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There arc feveral other Sorts of 

 Teachei which are very good in 

 the South of France and other 

 warm Countries, which with us 

 do rarely ripen fo as to be eatable, 

 for which reafbn they are not 

 worth cultivating} fuch are, the 

 Violette Tardive, or Leite Violet ; L* 

 Corbeili La Vefche Noix\ the Bou- 

 ble-fiowe'/d, &c. which leldom ri- 

 pen in France until the latter End ot 

 O^obeTi when the Nights with us 

 are long, and firofty, the Seafon often 

 very wet, and coldi fb that thefe 

 Fruits will be watery, iniipid, and 

 very unwholfbme in this Country. 



The Trench diftinguifh thofe we 

 call Teaches into two Sorts, f/z,. 

 Taviesy and Teaches j thofe are call- 

 ed Teaches which quit the Stone; 

 and thofe whofe Flelh clofely ad- 

 heres to the Stone, are call'd Ta- 

 I'ies : Thefe are much more efteem'd 

 in France than the Teaches j though, 

 in Fnglandy the latter are preferred 

 to the former by many Perlbns. 



The French do alfo diftinguifh 

 them into Male and Female i the 

 Tavies they make to be the Male^ 

 and the Teaches the Female: But 

 this Divifion is without Founda- 

 tion, fmce the Kernels of both Sorts 

 will produce Trees equally j for the 

 •Flowers of Teach-trees are generally 

 hermaphrodite, and have all the 

 Parts of Generation in them, fo 

 that there is no Neccfllty of fup- 

 pofing any of them to be intirely 

 Male or Female: But it is likely 

 that this Diftinftion is of long 

 ftanding, before Perfons had a per- 

 fect Notion of Male and Female in 

 Plants, or at leaft they did not 

 know how to diftinguifh them a- 

 funder. 



The NeHartnes (as I have in ano- 

 ther Place faid) are by the French 

 call'd Brugnons, which differ from 

 the other two Sorts, in having a 



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£rm, hard Flefh, and the Skim 

 quite fmooth, without ajjy Qowa 

 upon them. The Sorts of theie \ 

 have already mentioa'd under the 

 Article Nedarinesy to whicla the 

 Re-ader may readily turn, tberefca'C 

 I ihall not repeat them in this 

 Place. 



I fhall now let down the good 

 Qualities of Teaches^ by which any 

 Perfbn may judge of their Worth, 



A good Teach ought to have a 

 firm Flefli ; the Skin Ihould be thiuj, 

 of a deep or bright red Colour oext 

 the Sun, and of a yellowilh Cafl 

 next the Wall i the Fiefti fliould be 

 of a yellowiih Colour, full of Juice» 

 which ihould be high-flavour'd 9 

 the Stone fmall, and the Pulp or 

 Fleft) very thick. When a Teack 

 hath all thefe Qualities, it may be 

 efteem'd a valuable Fruit. 



All the different Sorts of Teachts 

 have been originally obtain'd from 

 the Stones; which being planted^ 

 do produce new Varieties, as do 

 the Seeds of all other Fruits: So 

 that where Perfons have Garden c- 

 nough to allow Room for propa- 

 gating thefe Fruits from Seeds, 

 there is no Doubt but many good 

 Sorts may be obtained, which will 

 be better adapted to our Climate 

 than fuch as are brought from 

 warmer Countries; though it ic 

 true, that there will be many of 

 them good for nothing, as is the 

 Cafe of moft Fruits and Flowers 

 which are produc'd from See4s, a- 

 mongft which there may be ibme 

 valuable Kinds, fuperior to thofc 

 from whence the Seeds were ta- 

 ken, yet there is always a great 

 Number which are little worth: 

 but if we can obtain but two or 

 three valuable Sorts, it is fufficient 

 to make Amends for the Trouble 

 of railing them : But where Perfonj 

 are fo curious as to plant the Stones 

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