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and a deep yellow colour both without 

 and within, the flefh adheres to the ftone, 

 and the kernel taftes like a fweet almond ; 

 the ti'ee does not make much wood, jieither 

 does it bear very well. 



CHERRIES. 



The fmall May cherry, May duke, 

 Kentifh, Flemifli, morellas, black and 

 white hearts, are all very common. But 

 there is a late duke much refembles the 

 May duke in fize, and colour, but is at 

 leafl twenty days later before it ripens ; it 

 is alfo fomething longer in fhape, as alfo 

 the leaves, than thofe of the former. 



The wild black and red cherries are well 

 known in moft parts of this kingdom. 

 The black corrot)n, and lukeward, are not 

 inuch unlike the black and white hearts in 

 Colours, but ate rounder and not quite fo 

 large, tho* as well tailed, better bearers, 

 and make healthier trees, for which I think 

 they ought to have the preference. 



The amber cherry is of a middle fize, 

 makes a healthy tree, and bears well; its 

 name tells its colour ; the fruit has a plea- 



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