By Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq, 



167 



to gather the fruit without breaking it ; and I do not think that 

 I could pack the fruit, when in that state, so that it would arrive in 

 London in a state proper to be shown and tasted. 



Almost all the spring fruit of my Nerii Fig-trees has fallen off 

 immature, and none of it has ever ripened properly ; and I doubt 

 much whether its spring fruit ever possesses much merit in any 

 climate. 



