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be planted againft the Walls of the 

 fMeafare- garden, where the beauti- 

 ful Appearance of its Flowers early 

 in the Spring will be more accept- 

 able in fuch Places than the choiccft 

 Frjits, which mull be expofeJ to 

 Servants, and others fo that they 

 feldom can be preferv'd in large Fa- 

 milies until they are ripe. This 

 Tree may be propagated by budding 

 it on the Almond or Plum-Ptocks in 

 the fame manner as the other Sort of 

 Peaches ; and mould be planted in 

 ». good frefti Soil, that is not over- 

 moilt. 



The other two Sorts are of hum- 

 bler Growth, feldom rifing above 

 five Feet high : thefe may be budded 

 upon Almond-flocks, or propagated 

 by Layers ; they will alfo take upon 

 Plum-floeks ; but they are very apt 

 to canker, after they have flood four 

 or five Years upon thofe Stocks, 

 efpecially that with double Flowers, 

 which is tenderer than the other, 

 which fends out Suckers from the 

 Root, whereby it may be eafily 

 propagated. 



Thefe Shrubs make a very agree- 

 able Variety amongft low-flowering 

 Trees, in fmall Wildernefs - quar- 

 ters. The lingle Sort flowers in the 

 Beginning of April, and the double 

 is commonly a Fortnight or three 

 Weeks later. 



I mall now proceed to mention 

 the feveral Sorts of good Peaches 

 which have come to my Knowlege : 

 and though perhaps a greater Num- 

 ber of Sorts may be found in fome 

 Catalogues of Fruits, yet I doubt 

 whether many of them are not the 

 fame K'nds call'd by difFerenrNames : 

 for, in order to determine the vai ions 

 Sorts, it i.i neceiTai v to obferve the 

 Shape and Size of the Flowers, as 

 well as the d liferent Parts of the 

 Fruit ; for this does fometimes de- 

 termine the Kind, when the Fruit 



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alone is not fufficicnt : befides, there 

 is a vatt Difference in the Size and 

 Flavour of the fame Peach, when 

 planted on different Soils and Af- 

 pects ; fo that it is almoft impoffible 

 for a Perfon who is very converfant 

 with thefe Fruits to diflinguifri them, 

 when brought from various Gar- 

 dens. 



The prefent Confufion of the 

 Names of Fruits hath been many 

 times owing to the bringing over 

 Trees from France ; for the Perfons 

 who are generally employed to bring 

 over thofe Trees for Sale, are intire- 

 ly ignorant of their various Sorts, 

 and do themfelves take them upon 

 Truft, from Che Perfons who make 

 it their Bufinefs to propagate great 

 Quantities, to fupply the Markets of 

 France, whither they are brought in 

 Waggons, and fold out in Parcels to 

 thofe Perfons who bring them into 

 England. It alfo happens many 

 times, if they are received by right 

 Names, that thefe, in Length of 

 Time, are loft, or the Trees come 

 into the PofTeiTion of other Perfons, 

 who, not knowing the true Name of 

 the Fruit, do often give them new 

 Names, whereby there is fuch a 

 Confufion in the Names of Fruit, as 

 is impoffible to rectify ; and hence 

 fome Perfons have fuppofed a much 

 greater Variety of Peaches than 

 there is in reality ; tho' as the 

 grea'eft Part of thefe have been ob- 

 tained from Seeds, fo their Varieties 

 may be multiplied annually, until 

 there be no End of the Sorts. How- 

 ever, I fhall content myfelf with 

 enumerating the principal Sorts now 

 known in England, which are fuf- 

 ficient for any Gentleman to make 

 a Collection to continue thro' the 

 whole Seafon of Fruit. 



i. The white Nutmeg (call'd by 

 the Fiencb, V A<vam Pecbe Blanche j : 

 This Tree has fawed Leaves ; but 



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