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Pliny is the first writer to mention this fruit by name. 

 Whether it is the Armenian Phim of Columella admits of doubt. 

 Theophrastus had only heard of it. It is a native of China, &c. 

 Tt is an unwarranted assumption of M. Regneir that it cannot 

 be a native of so mountainous a country as Armenia, since Mr. 

 Buckingham says they abound in that country. It is said 

 to have been first introduced into this country in 1524. 



BERBERRY. 10 Varieties 



A native of this country. 



PINE APPLE. 95 varieties. 



A native of the torrid zone in South America. It was first 

 made known in England from China in 1657. (Evelyn's Diary) 

 but was not fruited here until the reign of Charles the 2nd. 

 (videp.112 and 136.) 



PRICKLY PEAR. 1. 



CHESNUT. 32 varieties: 



The Chesnut is said to have been brought to Europe by the 

 Greeks from Asia Minor ; and that the Romans obtained it 

 from Castanea, a Greek Town of Thessaly. Some writers have 

 considered it as a native of this Island. But I am much rather 

 inclined to think it was introduced by the Romans for its pre- 

 sent name is a corruption of the Roman name, and there is no 

 synonyme for it in the language of the ancient Britons. 



CHERRY. 246 varieties. ^ 



The Cherry is a native of Pontus, in Asia, whence it was in- 

 troduced to the Romans by Lucullus C8 years before the birth 



