Chap. X1,X1. == POMONA 
CHAP} XI, 
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| He Fig Tree is of feveral forts, and fome of 
3) them will live and bear fruits withus ; the 
moft agreeable is | 
oh Oi The greater blue Fig, which 5 eR upon a 
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which when ripe, is long and found, iherine Pear, of adark 
bluifh brown colour on the outfide, but morered Within, and fall 
of fmall white grains, foft, mellow, and fweer; 
Tho Dwarfblue Fig growethnot to fo big a Tree asthe former, | 
the fruit {maller, better tafted, and fooner ripe : it mutt be defend- 
ed in Winter, elfe it will yearly die to the ground, 
: There are feveral other forts of Figs, as the Flowering Fig, Figs 
of Languedoc, Figs of Marfeiles, the white dwarf Fig, and others 5 
but the greater blue Fag is fitteft for our Climate, 3 oie 
‘Thele Fics areto beplinted upon a Wall, that they may-have the 
benefit of the Sun to ripen the fruits : they are incréafed by Layers or 
Cuttings; befides, they are apt to yield Suckers, 
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CHAP, XII, 
Sorbus: 
MP zie common Service-tree grows wild in many places, biié 
R there is akind thereof more rare, and like the Hor[e- 
Chefnut efteemed ; this nobler kind of Service by 
long ftanding grows toa fair Tree; with many bran- 
See ches fer with winged leaves like thofe of the 4/4, bur 
finaller, arid indented about the edges ; the Flowers grow int clufters, 
fucceeded by Fruits; in fome round, in others Pear-fafhion, much big- 
get and better tafted than thofe of the common kind, 
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