OBSERVATIONS. 95 



places, to my knowledge, are equally subject 

 to the disease as they become aged, and con- 

 sequently, in time people would become tired 

 of planting altogether. 



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Before I finish my observations, I must ask 



my readers what we should lose by the total 

 loss of our apples : First, the loss of one of the 

 finest productions of our country, the cider, 

 for which we are so celebrated. 



Secondly, we lose the dessert which this 

 fruit provides, at seasons when we can scarcely 

 have any other of our own produce. And 

 lastly, we lose the pudding and pye, which we 

 cannot conveniently procure at all seasons from 

 other fruit, which is from the tart on the King's 

 table, to the dumpling made for the peasant'^ 

 child, of universal service, as well as a luxury. 



