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3 



So 



PR O DUCTI O N 



Sect. XV. 



1. I. 



By this method of applying the f^irina of one good variety of fr 



f appl 



pe 



ar 



the fligma of anoth 



good 



ty 



probable, that fome very excellent new varieties of fruit might be p 

 duced from the feeds, which might fupply for a century the orchci 

 of the curious, inftead of our golden pippins, and nonpareils ; wh 

 are faid to be fuperannuated, and fo liable to canker as not to 



orth 



ch 



be 



cultivation. It is probable alfo, that nev/ varieties of tuli 

 d hyacinths, and of melons and cucumbers, as well as of all oth 

 getables, might be thus produced. 

 The following obfervations are 



ps 



from Mr. Knight's treatife 



on 



Apple and Pear, p. 47. <* Every feed, though taken from the fame 

 apple, furnifhes a new and diftind variety ; and fome of thefe will 



ith more luxuriance than others ; and the fruits produced by 



the diffe 

 eftimate 



will poflefs different decrees of m 



may be made of their good and bad qualities at th 



b 



It an 

 con- 



fion of the firfl fum 

 hly cultivated, or t 



th 



by the refemblance the leaves bear to th 



Id kind 



as 



h 



this fubjedt of the laft 



bud 



ood 



full 



d 



entury. 

 prom in 



been 

 The 



are 



ked 



hofe 

 fually more 



productive than thofe whofe buds are fmall and fhrunk into the bark 



I depend much on the power the bl 



but their future produce wi 

 foms pofTefs of bearing cold 

 varieties, ai 

 produce th( 



d can 



d this po 



th 



e 



diffc 



leaves 



ly be known from exp 

 d blolToms rather early in the fp 



Thofe 



/ 



lly to be preferred ; for though they are more expofed to injury 

 1 froil, theylefs frequently fufFer from the attacks of infeds 



the 



more common caufe of 

 *' The leaves of you 

 more thick and flefhv. 



o 



fee 



mg 



s 



ally change, become 



m 



ted kinds, 

 the cond 



d alFume more the chara(?ler of th 



+ 



Thefe external changes indicate fome internal ones 



ition of the plant, vVhich n-^ay pofiibly be fimilar in 



thofe, vv'hich take place in animals between their in- 



fa u cy 



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