Modern curiosities of art & nature extracted out of the cabinets of the most eminent personages of the French court : together with the choicest secrets in mechanicks, communicated by the most approved artists of France / composed and experimented by the Sieur Lemery, apothecary to the French king ; made English from the original French.

How to keep Grapes till Easter, as red and fresh as if they were upon the Vine.

You must gather your Grapes pretty green, about eight daies before the usual time, and when they are dry, not rotten, mouldy, no•• moist, then lay them •…•…dsomely in a little

Barrel, one against another, very softly; when full, thrust them down again, and fill it at the Bung with old or last years Rai∣sins, keeping it in a Cellar; when you would use them, knock out the Head of the Cask, and they will be very good.