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fruit of that name, and its colour when ripe fonac- 

 thing refembling an orange. He begged a few 

 fcionS) (the kind it fhould fcem was not general) 

 and has difperfed fince, over the country, great 

 numbers. The fliape of the tree is the bed poffible 

 for an apple, its 'branches extending horizontally, 

 and when loaden with fruit, bending downwards. 

 It is a conftant and generally produ(^tive bearer; I 

 think never quite barren. As to the flavour of its 

 fruit, the neareft I can compare it to, is that of the 

 Ribftone Pippin, but not quite fo high (i. e. inferior 

 probably.) After Chriflmas it lofes fome of its 

 excellencies, but will keep found till the feafon of 

 goofeberries* 



It is no bad oeconomy, when any particular plant 

 is found congenial to, or to flourifh in a certain foil, 

 to cultivate that plant. As this tree agreed fo well 

 with my ground, and the fruit had fo many recom- 

 mcndations of its own, I determined that this apple 

 (retaining a few varieties) fhould be chiefly culti- 

 vated here. The young plants are but lately be- 

 come bearers. I am forry to obferve, that although 

 the fruit is good, it is yet inferior to the parent flock: 

 here then appears a degeneracy. I have not yet 

 learned how it has anfwered in other places. Such 

 as it is, a few fcions are at the Society's fervice, by 



fending 



