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Oiough thofe tliat are rhe firft ripe in the feafon, are ge- 

 nerally thie mofl; rielicioDS. This kind neither thrives nor 

 bears well in 'the open air, unlefs in warm fituations. 



No. .3. Heart-Cherries are fo called from a fuppofed 

 refevnblance to the fi gore of a heart: they are' of di'Te- 

 rent colours, white, red, and black. The tniit are large, 

 and, as it were, fquared : their pulp is firm, thu' meiting 

 and juicy : the tarte is remarkably fvveet, and very plea- 

 i-im. Ttse trees produce large, long, irregular wood- 

 '■rnnche's', and tine leaver 'are long and narrow. They are 

 vin^-H: all of them but inditfercnt bearers, nor do they 

 ■ onflanrlv bear well even oil walls. The Or Z^/;;;/, Lnlic- 

 ■.'.'iVrd, and Gifcoigne^ are no other than the ahove Hearts, 

 under tht diflf'erent names impofed by the French. 



No. 4. The Bleeding-heart is known hy a drop, or tear 

 which hangs at its end. The tree grows vigoroufly on 

 a wall, but is a bad bearer. 



No. 5. Carnatititi-Chcrry is a delicate and beautiful 

 fruit. The tree grows very vigoroufly on a wall, but is 

 no extraordinary bearer. It feems to be too tenticr For 

 the climate of Scotland \ for though the fruit acquire a 

 confidL-rable fize loon after they are formed, yet they 

 feldom come to perfe<9:ioni or acquire a proper degree of 

 maturity. 



No. 6. Clufter-Cherries, the fruit which grows in 

 bunches, as the name denotes, are hut very indifTerent, 

 The tree grows regularly, makes a fine half-ftandard, 

 but is a bad bearer. 



No. 7. Kmtip-Cherri'! are large, round, and red, 

 when ripe. They have much juice, which is very a- 

 greeable, having a pleaf^nt fweetnefs joined to a little 

 fournefs. The wood of the tree is weak, its branches 

 Numerous and regular. It makes a beautiful ifandard, or 

 half-ftandard ; and as its fiowets are late in fpring of ap- 

 pearing and opening, the fruit generally holds well. 

 This is probably the reafon of its being fo generally 

 planted prelerable to the other kinds. 



No. 8. Morclhs. The beft kinds are very large, of 

 a black colour when ripe: the pulp is four, and ilu-y are 

 agreeable to few perfons, unlefs eaten with Uigar, or pre- 

 ferved. The trees gr>)W regularly, are beautiful, and 

 btar great quantiti^es when planted en a north wa 1, or 



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