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if j hey be so laid. up therein, that one of them may not touch another. So AsricA-Mwreporceth', Tstiac

Figgsmay he longpreserved in Honey , ;j t ;

if they be so disposed and placed in it, that they neither touch each other, nor yetthe vessel wherein they be put; and when you have so placed them, you must makefast the lid of the vessel upon them, and there let them lie without troubling them.And PallAtm reports the same: Green Figs, faith he, may be preserved in Honey,if you place them so that they may not touch each other. Florentmm also fheweth,That , •

Cherries may he preserved in Honey ,

if you put th'erh into a vessel that is strawed in the bottom with Savory, and so castsome honey upon them; but your honey must be somewhat sharpe. So likewise

Medlars may he preserved in Honey 9

to last a great while without rotting, as Palladim fheweth: but then they most begathered before they be throughly ripe. Martial fheweth also, That

Nuts may he preserved in Honey ,

to be green all the year long; and he speaks it of his own trial and experience. Yonmust take green Nuts, and pluck them out of their shells, and so let them be sow fedin honey : and the honey wherein they are sowfed, will become very medidnable,insomuch that if you make a potion of it, it will be very helpful to cur c the Airtc*rics, and the Jaws. Talladitu faith, That

'Peaches may be preserved in Honey ,

if you take out the stone before you sowse them , and besides that they will last longjthis will also make them to be very well relished. He faith also that they may bewell preserved in the liquor Oxymel. To be > brief, < olumella faith plainly thacthere is no kind of fruit but maybe well preserved in honey Bur he prescribes icfor a general rule in this cafe, that every kindoffruit (hou’d be preserved in severalby it self: for if you lay up divers kinds of fruits together, one of them will corruptand marre the other. So also

- Grapes may he presertsed in Honey t

and they will last long without any blemish in them, if they be so preserved, as D<-dymui writeth. But we will shew now,

What kinds of fruits are best preserved in Honey.

For, T have endeavoured my self in this Practise, how to keep fruits without putre-faction, and for this cause, I laid up all kinds of fruits in vessels of glass filled withhoney, that so I might prove, which might be preserved longest: -nd I found greatdifference among them , some kinds lasting long and some but a little while. For,the fruits that were by their own kind, full of moisture, did attaint the honey } sothat the honey being ic self attainted, was not possibly able to preserve the fruitfrom putrefaction. Grapes, Figgs, and Peaches are soon putrified by reason of theirmoistnefs; Quinces, Apples, and Pears do last longer uncorrupced j but Nuts willWill last green and found a whole year together.

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