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 SECTION XVII. 





OF FRUITS, 



THERE is a variety (and of fome a great one) of 

 each kind of fruit, and the difference of talks 

 makes it impoffibleto pronounce upon their particular 

 merits. With refpecl to fruit, there are provincial 

 prejudices in favour of fome, and of apples in par- 

 ticular; fo that in one county, a fort fhall be generally 

 known and admired, and in another, not be heard of. 



In aflifting the young gardener in his choice of the 

 principal fruits, only a few forts will be named; fucrf 

 as have obtained almoft an univerfal credit. It would 

 be well if the number of fome kinds (as \n peaches J were 

 reduced; for their multiplicity occafions a great uncer- 

 tainty, and their fhades of diitin&ion are hardly disco- 

 vered by the belt judges. Nurjerymen s catalogues 

 furnifh large lifts. 



Of the fame fort of fruit there is often a perceptible 

 difference, owing either jointly or feparately to the 

 flock, ftate of the tree, foil, fituation, management, 

 and feafon. Bad planting, by cramping the roots, &c. 

 will often induce fickiinefs, and of courfe a $ood plant' 

 made to produce fmall, ill-flavoured fruit, and thus it 

 will appear to be not itjelf. So that when the bejb 

 method is taken to procure good fruit, (or fuch that 

 pleafe us) which is by grafting, or inoculating from the 

 very tree we have admired the fruit of, our expecta- 

 tions may, in a mcafure, be difappointed by a variety of 

 cucumitunces. 



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