* large y ¢ 
The FruittT-GarveEn LUuftrated. 
QUINCES produce very large Leaves before their Blofloms appear 
on the laft Year's Wood, (fee Fig. I. Plate VI.) which feems to be pro- 
vided by Nature, on Purpofe to perfpire away the vaft Quantity of 
Crudities that are ‘contain’d in their Sap, which, when confind, has the 
ill Confequences before demonftrated. 
PEARS produce both Leaves and Blofloms from the fame Buds, 
and being Fruits which imbibe great Quantities of Moifture, muft therefore 
have Leaves timely produc’d, to attract Nourifhment for the Support of 
their Embryo Fruits, as well as for Perfpiration. (See Fig. I, II, il, 
TV, V. Plate Il and Ill.) 
\ 
PEACHES, Plumbs, and Apricots, produce their Blofloms fome 
‘fmall Time before their Leaves, which foon fucceed, when their Branches 
are prun’d at Leaf-Buds, ot for want thereof, left at their whole Lengths, 
(as Fig. Ul, IV, V, VI, Vil. Plate VIL and IX.) where the leading Buds 
A A 9c. ate opening their expanding Leaves, for the Purpofes aforefaid. 
by the Time that their Bloffoms are fhed, their Leaves are 
Wit; ~probably;—becai: that s their Fruits aré then knit, or 
fet for Growth, they require a greater Attraction © Nourifhmenit’ for 
their Support, as well as Shade, to preferve their tender Sap- Veffels from 
the Injuries of Heat and Cold. (See Fig. J, and II. Plate XI. and Fig. Il. 
Plate VII. of the Nonpariel Apple). 
THE {ame is to be obferv’d in Cherries, when in Bloffom, whofe 
Leaves are then greatly increafed, (as Fag. IILULTV. P late XM and XIII.) 
But much greater as the Fruits advance in Growth, (fee Fig. II. Plate VI. 
of the Morella Cherry, May 17. Fig. I, Il. Plate XIV. of the Apricots, © 
whofe Leaves are largely grown in Proportion to the Fruits. 
= AND therefore it appears, That as Fruits advance in their Growths, 
and require greater and greater Nourifhments ; fovare their Leaves pro- 
pottionably augmented, whereby they are always able to attract fufhcient 
Juices for their Support, aswell as to perfpire away the Crudities thereof. 
U CH AP. 
