Book IV. of Fruits. 
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hot Countries, a more defecated or better fined Fuyce. For the rea- 
fon why the Stone is fo great, is becaufe the Vefels run fo very «nus 
meroufly through the Body ofit ; and fo caufe a more copious preci- 
pitation of the Lees of the Sap thereinto. 
7.5. A CHEERY is likewife near related to a Plum. But 
the Bracement or Reticulation of the Veffels, is here carried out further, Tab. 6 
fo as to be all round about contiguous to the shiz. And as the Aer. 09 
Veffels in the Branch of a Cherry-Tree,: are Jarger than thofe of an Ap- 
ple-Branch, but lef than thofe of a Plum-Branch; fo may they be pre- 
famed, to bear the fame Proportion here in the Fruit, 
8. $ A WALNUT, isa Nuciprunes or betwixt a Plum and a 
Nut, asa Bat is betwixt a Beaftand.a Bird. For the Rind, anfwers to 
the Pulp ; and the Shel, as the stone, is alfo lined. But the Seed-Vef- 
Sels, which in a Phu run through’ a ‚Chanel made on purpofe in the 
Stone ; do here enter, asin a Nut, at the Centre of the Shell, By which 
means, they are invefted with a more fair Parenchyma 5 which Nature 
hath provided, as her Cloth, for the making of the Coats wide enough 
for fo vaft a Kernel. 
CHAP. Iv. 
Of the GRAPE, and HAZEL-NUT > with fome 
other Fruits, analogous to. each of them. 
es, do he: 
e Se, of 
GRAPE, isd Plum with two Stones; for their 
thickneß, as hard As any other, The Diftribution b 
Of the Vefelsis alfo fomewhat different. "For che 745.69 
principal Fibres running up dircály betwixt the 
Stones; and the-fmaller, making only one fingte 
Net, near the Circumference ; they all meet toge- 
4° ther at the Top of the Grape. It is alf to be no- 
ted, That many Lignous Fibres are vifibly mixed with the Skinit (elf: 
whereby it becomes very thick and tough. And asthe Aer-Veffels in 
the Trunk of a Vine, are greater than in that of an Apple, Pear, or Plum: 
So isit to be prefumed, that ina Grape, they are greater than in the 
Fruits of thofe Trees. 
Utmoft is derived fro; 
Sappy. The midlemoft, fiom the Pith; fomewhat white, and more 
dry, as the Diametral Infertions in fome Roots.: In both of them, the 
Bladders are very confpicuous, above what they arein any Fruit, I at 
prefent think of fo as to be vifible to a good Eye without a Glafs. Tab, 69: 
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