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POMONA Book Ill. 
CHAP. IX. 
Amigdala. 
Lmonds inay properly be placed next unto the 
Peachesand Neéforines, the Trees much re- 
fembling them, but bigger, and growing up- 
right, not needing the help of a Wall; the 
Leaves and Flowers are like thofe of the Peach, 
the fruit is Downy on the outfide;but not fit to 
5|| be eaten, having a thick {mooth ftone, where- 
in is contained the Kernel, or Almond, in fome 
{weet, and in others alittle bitter: they feldome come to any good 
’ ionwith us , andthe Tree sechiefty received for the beauty 
of the Flowers, which being many, Early, and of afair pale reddith 
colour; make a fine fhew in a Garden, Of this there isa Dwarf 
kind, {mall in all the parts, and feldome rifeth above four foot 
high; itistender,-and therefore Planted in cafes,.and houfed in 
Winter, . ie | 
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The Almond Tree is raifed by fetting the Stones o fhels with the 
‘Almond in it, in the places where they are to ftahd, being unapt to 
grow ifremoved, 
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3 CHAP RX. 
Nux Avellana. 
seem 37¢ Filbeard is a Tree well known, yet there are 
Naa) {ome kinds of Nuts that few have feen, we-will 
SY therefore acquaint youwith them, and begin firft 
a with the moft common, 3 | 
The white Filbeard differs from the common 
. _.. Hafel nut, in that the Husks are longer, the Nuts. 
thinner: fhelled, and the Kernels of a better tafte. 3 
: The red Pilbeard differs fromthe white in the Husks and Nuts, 
which are browner, and the Kernels covered all over with ared, skin, 
of a more delicate tafte than the former, 
« The Bilbeard of Conftantinople hath the Bark whiter, the Leaves 
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