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orchard, that come from the stone, which thrive 

 well amongst tlie rest of my trees, but they never 

 grow to the bigness of the other trees now spoken 

 of. These are plentiful bearers. 



There is a third sort of plum about the big- 

 ness of the damsons. The tree is taller, seldom 

 exceeding ten inches in thickness. The plum 

 seems to taste physically, yet I never found any 

 operation it had, except to make their lips sore, 

 that eat them. The wood is something porous, 

 but exceeds any box, for a beautiful yellow. 



There is a very pretty, bushy tree, about seven 

 or eight feet high, very spreading, which bears a 

 winter fruit, that is ripe in October. They call 

 them currants, but they are nearer a hurt ; I have 

 eaten very pretty tarts made thereof. They dry 

 them instead of currants. This bush is very beau- 

 tiful. 



The Bermudos currants grow in the woods on 

 a bush, much like the European currant. Some 

 people eat them very much; but for my part, I 

 can see nothing inviting in them, and reckon them 

 a very indifferent fruit. 



"We have another currant, which grows on the 

 banks of rivers, or where only clay hath been 

 thrown up. This fruit is red, and gone almost as 

 soon as come. They are a pretty fruit whilst they 

 last, and the tree (for tis not a bush) they grow 

 upon, is a very pleasant vegetable. 



The hawthorn grows plentifully in some parts 

 of this country. The haws are quite different 

 from those in England, being four times as big, 



