480. _To keep Oringes fresh all y^e Year._

Take such a number as you intend to keep out of the ship before they

are wash’d strow 2 inches of wood aishes finely sift’d in the bottom

of a box or barrell then lay the oringes in rowes to that they may

neither touch one another or the sides of the box then sifting 2 inches

thick of aishes more over them and place so many rowes of oringes after

the same manner as the box or barrell will hold.

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