1 4 o Vegetable e St a ticks. 
thered Tome time before ic is ripe, will ri- 
pen fooner than if it had hung on the tree, 
tho’ it will not be fo good ; becaufe in thefe 
cafes the worm* eaten fruit is deprived of 
part of its nourifliment, and the green ga- 
thered fruit of alh 
, 
And for the fame reafon feme fruits are 
fooner ripe towards the tops of the trees. 
than the other fruit on the fame tree 5 viz. 
not only becaufe they are more expofed to 
the fun 5 but alfo, becaufe being at a greater 
diftance from the root, they have fomc- 
what lefs nouriftiment. 
And this is, doubtlefs, one reafon why 
plants and fruits are forwarder in dry, fandy, 
ox gravelly foils, than in moifter foils 5 viz. 
not only, becaufe thofe foils are warmer, 
on account of their drynefs ; but alfo, be- 
caufe lefs plenty of moifture is conveyed up 
the plants; which plenty of moifture, tho* 
it promotes their growth, yet retards their 
coming to maturity. And for the fame rea- 
fon, the uncovering; the roots of trees for 
feme time, will make the fruit be confide* 
rably the forwarder. 
And on the other hand, where trees a- 
* 
bound with too great a plenty of frefti drawn 
lap, as is the caie of trees whofe roots are 
planted 
