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dered grapes, or fuch as appear to have 

 three bunches upon one ftalk, and the fide 

 bunches are pretty near as large as the 

 bunches of feveral kinds : I have known a 

 bunch of this kind weigh feven pounds. 



The St. Peter's grape. The berries and 

 bunches are of the fame fliape and fize 

 as the laft mentioned, but of a green co- 

 lour, and, when made ripe by fire, are co- 

 vered with a white powder. 



MEDLARS. 



I am not acquainted v/ith many kinds 

 of this fruit, tho' I have obferved a variety 

 both in the trees and fruit -, for fome have 

 pricks like thorns upon their branches, 

 and others have none; and fome flioot 

 more vigoroufly than others, with broader 

 leaves , and the fruit of one is much lar- 

 ger than that of another. But I think the' 

 tree without pricks upon it, which bears 

 a fmall fort, is much better fruit than the 

 other ; for it lias a much fmaller core, and 

 the pulp is of a pleafanter tafte. 



MULBER.RIES. 



I know but two forts of mulberries, the 



common black and the white, whole fruit 



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