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Kinds to fupply their Cuftomcrs 

 with, as our Country- men are of 

 new Sorts of Fruit. But fmce 

 thefe Varieties are annually in- 

 creas'd from Seeds, like other 

 Fruits, fo it would be needlefs to 

 attempt an Account of them all, 

 becauie in a vciy fhort Time ma- 

 ny new Varieties may be produc'd. 



The Fru't of the four firfl: Sorts 

 are generally brought over from 

 Lisbon every Year in great Plenty, 

 and are fold promilcuouHy in 

 London in the Winter and Spring, as 

 are great Numbers of the Trees, 

 which are annually brought over 

 from Italy, 



The tirth, fixth, and fcventh 

 Sons are preferv'd, for their Vari- 

 ety, in many curious Gardens 5 but 

 the fifth is very uncommon in 

 Eijgland at preient. 



The lixth is a very large beauti- 

 ful Sort, and of an agreeable Fla- 

 vour : This has produc'd very 

 good Fruit in divers Gardens in 

 E/iglanJ, which has been as well- 

 tafted as any of thofe which are 

 brouc^ht over from Italy. 



The feventh Sort is fomewhat 

 tenderer than the or her, and requires 

 a warmer Situation in Winter i 

 otherwiie the Fruit is very fubjcd; 

 to drop off at that Seafon. 



The eighth Sort is commonly 

 call'd the M'^ild Let:: on, (though im- 

 properly) bccaufe it has many Thorns 

 upon the Branches; but this will 

 pioJuce very fair Fruit in this 

 Kingdom. The Fiov/ers of this 

 Kind are generally of a reddiih or 

 purplilh Colour on the Outfide be- 

 fore they open, but afterwards fade, 

 and ch;inge to a paler. The Leaves 

 of this are alio of a very deep 

 Green, and geatiy icrrated upon 

 |.heir Edges. 



The ¥urro\v'd Ler?iQn is in divers 

 i^ardcns in ii.\%hwd, w.here the 



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Fruit very often ripens well, and is 

 chiefly kept for Variety, as differ- 

 ing from the Common Sort, in 

 having deep Furrows in the Fruit ; 

 but it IS not io good for Ule, nor does 

 the Fruit produce fo much Juice 

 as the Common Sort. 



The ChiUing Lemon is alfo pre- 

 ierv'd as a Curiohty, the old Fruit 

 commonly producing a young one 

 from its Centre. 



The two Sorts of Limes are like- 

 wife in many Gardens in this King- 

 dom ; but thefe require the fame 

 Degree of Warmth as the Shaddock 

 Orange, in order to produce Fruit; 

 tor it they are plac'd among Orange- 

 Trees, the Fruit will fall away in 

 Wmter, and comf; to nothing. 



The two variegated Sorts arc 

 preferv'd for their flrip'd Leaves 

 (which are greatly eifeenfd by ibmc 

 Perlbns who are curious in colle- 

 (Sling variegated Plants): But thefe 

 are tenderer than the plain Sorts, 

 and, if not duly attended in Winter, 

 will be very apt to cafl their Leaves, 

 and appear very unfightly. 



There is .alfo another Sort, which 

 produces Double Flowers i but this 

 feems not to be very conftant -, for 

 I have obfcrv'd upon the lame Tree, 

 Ibme Flowers Smgle, and others 

 Double, at the fame Time. 



All thefe Sorts are propagated by 

 budding or inarching them either 

 on Stocks ot Lemons or Citrons pro- 

 duc'd from Seeds i but they will not 

 £0 readily unite on Orange Stocks i 

 for which Rcafon the Citrons are 

 preferable to either Oranges or Le- 

 mons for Stocks, as they do readily 

 join with either Sortj and being of 

 larger Growth, do cauie the Buds 

 of the other Sorts to Ihoot much 

 flronger than if they were on Stocks 

 of their ov/n Kind. The Method 

 for railing thefe Stocks, and the 

 Manner of Budding them, being 



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