe of cloatbor leather, and then har-g up thegourd in a dark place where neither fire nor smoak may come at them: But yortmust see that the figs which you would thus preserve, have their tails ar stalks uponahem. Others take a cup of glaflt, or some other cup that you may see thorough,•pd set it upon the figs with the mouth downward,and stop up with wax every placeround about, that no ait may come Within the cups mouth ; and so the figs arepreserved without any corruption. Pndadim rehearseth the Very fame experimentout of the seme Author, Likewise

Cervifes mOy be shut up in barrels ,

and thereby be preserved a great while. You must take Cervices presently as they aregathered, and make choice of those that are not bruised nor blemished any ways1 hese you must put into a barrel, and (but up the mouth of the barrel very close,aud plaister it over with mortcr. Or else you may rake clay-mortcr, that ss wellmade, and beaten together, that it may be about the thickness of honey, anddrench your Cervifes in it, and then hang them up i so you may preserve them soundawhile* and afterward you must wash them, that the morttr" which sticks uponthem, may fall off. So,the fruit

,Zn.iphum may be shut up in tarthen vessels J

to be long preserved, as TaBadim £hcwctb. But. they must be gathered by hand,and tbat not before they be ripe* and yon must flint them up in long earthen ves-sels,and plaister them over, aud so lay them up. He fheweth also that

Medlars * and thefritit Tuber may be shut Up 'in pitchers, fa tobe preserved'.'

You must put your Medlars into pitchers, that are besmeared with pitch on the in-side ; bat the pitchers wherein you put your Tubers, must nor only be pitjched ohthe in-side, but also daubed over oft the out-sidc. So Vidymm fheweth, that

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