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I proceed any farther v/ith the ordering 

 of old trees, I rnufi: beg leave to Ihew fome 

 reafons why the natural qualities of fruit 

 are often miftaken, and called bad, tho' of 

 the beft kinds. I have known the virgou^ 

 lew^fe, colmar, and winter bon ehretien, 

 called and efteemed only fit for baking; 

 this was owing to their not being palat-. 

 able in the fummer or autumn months 5 and 

 fometimes good forts are deemed other- 

 wife, when a tree is too full of old ftuds. 



When good kinds of fruit are thus falfely 

 condemned, I look upon it to be owing to 

 fome part of the great number employed 

 in pruning ^ many of vvhich have only 

 ferved an apprenticelhip to a market gar- 

 dener, w^hofe employment was only in raif- 

 ing common kitchen fluff; for there are 

 feveral youths, during the whole time of 

 their feven years fervitude, never have an 

 opportunity of knowing any thing of 

 choice fruits, but are kept to hard labour 

 m the kitchen garden only, and may un- 

 doubtedly know that branch of bufinefs 

 extremely well; but, after their appren- 

 ticefhip is ended, are defirous of going in- 

 to a gentleman's fervice, an* knowing that 



they 



