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enough by Autumn, to produce 

 good Fruit ; for in this is the prin- 

 cipal Care required. 



Thofe Plants which fhew their 

 Fruit early in February, will ripen 

 about June ; fome Sorts are at leall 

 a Month or five Weeks longer in 

 ripening their Fruit than others, 

 from the time of the Appearance 

 of the Fruit : but the Seafon in 

 which the Fruit is in greateft Per- 

 fection, is from the Beginning of 

 May to the End of September ; tho r 

 in March, April, and Oclobcr, I 

 have frequently eaten this Fruit in 

 pretty good Perfection ; but then 

 the Plants have been in perfect 

 Health, otherwife they feldom are 

 well flavoured. 



The Method of judging when 

 the Fruit is ripe, is by the Smell, 

 and from Cbfervation ; for as the 

 feveral Sorts differ from each other 

 in the Color of their Fruit, that 

 will not be any D rection when 10 

 cut them ; nor mould they remain 

 fo long as to become foft to the 

 Touch before they are cut ; for then 

 they become flat and dead, as they 

 alfo do when they are cut long be- 

 fore they are eaten : therefore the 

 fureft Way to have this Fruit in Per- 

 fection, is to cut it the fame Day it 

 is eaten ; but it mull be early in 

 the Morning, before the Sun has 

 heated the Fruir, obferving to cut 

 the Stalk as long to the Fruit as pol- 

 fible, and Jay it in a cool, but dry 

 Place, prefervmg the Stalk and Crown 

 to it, until it is eaten. 



That Sort with green Fruit, if fuf- 

 fered to ripen well, is of an Olive- 

 colour ; but there are fome Perfons 

 who cut them before they are ripe, 

 when. they are not fit to be eaten, 

 for no other Reafon, but to have 

 them green : and although many 

 Perfons have much recommended 

 this Sort for its excellent Flavour, 

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yet I think the Sugar-loaf Sort is te 

 be preferred to it. 



ANAPODOPHYLLON, 

 Duck's-foot, or Pcmum Maiale, i. e. 

 May-apple. 



The Characters are ; 



The Cup of the Flower confifis »f 

 one Leaf : the Flowers are, kexapeta- 

 lous : the Footfialk of the Flower 

 comes out from the Stalk of the Leaf; 

 the Fruit is in Shape of an Urn, in 

 which are contained many roundijb 

 fimbriated Seeds. 



We have but one Sort of this Plant 

 in England; which is, 



An apodoPHYLLON Canadenfe 

 Morini. Tourn. Canada DuckVfoot 

 Of Morinus. 



This Plant is very common in the 

 Woods of America, but particularly 

 in Virginia and Carolina, where it 

 flowers in March, and the Fruit is 

 ripe in May ; from whence it had the 

 Name of Ma^-apple ; but, in Eng- 

 land, rt feldom flowers till toward 

 the End of April, and the Fruit I 

 have never yet feen npen with us. 



It is a very hardy Plant, and will 

 thiive in the open Air very well, 

 especially if it is planted under Trees 

 or Shrubs, where it may be protect- 

 ed from the Sun in the Summer, and 

 fomewhat fheltered from the Seve- 

 rity of Frolt in Winter : it loves a 

 light Soil ; for in ltrong Ground the 

 Roots are fubject to rot in Winter. 



ANCHUSA, Alkanet. Vide'**.- 

 glofTum. 



ANDRACHNE, Ballard Or- I 

 pine. 



The CharoBtrs are ; 

 There arc Male and Female Flow- I 

 ers cn the fame Plant : the Empale- I 

 mint of the Male Flowers is divided* 

 into five Parts : the Flower covfjls 

 of five Leaves, having five fmall 

 Stamina in the Centre: the Female, 

 Flower hath no Leaves, but hath threel 

 Styles , which rtfl upon the Point at \\ 



