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soever the turf be upon them ; and whatever 

 other tree will thrive in these soils, the fruits 

 shall be of a much finer taste than any other ; 

 a richer soil will do well enough for apricots, 

 plums, pears, or figs ; but still the more of the 

 sand in your earth the better, and the worse 

 the more of the clay, which is proper for oaks, 

 and no other tree that I know of. 



Fruits should be suited to the climate among 

 us, as well as the soil ; for there are degrees of 

 one and the other in England, where it is to 

 little purpose to plant any of the best fruits, 

 as peaches or grapes, hardly I doubt beyond 

 Northamptonshire, at the farthest northwards ; 

 and I thought it very prudent in a gentleman 

 of my friends in Staffordshire, who is a great 

 lover of his garden, to pretend no higher, 

 though his soil be good enough, than to the 

 perfection of plums ; and in these (by bestowing 

 south walls upon them) he has very well suc- 

 ceeded, which he could never have done in 

 attempts upon peaches and grapes ; and a good 

 plum is certainly better that an ill peach. 



When I was at Cosevelt, with that bishop of 

 Munste*- that made so much noise in his time, 

 I observed no other trees but cherries in a great 

 garden he had made. He told me the reason 

 was because he found no other fruit would 

 ripen well in that climate, or upon that soil ; 



