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Deux ms, 
or John 
Jff.es 
Of Propagating Fruit-trees. 
the more ingenuous Neighbours haveen- 
crealed them.Ofwhich fruit hath been made 
Cider far excelling any Rcdjlreak that could 
be there obtained, and it's probable may 
exceed any other Ciders , fo that the fruit 
be not ground until December at Iboneft, 
about which time the ftrong Fibres that 
are difperft throughout the fubftance of 
the fruit are weakned, whereby its tough- 
nefsand roughnels is abated and its Juice 
more eafily ieparable from the Alure, and 
more maturated by being fo long contain’d 
within its thick Coat. For thefe hard , 
durable, rough, and (harp fruits make the 
worft Cider , if ground from the Trees or 
foon after, and the bed: when they have 
been kept untill time hath throughly di- 
gefted their juice. 
The Deux-an , fo called from its long 
lading, continuing neer two years, is an 
Apple not much unlike the Weft bury Ap¬ 
ple laft mentioned, for it is a true old 
Britijh fruit, agrees with all Soils $ and 
where the Pippni fruits are fo fubjeft to 
the Canker, that its labour loft to plant 
them, there the Deux-an flourifhes even 
to excels, and its rind lo clean that no o- 
ther Tree is to be compared to it. The 
Tree is more apttoalpire thanany other 
Apple- 
