(Barren 



color, and the highest of that taste, and the 

 noblest of all grapes I ever ate in England ; 

 but requires the hottest wall and the sharpest 

 gravel ; and must be favored by the summer 

 too, to be very good. All these are, I suppose, 

 by this time, pretty common among some gar- 

 deners in my neighborhood, as well as several 

 persons of quality ; for I have ever thought all 

 things of this kind, the commoner they are 

 made, the better. 



Of figs there are among us the white, the 

 blue, and the tawny ; the last is very small, 

 bears ill, and I think but a bawble. Of the 

 blue there are two or three sorts, but little dif- 

 ferent, one something longer than the other ; 

 but that kind which smells most is ever the 

 best. Of the white I know but two sorts, and 

 both excellent, one ripe in the beginning of 

 July, the other in the end of September, and is 

 yellower than the first ; but this hard to be 

 found among us, and difficult to raise, though 

 an excellent fruit. 



Of apricots the best are the common old sort, 

 and the largest masculin ; of which this last is 

 much improved by budding upon a peach 

 stock. I esteem none of this fruit but the 

 Brussels apricot, which grows a standard, and 

 is one of the best fruits we have, and which I 

 first brought over among us. 



