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is commonly ufed as a Kitchen-ap- 

 ple : tho' there 3 re many better. 



The Royal-rufFet, by feme called 

 the Leatiur-. oar-ruikt, on account 

 of tne deep-ruftet Co'our of the 

 Skin : Tiik is a 1 ii«ge fairrruif, of an 

 oblong Figure, broad toward the 

 Bafe ; the Fk/h ii inclineable to 

 yellow : this is one of the beft 

 Kitchen-apples we imvc, and is a 

 Very great Bearer : the Trees grow 

 large and handfome ; and the Fruit 

 is ijfi Ufe from Gtiober till April ; 

 and is alio a pkafant Fruit to 

 cat. 



The Wheeler t. Ruflet is an Apple 

 of a middling Size, flat, and round : 

 the Stalk is flender ; the Side next 

 the Sun.cf a light-ruffet Colour ; the 

 other Side inclining to a pale-yel- 

 low, when ripe : the Flefh is firm ; 

 and the Juice has a very quick acid 

 Flavour; but it is an excellent Kitch- 

 en fruit, and will keep a long time. 



Pi/e*s Ruflet is not quite lb large 

 as the former, but is of an oval Fi- 

 gure, of a ruflet Colour to the Sun, 

 and of a dark-green on the other 

 Side : it is a very firm Fruit, of a 

 lharp acid Flavour ; but is much 

 cfteemed for Baking ; and will keep 

 found till April, or later, if they are 

 well prefsrved. 



The Nonpareil is a Fruit pretty 

 generally known in England ; tho' 

 there is another Apple which is fre- 

 quently fold in the Markets for it, 

 which is what the Fnncb call Haute- 

 bonne : this is a larger fairer Fruit 

 than the Nonpareil, more inclining 

 to yellow : the ruflet Colour bright- 

 er, and is earlier ripe, and (ooner 

 gone : this is not fo flat as the true 

 Nonpareil,-nor is the Juice fo (harp ; 

 tho' it is a good Apple, in ks Sea- 

 Ton : but the Ncnpareil is fe'dom 

 ripe before Cbrijlmas ; and where 

 they are well prefer ved, they will 

 keep till May perfeclfy found : this 



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is juftly efleemed one of the beft 

 Apples yet known. 



The Golden-pippin is a Fruit pe- 

 culiar to England : there are few 

 Countries abroad, where this fuc- 

 ceeds well ; nor do they produce 

 fo good Fruit in manyParts of Eng- 

 land, as were to be wifhed : this 

 is in fome meafure owing to their 

 being grafted on Free flocks, which 

 inlarges the Fruit, but renders itlefs 

 valuable ; becaufe the Flefh is not 

 fo firm, nor the Flavour fo quick ; 

 and it is apt to be dry and mealy ; 

 therefore thia fhould always be 

 grafted upon the Crab-flock, which 

 will not canker like the others ; and 

 tho' the Fruit will not be fo fair 

 to the Sight, yet it will be better 

 flavoured. 



There are yet a great Variety 

 of Apples, which, being inferior to 

 thofe here mentioned, I have omit- 

 ted ; as thofe which are here enu- 

 merated will be fufheient to fur- 

 nifh the Table, and the Kitchen, 

 during the whole Seafon of thefe 

 Fruits ; fo that where thefe Sorts 

 are to be had, no Perfon ofTafle 

 will eat the other. 



I fhall here mention fome of the 

 Apples which are chiefly preferred 

 for the making of Cyder; tho' there 

 are, in every Cyder Country, new 

 Sorts frequently obtained from the 

 Kernels : but thofe hereafter men- 

 tioned have, for fome Years been 

 in the greateft Efteem : 



The Red-flreak. 



De<vonJhire Royal Wilding. 



The Whitfour. 



Hertfordjhire Under-leaf. 



John -apple, or Deux-annes. 



F.ver!afting- hanger. 



Gennet moyle. 



A 1 the Sorts of Apples are pro* 

 pagated by grafting or budding, 

 upon the Stocks of the fame Kind ; 

 for they will not take upon any 



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