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and beautiful, of a pale flefh Colour. The Fruit 

 is of the Shape of a Pear^ and has a large Crown : 

 It is yellow when ripe, and of a pleafant Smell : 

 Its Tafte is auflere, but agreeable. The Seeds 

 arc foft and mucilaginous. 



The Fruit and Seeds are ufed. The Juice of 

 the ripe Quince made into a Syrup with Sugar, is 

 excellent to flop vomiting, and to flrengthen the 

 Stomach. The Seed, boiled in Water, gives it a 

 Softnefs, and mucilaginous Quality, and it is an- 

 excellent Medicine for fore Mouths, and may be 

 ufcd to foften and moiften the Mouth and Throat 

 in Fevers. 



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The Radish. 

 RAPHANUS. 



Common Plant in our Gardens, the Root of 

 which is eaten abundantly in Spring. In this 



State we onlv fee 



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purple or fcarlet Colour, (for there are thefe Vari- 

 eties) mingled with white ; from which grow a 

 Quantity of large rough Leaves, of a deep green 

 Colour, and irregularly divided : Amidft thefe in 

 Summer, rifes the Stalk, which is a Yard high, 

 round, and very much branched. The Leaves 

 on it are much fmaller than thofe from the Root. 

 The FJowers are very numerous, fmall and white, 

 with fome Spots of red. The Pods are thick, 

 long, and fpungy. 



The Juice of the Radifh Roots frelli 

 with a litde White Wine, is an excellent Remedy 

 igainft the Gravel. Scarce any Thing operates 



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