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the Branch, or clofe to the Stem 

 from whence it was produced : the 

 beft time for this Work is in Novem- 

 ber', for it fhould not be done in 

 frofty Weather, nor in Spring, when 

 the Sap begins to be in Motion. 



The beft Method to keep Apples 

 for Winter ufe is, to let them hang 

 upon the Trees, until there is Dan- 

 ger of Froft ; to gather them in dry 

 Weather ; and then lay them in 

 large Heaps to fweat for three Weeks , 

 or a Month : afterward look them 

 over carefully, taking out all fuch 

 as have Appearance of Decay, wipe- 

 mg all the found Fruit dry; and 

 pack them up in large Oil-jars, which 

 have been thoroughly fcalded and 

 dry, flopping them down clofe, 

 to exclude the external Air : if this 

 h duly obferved, the Fruit will keep 

 found a long time ; and their Flefh 

 will be plump ; for when they are 

 cxpofed to the Air, their Skins will 

 Ihrink, and their Pulp will be ibft. 



MALUS ARMENIACA. Vide 

 Armeniaca. 



MALUS AURANTIA. Vide 

 Aurastia. 



MALUS LIMONIA. Vide Li- 

 Itionia. 



MALUS MEDICA. Vide Ci- 

 treum. 



MALUS PERSIC A. Vide Per- 

 fica. 



MALUS PUNICA. Vide Pu- 

 rica. 



MAMFJ, The Mammee-tree. 



The Charafjers are ; 



// hath a rofaceous F/cvjer, nvhich 

 tcvffis of federal Leuves placed in a 

 circular Order ; from nvbofe Cup art' 

 jes the Pointal, ivhicb afterward be- 

 comes an almofi Jpber'.cal Hejly Fruit, 

 (obtaining tivo or three Seeds in clofe d 

 in hard rough Sbtns. 



There is but one Species of this 

 Tree known j k?i%. 



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Ma me I magno fruclu, perfic<£ faX 

 pore. Plum. Nov. Gen. 44. The Mam - 

 mee with a large Fruit tailing like 

 a Peach. 



This Tree, in tke Wefl-Indies t 

 grows to the Height of fixty or 

 feventy Feet : the Leaves are large 

 and fliff, and continue green all the 

 Year : the Fruit is as large as a 

 Man's Fift; when ripe, is ofayellow- 

 ifh-green Colour, and is very grate- 

 ful to the Talle. It grows in great 

 Plenty in the Spanijh Wef-hdies, 

 where the Fruit is generally fold in 

 their Markets, and is efleemed one 

 of the bed Fruits of the County. 

 It alfo grows on the Hills of Ja- 

 maica, and has been tranfplanted 

 into moll of the Caribbee lflands, 

 vvhere it thrives exceeding well. 



In England there are fome few of 

 thefe Plants, which are preferved 

 with great Care by fuch as are curi- 

 ous in cultivating Exotic Plants: 

 but there are none of any confider- 

 able Size ; fo that we cannot ex- 

 pec! to fee either Fruit or Flowers 

 for fome Years. Thefe Plants may 

 be propagated by planting the 

 Stones, which are often brought 

 from the Wefl-hdies (but thefe 

 Stones fhould be very frefh, other-, 

 wife they will not grow), into Pots 

 filled with frefti light Earth, and 

 plunged into an Kot-bed of Tanners 

 Bark. 



In about a Month, or fix 

 Weeks trie Plants will begin to ap- 

 pear above-ground ; after which 

 they mud be frequently refrefhed 

 with Water ; and in hot W r eather 

 the Glafies of the Hot-bed fhould 

 be raifed, to let in frefti Air. In two 

 Months the Roots of the Plants will 

 have filled the Pots ; when you fhould 

 provide fome Pots of a little larger 

 Size, into which you fhould tranf- 

 plant the Plant?, being careful to 

 preserve 



