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they are not too wef, but beft on dry Ground; therefore I Te- 
commend them tor Hedges, planted on dry Banks. There is 
two Kinds of Philberds, viz. the White and the Red, of 
which the Red is the moft valuable. 
ee XN. 
Of Quinces, their Culture, &c. 
Confervatory Ufes, none aré more delicate than the 
uinces 
Of Quinces there are fix Sorts, vz. the Portugal Apple-Quince, 
the Portugal Pear-Quince, the Barberry-Quince, the Englifh- 
Quince, the Lyons- Nee. , 
ft, The Portugal Apple-Quince, a fine, large, yellow 
Fruit, tender, and foon boiled, and is efteemed the very beit. 
2dly, The Portugal Pear- Quince, as good as the former, 
but different in Shape, it being of the Form of a Pear. 
3dly, The Barberry-Quince, an excellent Fruit, but fmall. 
4thly, The Exgli{b- Quince, the very worft of all: ?Tisa harfh 
Bruit, and covered with a Coat of Dow like Cotton. — 
sthly, The Lyons- Quince, a fine, large, yellow Fruit. And, 
é6thly, The Brunfwick-Quince, a fine, large, white Fruit. 
NV. B. That the four /aft ave all inferior to the two jirft. 
The Quince (as many of the preceding Fruits) hath great 
Variety of Names: In Greek, "tis Called unrta wove; in 
Latin, Malus Cydonia, or Malus Cathonea, from an Ifland in 
the Grecian Sea, from whence ’tis faid to have been firft 
brought: But Pény affirms, that it received its Name of 
Malus Cydonia from Cydone, a Town in Certe : The 4ra- 
brans call it Seffarge/; the french, Pome de Coing ; the Spa- 
wards, Membrilio, and oftentimes Marmel/p 3 the — 
, Melo- 
A MONGST all the fevera] Fruits for the Kitchen and 
