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You shall on the West side of your house, within your inward dairy and kitchin court, fence in a large base court, in the midst whereof would be a faire large Pond, well ston'd and grauelled in the bottome, in which your Cattell may drinke, and horses when necessitie shall vrge be washt: for I doe by no meanes alow washing of horses after instant labour.

The English Husbandman The First Part: Contayning the Knowledge of the true Nature of euery Soyle within this Kingdome: how to Plow it; and the manner of the Plough, and other Instruments Gervase Markham

Take twelve Pound of ston'd Cherries, boil them, break them as they boil; and when you have boiled all the Juice away, and can see the

Mrs. Mary Eales's receipts. (1733) Mary Eales

Pound of ston'd Currants; boil them as fast as you can, 'till the

Mrs. Mary Eales's receipts. (1733) Mary Eales

When your Currants are ston'd and ty'd up in Bunches, take to a

Mrs. Mary Eales's receipts. (1733) Mary Eales

Stone the Cherries; and to ten Pound of Cherries, when they are ston'd, put three Pound of Sugar very fine beaten; shake the

Mrs. Mary Eales's receipts. (1733) Mary Eales

Pound and half of Sugar, and half a Pound of ston'd Currants; set them on a quick Fire, let them boil very fast, 'till the Currants are clear and jelly very well; then put them in Pots or Glasses; stir them as they cool, to make the Currants mix with the Jelly:

Mrs. Mary Eales's receipts. (1733) Mary Eales

Take six pounds of Cherrys, three pounds of sugar, three quarts of Water, your Cherrys being stalk'd ston'd and well broke; mix all together and put it into your Cask.

Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792

Water; and run thro a Jelly-bag a Pint and a half of the Jelly, and three Pounds of fine Sugar; set it on a quick Fire; when it boils, scum it, and put in two Pounds of the ston'd Cherries; let them not boil too fast at first, take them off some Times; when they are tender, boil them very fast 'till they jelly, and are very clear; then put them in the Pots or Glasses.

Mrs. Mary Eales's receipts. (1733) Mary Eales