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It were worth the while to conflder in all feeds* 

 whether there be noe diitinguifhable difference in 

 the feed , that may be of ufe, as to fooner, or great- 

 er growth. In the fame bed divers feeds being (ow- 

 ed of one kind,particularly Apples,Peares, Plummes, 

 Cherrys, or Peaches, fomeApple fecdlings will in the 

 fame mould, and diibnees , much outlhoot the red 

 of the fame kind^ and (o in the Pears, and other ker- 

 nels : it might here be enquired , whether the great 

 or leffe, fend bigger plants, and of fpeedier growth ? 

 as it is by fome obferved in buds , that the fairer the 

 bud is upon the fheild and ftronger,the better thrives 

 the inoculation, and not only growes more certainly 

 but moreluilily. 



2. Whether theCanker in pippins, arife not from 

 an incongruous grafting , and it were not better to 

 bring them up from kernells , or graft them on a 

 more mild ftock than that of a Crab. 



Whether there might not be gotten diverfe years 

 fooner trees of ftature from kernells of great bodyed 

 and quick growing Apple trees, and fuch whofc ker- 

 nells vary not much their kindes, than from Crabbs, 

 which is a wood of a flo.v growth and harfh Nature, 



N. 8, Th manner of growing by feed. 



The feed is confidered either as allready made ] or 

 as it is under the hands of Nature, imperfect , yet in 

 the way to be made. 



In it made, there are confiderable, firft,the Coatefi 

 and cotton that cover it about , and preferve it from 

 injuries • fecondly, the etfentiall and proper parts of 

 the feed it felf. 



Maiiyjfeeds have twoGoat^s abgve the Cotton ] 



