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cultivated on his own plantation. To this list may 

 be added others, in various parts of the union, amount- 

 ing, probably, to several hundreds. The following is 

 from Dr. Mease's edition Domestick Encyclopedia : 

 "The family of Prince, at Flushing, Long-Island, have 

 been many years celebrated for their line fruit, and 

 some of the choicest kinds to be met with, in various 

 parts of the United States, have been brought from 

 their nursery. A very extensive and excellent col- 

 lection of fruits, both imported and native, were orig- 

 inally commenced about ten years since, by William 

 Coxe, esquire, of Burlington, New-Jersey, and is now 

 for sale by I. Smith & Co. at that place. In this grand 

 collection, there are eighty kinds of apples, (now one 

 hundred and thirty three,) ninety kinds of pears, and 

 fifty-one of cherries, nearly all imported, and one 

 hundred varieties of peaches. Mr. Samuel Coles, of 

 Moor's town, New-Jersey, has also an excellent col- 

 lection. Several French gentlemen, who have taken 

 up their residence near Philadelphia, have done much 

 in a few years towards improving our stock of fruits, 

 by importing largely of the finest kinds from France ; 

 and there can be no doubt, if we take pains to propa- 

 gate from the valuable stock in our power, that in a 

 few years, the nighbourhood of Philadelphia may 

 boast of as fine a collection as can be desired. 



"Under the article apple, some important remarks 

 were given on this subject ; the editor has now great 

 pleasure in presenting to the American publick the 

 first attempt ever made to collect, in one view, a list of 

 the finest kinds of apples growing in the United 

 States. For the materials, of which this list was com- 

 posed, he has been indebted to Mr. William Prince, 

 of Long-Island, Mr. R. Riley, of Marcus Hook, Ches- 

 ter county, William Coxe. esquire, of Burlington, and 

 the honourable Judge Boudinet, of Newark, New-Jer- 

 sey ; through whom, also, the valuable facts from Mr 



