150 On Prolonging the Duration of Varieties of Fruits. 



Apple, which in my estimation is and always was without a rival 

 in the climate of England) might be greatly retarded by propa- 

 gating it from scions which have recently sprung from the trunks 

 of old trees, in obedience to the instructions of Virgil (whose au- 

 thority is however generally of little value) and probably of 

 Hyginus, " summa ne pete flagella." 



