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Durrell Stables Survayer of the Meltings Gold Pot Book, April 25, 1814

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To preserve apples for use during a whole twelvemonth
Dry a glazed Jar perfectly well, put a few Pebbles in at the Bottom; then fill the Jar with Apples and over it with a bit of Wood made to fit exactly; and over that, put a little fresh Mortar. The Pebbles attract the damp of the apples. The Mortar draws the air from the Jar and leave the apples free from its pressure, which together with the principle of putrefaction which the Air contains, are the causes of decay 
Apples, kept thus, have been found quite sound, fair and juicy in July and August -

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To make portable Balls, for removing Spots from Clothes in general
Take Fuller's Earth perfectly dried, so that it crumbles into a Powder; moisten it with the clear Juice of Lemons, and add a small quantity of pure pearl ashes; then work and knead the whole together, till it acquires the consistence of a thick elastic Paste; form it into convenient small Balls, and expose them to the heat of the fire, in which they ought to be completely dried. In this state they are fit for use in the manner following. First, moisten the Spot on your Clothes with Water then rub it with the Ball just described and suffer it again to dry in the fire; after having washed the Spot with pure Water it will entirely disappear -

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To prevent the Fly in Turnips 
Sowing radishes with Turnipseed will prevent the Fly because the Fly liking the Radishes better will naturally leave the Turnips -

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11 [left margin] 17 To preserve apples for use during a whole twelvemonth Dry a glazed Jar perfectly well, put a few Pebbles in at the Bottom; then fill the Jar with Apples and over it with a bit of Wood made to fit exactly; and over that, put a little fresh Mortar. The Pebbles attract the damp of the apples. The Mortar draws the air from the Jar and leave the apples free from its pressure, which together with the principle of putrefaction which the Air contains, are the causes of decay Apples, kept thus, have been found quite sound, fair and juicy in July and August - [left margin] 19 To make portable Balls, for removing Spots from Clothes in general Take Fuller's Earth perfectly dried, so that it crumbles into a Powder; moisten it with the clear Juice of Lemons, and add a small quantity of pure pearl ashes; then work and knead the whole together, till it acquires the consistence of a thick elastic Paste; form it into convenient small Balls, and expose them to the heat of the fire, in which they ought to be completely dried. In this state they are fit for use in the manner following. First, moisten the Spot on your Clothes with Water then rub it with the Ball just described and suffer it again to dry in the fire; after having washed the Spot with pure Water it will entirely disappear - [left margin] 19 To prevent the Fly in Turnips Sowing radishes with Turnipseed will prevent the Fly because the Fly liking the Radishes better will naturally leave the Turnips -