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: the African plant sesaiiium orientalc^ the bene of 

 South Carolina and Georgia, or yangloe of the West 

 Indies, The excellent sallad oil which the seeds of 

 this'plant yield, was long since made public by Mr» 

 Morel of Savannah ;* and in 1803, a decoction of 

 the leaves was used with the most marked good 

 effect in an epidemic dysentery in South Carolina. 



Of the really useful fruits, in the United States, the 

 variety is great: in the genus pyrus or apple, in par- 

 ticular, this country is not exceeded by any other in 

 the world, whether size, flavour, or good qualities 

 are considered. The Newtpwn and golden pippin are 

 justly esteemed the best of our apples ; they abound 

 in every state of the union, with the exception of the 

 maritime districts of the Carolinas and Georgia, 

 which are sandy and level, and where the air is re- 

 plete with humidity. The greater part of these are 

 imported ; but some few are unquestionably native, 

 having been found in the early part of the settlement 

 of this country upon the sites of Indian villages ; in this 

 class may be included the incomparable cyder apple of 

 ef New Jersey, called Cooper's russeting; the 

 Hughe's crab apple of Virginia, (not the pyrus coro- 

 7iaria^) so justly esteemed for making cyder is like- 

 wise a native. The fine cyder apples of Newark, 

 New Jersey, are also the produce of own country.* 



Many of our apples will keep from six to twelve 

 months. The humble p,yrus coronaria or native 

 crab apple of North America, is not to be passed un« 



* Amer. Phil. Trans, vol. 1. 



* For a particular account of the varieties of apples of the United 

 States, see the Domestic Encyclop3ecUa^ Philad. edit, under the arti= 

 cIqs apples diXid fruits. 



