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quent opportunities of feeing this change 

 of wind happen very exactly, both this 

 year and the following. 



June the 15th. The enclofures were 

 made of boards of fir-wood, of which 

 there is abundance in the extenfive woods, 

 and many faw-mills to cut it into boards. 



The feveral forts of apple-trees grow 

 very well here, and bear as fine fruit as 

 in any other part of North America. Each 

 farm has a large orchard. They have 

 fome apples here, which are very large, 

 and very palatable ; they are fent to New 

 Tork, and other places as a rarity. They 

 make excellent cyder, in autumn, in the 

 country round Albany. 



All the kinds of cherry-trees, which 

 have been planted here, fucceed very well. 



Pear-trees do not fucceed here. 

 This was complained of in many other 

 parts of North America. But I fear that 

 they do not tike furhcient care in the ma- 

 nagement and planting of them ; for I have 

 {eea fine pears in feveral parts of North 

 America. 



Peach-trees have often been planted 

 here, and never would fucceed well. This 

 was attributed to a worm which lives in 

 the ground, and eats through the root, fo 



that 



