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fant tafle, and ripens in the middle fea^ 

 fon. 



The earnation alfo takes its hame from 

 its colour, being red and white 5 it is a 

 large round fruit, but not of fo fweet a 

 tafte as the duke cherry ; the tree makes 

 large fhoots, and leaves that are broad, and 

 much nickt at their edges -, it ripens at the 

 latter end of July, but does not bear plen- 

 tifully, therefore I would not promote the 

 planting of many of them. 



The double blofibmed cherry is more to 

 be admired for the variety of its flowers, 

 than the fake of its fruit; for it is no bet- 

 ter tafted than the Kentifh cherry, and not 

 fb large, befides a bad bearer. 



The Gafcoin, or bleeding heart, is a very 

 large cherry, of a long fhape, and dark 

 red colour; it ripens in July, and has a 

 pleafant tafte; the tree makes ftrong flioots, 

 and its leaves are very large, and long, 

 and is not one of the worft bearers. 



There is a cherry called Harrifon's duke ; 

 I have feen the tree, but never the fruit ; 

 they make ftrong ftioots, with large long 

 leaves, much like that I knew at Belvoir 

 caftle called the bleeding heart, which is 



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