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V Art de Tailler^ isfc. The Art of Vrunlng Fruit- 
Trees^ anA ^ Traft of the ufe of the Fruits ofTxcts^ 
for preferving us in healthy or for curivg us when 
we arefick' Tranflcttedfrom the French Original^ 
Jet forth thelafl year by a Phyfitian o/Rochcl 
Printed at London in%\ 1685. 
T He Author of this Book, who is a member of the 
College of Phyfitians at^orZ^^/Z^having taken a par- 
ticular delight in the (Cultivation of Fruit-Trees, and in 
confidering the ufe of their Fruits, gives us here the rules 
which many years experience has taught him on thole 
fubjeds i he conceiving to have herein outdone what 
any man has yet written on the like occafion. 
The firft part of this Book, which contains the Art oi 
Pruning or Lopping Fruit-Trees confifts of four Chapters, 
and the Author has caus'd (even Figures to be Grav'd, 
which he judg d neceflary for the unaerftanding of what 
he fays. The firft Chapter treats of the Lopping of Fruitr 
T^eesforthe Month o{ February, The fecond explains 
that of the Montli of May, The third teaches the Lop- 
ping for the end of May^ and for ):he beginning of June. 
And the fourth comprehends that of J^/j. 
The Tra6t of the ufe of fruits has three Chapters, di- 
vided into feveral Articles ; la the firft Chapter he fliews 
the time and the way of ufing Fruits v/hich corrupt eafily, 
as Figgs, Nederins, Peches, Plums, Apricocks, Moiber- 
ryes, Cherryes ^ which ought allways to be eaten, the Sto- 
mach empty and before meals. The fecond treats of 
thofe which do notcorrupt eafily, and which ought to be 
eaten after meals, as Pears, Apples, Portugal Quinces, 
Medlers, and Services. The third explams how we may 
eat before or after meals RaifinS;, Fortugal ^lrA China 
Oranges,, 
