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becoming scarce, and, in time, totally lost. 

 I have not presumed to set my judgment in 

 opposition to that of Mr. Knight, who is 

 so justly celebrated for his attention to 

 horticultural pursuits; but it behoves all 

 who may write of this most valuable fruit, 

 to recommend the graftings to be of the best 

 kinds, and to throw out no hint that may 

 cause our nurserymen to neglect it's propa- 

 gation. Gerard, when he published his Ac- 

 count of the Apple in 1597, was a warm 

 advocate for the cultivation of appjes. 

 " Gentlemen that have land and living/' 

 says he, " put forward, in the name of God; 

 graffe, set, plant, and nourish up trees in euery 

 corner of your grounds ; the labour is small, 

 the cost is nothing, the commoditie is great, 

 your selues shall have plentie, the poor shall 

 have somewhat in time of want to relieve their 

 necessitie, and God shall reward your good 

 mindes and diligence/' 



Herefordshire has now to boast of a friend 

 to Pomona in Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. 

 who has, for some years past, been benefit- 

 ing his country, by creating, if I may be 

 allowed the expression, a new variety of 

 fruits; but before I disclose the ingenious 

 method he has adopted to procure new 

 varieties, it is but justice to departed merit 



