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them, and to tranAnit their purport to you; and amj> 

 with much regard, 



^ Your refpeftful friend, 



Norwich, JOHN WAGSTAFFE, 



Dec. 5, 1788. 



P.S, In your lafl publication is given an invita- 

 tion to counties remote from your own to fend 

 fcions from known and valuable fruits within their 

 diftridlis; I therefore wilh to inform you, that the 

 longeft undecaying apple that I know of, well 

 known here by the name of Beefin,* and which 

 anfwers every culinary purpofe, is frequent in the 

 orchards of our farmers, arid has fometimes been 

 planted in hedge-rows, where they retain their prif- 

 tine quality. Indeed, the prejudice of the country 

 makes this apple to degenerate in any other county; 

 but as this prejudice has no known fupport, I wifh 

 it to be difrcgarded, and the growth of the tree ex- 

 tended. It may pofTibly degenerate fader than fome 

 others, by its proximity to other fpecies of apples; 

 but this poflible inconvenience may be guarded 

 againft in the plantation. I therefore hold myfelf 

 ready, at your time, if requefted through your Se- 

 cretary, to tranfmit fcions of this fruit. 



• Named, 1 have no doubt, from its ri^^exadtly refembling that 

 of the flefh of tjie bceve. 



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