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for building and Husbandry. Also there are divers sorts of fruit 
trees, as Mulberries, Persimmons, with several other kind of 
Plummes, and Vines in great aboundance.’ 
: 22. “To goe yet a little further, I know no one countree 
yielding without art or industry so manie fruites sure I am Eng- 
land doth not; wild grapes in abundance all the woods over, their 
juice sweet and pleasant in taste, some of them wee haue re- 
planted in a vineyard adioyning to Henrico, the quantity of 
three or four Akres which were this year very plentifully laden 
.... Cherries little inferior to ours, which if we planted may 
prooue as much better as now they are worse. Pissmienplums in 
bygnes and fashion like a Medlar like to a slipticke quality, 
other sorts of plums like to our wheat plums and in goodness 
answerable: great fields and woods abounding with strawberries 
much fairer and more sweet than ours, Mulberries of much big- 
nesse, and about the Bermuda Cittie Hundirds thereunto be- 
longing great store thereof , Moricocks of the fashion of a Lem- 
mon whose blossome may admit comparisome with our most de- 
lightsome and bewtifull flowers, and the fruit exceedingly pleas- 
ant and tasteful; chestnut-trees towards the fals as many as 
oakes, and as fertile, many goodly groves of Chincomen Trees 
with a huske like unto a chesnut, raw or boyled, luscious and 
harty meate; walnuts of three or four sorts; . . . some filberds 
have I seen; crabbes great store, lesse but not so sower as ours.” 
10: 35. “The whole country is a perfect forest except where 
the woods are cleared for Plantations, and old fields, and where 
have been formerly Indian towns, and Poisoned fields and Mead- 
ows where the Timber has been burnt down in Fire-Hunting or 
otherwise; and about the creeks and rivers are large rank mor- 
asses Or marshes and up the country are poor Savannahs.” 
10: 38. “As for timber they abound with excellent good; 
having about eight sorts of oak, several kinds of walnut tives 
and Hickory and Pignut, Pine, Cedar, Cypress for shingles . - -- 
10: 128. “Then as for oak, no country has finer or more 
plenty; ...andI question if Gottenburgh or any other port of 
Europe can afford us better pines for Masts and Yards. -- 
than what grow in Virginia in several places in very great 
plenty; ..” 
: 10: 141. “Thus suppose we should have more of the follow- 
ing things than our own use requires ... , such as timber for 
Ship and House Car penters, and Cabinet makers, Joyners etc 
