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and most serviceable kinds which the writer has cul- 

 tivated, and selected out of a crowd of others said to 

 be in existence. There is certainly variety enough 

 for any establishment ; and no doubt many will think 

 that the above list, meagre as it is compared with 

 others, might be improved by reduction. For a 

 small garden, the writer would recommend only 

 about five varieties for a regular supply of the table, 

 viz, Precoce de. Tours, Wilmot's early Orleans, 

 Green Gage, Kirke's, and the Imperatrice. These 

 are all choice sorts and good bearers, seldom dis- 

 appointing the cultivator if but ordinary care is be- 

 stowed. 



There is an ornamental plum, called the myro- 

 balan, to be met with in nurseries, otherwise called 

 the cherry plum. As a curiosity, it is worth a place 

 in the shrubbery. 



SECT. XXII. 



OF THE QUINCE. 



There are three varieties of this austere fruit, viz, 

 the apple-shaped, pear-shaped, and the Portugal. 

 The last is the only sort worth cultivation. The fruit 

 are much swelled near the eye, and tapering bluntly 

 to the stalk. The pulp is whitish, but changes to 

 purple when dressed. It is made into marmalades ; 

 and only used as a condiment to heighten the flavour 

 of other fruit in cookery. Young plants are raised 



