BRE AD-FRUIT.- 
a tree. These trees, indeed, do not grow 
spontaneously: but Capt. Cook tells . us, that 
** if a man plant ten of them in his life-time, 
he will as compleatly fulfil his duty to his own 
and future g-enerations, as the native of our 
less temperate climate can. do by ploughing in 
the cold winter, and reaping in the summer's 
heat, as often as these seasons return ^ even if, 
after he has procured bread for his present 
household, he should convert a surplus into 
money, and lay it up for his children." 
The principal varieties of this tree, are that 
in v,/hich the fruit is destitute of seeds, and 
that in which they are found. The latter may- 
be considered as the tree in a wild state : the 
V. ant of seeds being probably owing to culti- 
vation ; as in the Barberry, and the httle 
Grape of Zant, commonly called Currants. 
The natives of Otaheite reckon at. least eight 
'varieties of that Vv'ithout stones, differing in 
the form of the leaf and fruit. The latter is 
generally globular, and smooth : but it \s often 
rugged; and, as it were, scaly; and, not un- 
frequently, either oval, oblong, or cordiform. 
It is probable that, by extending the culture 
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