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fcft fa long; therefore the Winter- 

 fruits ftiould never be grafted upon 

 thefe. 



The Virginian Crab tree, with 

 f.veet Flowers, is preferved by fuch 

 Perfons as are curious in collecting 

 great Variety of Trees : it may be 

 propagated by budding or grafting 

 it upon the common Crab or Ap- 

 ple-tree ; but it is fomewhat tender 

 while young: wherefore it mould be. 

 planted in a warm Situation, other- 

 wife it will be fubjecl to furTer by 

 an extreme hard Winter. The 

 Flowers of this Tree are faid to be 

 exceeding fweet in Virginia, where 

 it grows in the Woods in great Plen- 

 ty ; but I could not obferve much 

 Scent in fome of them which have 

 flowered in England ; fo that I am in 

 doubt whither the Sort at prefent in 

 the Gardens is the very f<une with 

 that of Virginia, or perhaps it may 

 have degenerated by fowing the 

 Seeds, which is the way it was firjft 

 obtainM in England. 



The Fig-apple is fuppos'd by 

 many Perfons to be produe'd with- 

 out a previous Flower. Eat this 

 Opinion is rejected by fome curious 

 Gbfervers, who affirm, there is a 

 fmall Fiower precedes the Fruit, 

 which is very fjgacious,fe!dom con- 

 tinuing above a Day or two. Now, 

 which of thefe Opinions is the right, 

 1 have not, as yet, had an Opportu- 

 nity o determine, not having aTree 

 in my ownPoffeuion which is arriv'd 

 at Maturity to produce Fruit ; tho' 

 it might reasonably be expected, 

 that thofe who have hadTrees of this 

 Kind feveral Years, might have de- 

 termin'd this Point long ere this 

 time. 



There is an Account of a Tree 

 of this Kind, mention'd in a Letter 

 from New -England, written by Paul 

 Dudley, Efq; to the Royal Society, and 

 publilh/d in the Tbilojophical Tranf- 



afiions, Numb. 38 which was ex- 

 ceeding large, and produe'd great 

 Quantities of Fruit, without any 

 previous Flowers ; but it grew at 

 feme Di fiance from his Habitation, 

 and he having no 1 pporiunity to 

 obferve it firictiy himfelf, but by 

 vifitingthe Place two or three times 

 about t:;e Seafon of Flowering, and 

 not being appri^d of the fudden 

 Decay of the Flowers, they might 

 eaflly be fuppo»'d to have appear'd, 

 and dropt orf, between the times of 

 his vifiting the Place. 



The two Sorts withftrip'd Leaves 

 are prcferv'd by fuch as are curious 

 in collecting fuch Varieties ; thefe 

 may be propagated by grafting or 

 budding them upon the common 

 Apple or Crab-tree j but they mould 

 not be planted in a very rich Soil, 

 which would caufe them to grow ve- 

 ry free, whereby their Leaves would 

 become intirely green again. 



The other Sorts, which are above- 

 mentioned, are what have been 

 introdue'd from Trance ; but there 

 are not above two or three of 

 them, which are much efteemed in 

 England ; wk'. the Trench Renette, 

 the Renette-grife, and the Violet- 

 apple ; the other being early Fruit, 

 which do not keep long, and their 

 Flefti is generally mealy ; fo that 

 they do not deferve to be pro- 

 pagated, as we have many better 

 Fruits in England : but as there 

 may be fome Perfons, who are 

 willing to have all the Sorts, I have 

 mentioned them here, for their In- 

 ftruction ; but I fhall next put 

 down thefe Sorts of Apples, which 

 are bell efteemed in England ; place- 

 ing them in the Order according^' 

 to their time of Ripening. 



The firit Apple which is brought 

 to the Markets is, the 1 Cbdlin : This 

 Fruit is fo well known in England, 

 that it is needlefs to defcribe it. 



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