Cherries Are in general a wholesome fruit, when perfectly fresh, but not otherwise. Plums Are nourishing, but are apt to produce flatulence. If eaten fresh, and before they are ripe, especially in large quantities, they occasion colics, and other complaints of the bowels. Apricots Are more pulpy than peaches, but are apt to ferment, and produce acidities in weak stomachs. Gooseberries and Currants, When ripe, are similar in their qualities to cherries, and when used in a green state they are agreeably cooling.
Strawberries Are an agreeable, cooling aliment.
By some, the use of this exotic is condemned in terms the most vehement and unqualified, whilst others have either asserted its innocence, or gone so far as to ascribe to it salubrious and even extraordinary, virtues. That, taken in a large quantity, or at a later hour than usual, tea often produces wakefulness, is a point that cannot be denied, but if used in moderation, and accompanied with the additions just now mentioned, it does not sensibly discover any hurtful effects, but greatly refreshes one who is fatigued, and abates a pain of the head. As it has an astringent taste, which seems not very consistent with a relaxing power, there is ground for ascribing this effect not so much to the herb itself as to the hot water, which not being impregnated with a sufficient quantity of tea, to correct its own emollient tendency, produces a relaxation, unjustly imputed to some noxious quality of the plant. But tea, like every other commodity, is liable to damage, and when this happens, it may produce effects not necessarily connected with its original qualities. Turkey coffee is greatly preferable in flavor to that of the West Indies.