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Could thefe difficulties be obviated, I conceive 

 we ihould in a few years rind good apples at every 

 cottage, and greater choice at our country markets. 



This being, in my opinion, an object of fome 

 utility, give me leave to fugged fome hints, which 

 you may pofiibly improve and render really ufeful. 



After making a catalogue of the bed apples for 

 eating, baking, keeping, &c. fuppofe your fociety 

 were to procure grafts of each kind from the coun- 

 ties mod celebrated for the refpective forts : which, 

 I imagine, may be done by a fociety at a moderate 

 expence, as many gentlemen would be proud to 

 furnifh them; fo that the carnage would be the 

 only cod: fome might be purchafed tlnd given 

 away, without any great expence to the fociety. 



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I fear offering a premium for the; cultivation of 



apple-trees, would be inadequate to the intent; as 

 fmall rewards, which mud neceflarily be difficult 

 and flow in their operation, would not raife a Tpirit 

 in farmers in general to puriue the object. 



• I therefore think that the Bath Society (if they 



m the fubjecr. worthy notice) might advertile 



that they were collecting a quantity of grafts from 



opple-tiees of fnperior kinds, which they meant to 



diflribute 



