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Scudamore, ambassador to the court of France in the reign of Charles I. 
who, having collected in Normandy scions of cyder apple-trees, when he 
returned to England, introduced them into the county of Hereford, which 
is now become one entire orchard. 
The Siberian Crab is now common with us, and its name denotes its 
origin. 
The Quince (Pyrus Cydonia) has its scientific appellation from Cydon, 
a town of Crete, famous for this fruit. 
The Mulberry* (Morus) is a native of Persia, whence it was introduced 
into the southern parts of Europe, and is now commonly cultivated in Italy, 
France, Germany, and England, where the winters are not too severe. 
Gerard, who published his History of Plants in 1597, speaks of the Mulberry 
as then common in the gardens of England. 
The Almond (Amygdalus Communis) comes from Italy, or the South 
of France. It is a native of Barbary . The Romans obtained the fruit from 
Greece, for the nuts are called Nuces Grrccre. How beautifully with us does 
this tree, cultivated for ornament, display its delicate red flowers in the 
month of March, when few other trees have any leaves, and present one 
of the most elegant objects of nature. 
The Barcelona Nut is scarce, and far superior to our Common Ha%el Nut , 
and well worth cultivating in England. Its name shews whence it is 
derived. The eating nut, or round filbert, was originally from Pontus, for 
the Romans call it, Nux Pontica. 
The Chesnut (Castanea) is a native of the south of Europe, and is said 
to take its name from Castanea, a city of Thessaly, where anciently it grew 
in great perfection. The Spanish Chesnut and Dwarf Virginian points out, 
by their names, the origin with us of these trees. 
Gerard says, that in his time there were several woods of chesnuts in 
England, particularly one near Feversham in Kent; and Fitz-Stephens, in a 
description of London written by him in Henry the Second’s time, speaks 
of a very noble forest which grew on the north part of it. This tree grows 
sometimes to an amazing size. Not to mention those abroad, there is one 
at Lord Ducie’s at Tortworth, in the county of Gloucester, which measures 
* The Mulberry may be noticed as breeding no one insect, neither when growing, or cut down, 
being deftined as the food of the Silkworm alone. Excellent silk has been produced in England. 
