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Mofl: other kinds of cherries are the 

 longefl: lived upon dry foils, admit it is 

 not a loofe gravel or fand^ they profper 

 well upon a flrong loam, and the deeper 

 it is before it comes to the cold clay, the 

 better; 'tis bad to have v^ater, fand or gravel 

 too near the furface, but they will thrive 

 very well if there is a loofe creachy ftone 

 or rock within a foot of the top. 



FILBERDS and NUTS. 



There are two kinds of filberds, both 

 thin fhelled ; the fkin upon the kernels of 

 one is red, and the other white, that is 

 the only difference in them, for their 

 taftes are both alike. As to hafle-nuts 

 there are great variety of them, but the 

 forts moft commonly planted in gardens 

 are the large ones, called the Spanifh and 

 Lombardy nuts, both have thin fhells : 

 the cob-nut is very large, but the (hell is 

 thicker than the fprmer, 



FIGS. 



Tho' this is a very rich fruit, yet there are 

 not fo many admirers of it as of others, 



for 



