The Frurt-Garven Jduftrated. 
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fome Heads of this Wilding ; and a few Years after being out in his 
Nurfery, about March, a Perfon came there to him on fome Bufinefs, 
and finding fomething roll under his Foot, took it up, and it proved an 
Apple of this precious Fruit, which Mr. Wookombe receiving from him, 
finding it perfectly found, after it had lain in the long Grafs and Stroyle 
of the Nurfery, thro’ all the Rain, Froft, and Snow of the foregoing 
Winter, thought it muft be a Fruit of more than common Yalue : 
And having tafted it, and found the Juices, nor only in a moft perfect 
Soundnefs and Quicknefs, bur fuch hikewife as feem’d to promife both 
the Body, Roughnefs, and Flavour that wife Cyder-Drinkers in Devon 
now begin to defire ; he obferyed the Graft from which it had fallen, 
and fearching about found fome more of the Apples, and all of the 
fame Soundnefs ; upon which, without any Hefitation, he refolv'd to 
graft fome Numbers of them ; which he accordingly did, but waited 
with Impatience for the Experiment, which you know muft be the 
Courfe of fome Years: They came at length, and, if I miftake not, 
his firft Reward was a {mall Barrel of the Juice ; but his much greater 
was the Excellency of it, which far exceeded all his Expectations. 
Mt WOOLCOMBE was nor a little pleafed with it, and talked 
oe . 2. eS ee I v coca : 
n_all Converfations 5 it created _4mu/zment at fult, but when Time 
: Fe Ba a od i ok SECIS  e et a tao ge mgd sts ths SOT EE kL is 
produced an Hogthead of it, from Raillery it came to Serioufnefi, and 
every one from Laughter fell to Admivation. In the mean time he had 
thought of a Name for his Britifh Wine, and as it appear'd to be in the 
original Tree a Fruit not Grafted, he setained the Name of Wilding ; 
and, as he thought it {uperior to all others, fo he gave a Title of Sove- 
raignty to it ; and , hence the triumphant Royal Wilding, Fig. I. : 
P late LXXVII. 
THIS, if I rightly remember, was about 16 Years fince : The Gen- 
clemen of our County are now bufy almoft every where in promoting 
it, and fome of the afer Farmers and Juftment-Holders : but we have 
not yet (for Time you know muft do that) enough for sale : I = 
known five Guineas refuled for one of our Hogfheads of it, tho the 
common Cyder goeth for Twenty Shillings, and the South- Ham from 
Twenty-five to Thirty. - es 
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we SO! 7 MOST 
