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POMONA: Or, 
W HIST I have thus had occafion to mention the Crabs, it may 
not be improper to inform you that the Excellence of them for Cyder 
was never commonly (if at all) known until within thefe late Years : 
They were formerly fuffer’d to fall and be eaten by the Hogs, when they 
would eat them, (which was not always, becaufe of their Harfhnefs) or 
elfe to rot upon the Ground: But they are now fo well underftood, that 
they fell at a much greater Value than the common Apples, and we begin 
to propagate them by Grafting in our Orchards, tho’, in my Opinion, 
they do much better as an Ingredient in Cyder, when mix’d with other 
Fruit, than when pounded by themfelves. The firlt Difcovery of their 
Ufefulnefs was the pounding of fome of them for Vinegar, which, when 
tafted, proved much better Cyder than any of the common Cyder of our 
Country. 
HOWEVE R, there is a much fmaller Sort of Crab with us, not 
‘larget than the Top of one’s Thumb, (and I think never making a Zree, 
but growing only in Bufhes) which we never put in our Cyder, but ufe 
them only to make Vinegar. | | 
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YOU will not, it may BE chink ic improper if I take Notice to you 
in this Place, that Cyder made all of any Sort of Waldings, (that is, as 
I firft {aid of Apples propagated from Kernels, and never grafted upon 
with any Sort of Fruit, tho’ you may graft them on what Stocks you 
pleafe). is ever found to be excellently good, and much preferable to that 
made with our common Apples. There is a Gentleman in the Neigh- 
bourhood of Exeter, who hath now large Plantations of them, which 
furnith him with admirable Liquor ; but the beft of it wants the delicate 
and moft diftinguifh'd Flavour of the Royal W ding and Whitfour; nor 
did I ever meet it in any Wilding, (nor indeed in any other Apple) ex- 
cept in one Sort of Wilding of my own, of which I {hall fay fomething 
by-and-by. | 3 2 
© LHAVE only to add. concerning the Royal Wilding, that within 
ethele twelve or fourteen Years, ¥ believe more than 200,000 of the 
_ Grafts have been propagated in TDis and the Neighbouring Counties ; 
were fent for from York/bire ; and what would you fay if they fhould 
and, if I miftake not, I heard about two Years fince, thar fome of them 
be 
