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and unwholefome juices, which will naturally be communicated 

 to the fruit.. 



Th e ftrip'd Chefnut is amongft the moft beautiful of all the 

 variegated trees, and, when mixed with other (IripM plants, has 

 a moft agreeable and chearful effec^l, the blotches being of a 

 rich fhining gold colour, ftrongly mark'd. This is ufualiy pro- 

 pagated by budding, or inarching it on the plain fore, thoiigh I 

 have raifed many of them by common grafting. 



"The Chinquapin, or dwarf kind, abounds in the woods of 

 America, where it produces abundance of nuts, which may ea- 

 fily be brought here with fafety, by mixing them with dry fand, 

 and which all the nut kinds from far diftant countries ought 

 to be, though, by not adverting to this fimple and eafy prefer- 

 vative, we generally loofe the greateft part of them. It: grows 

 in its native foil to about fourteen or fixteen feet high, and is 

 hardy enough to bear our fevereft winters. This may be pro- 

 pagated by its feeds as the common Chefnut, or, when thefe 

 cannot be procured, by inarching on it, which will increafe its ., 

 magnitude. . 



The fruit of the Chefnut tree is not only ufed for many ele- 

 gant dilhes in France and Italy, but is found ftrong and health- 

 ful food for labouring people, either made into bread, or prepa- 

 red as they do in various ways abroad : For all which purpofes, 

 we might in a few years have abundance of them, as well as 

 for feeding our hogs, which would highly improve both the 

 tafte and quality of our bacon, and render it as good as from 

 Virginia, or any other country we know: It Vv'-ould alfo.much 

 reduce its price, and bring it within the 'reach of labouring men.>. 



