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good, I am not, nevertheless, of the opinion of those who 
say that it is the best fruit which there is in the world. A 
good Peach can dispute in goodness with the Pine Apple & 
carry off the prize to my taste. The fruit is unwholesome 
& feverish in all the other places where it grows, but it is 
not in the Isle of Bourbon, where it causes no more harm 
than every other fruit which grows there. 
Cashew. This fruit grows on a tree like an apple tree. 
’Tis as large as the apples, & has its kernel beyond or out 
of the apple at the tail of it. ’Tis good. 
There are besides some sweet & bitter Citrons & 
small Oranges nam’d Vangasecs , which are better than 
the Oranges from China & from Portugal, as also some 
Lemons. 
Besides these fruits there are some wild ones which are 
good. 
The Vine grows there very well; there are from a few 
planted to the number of about three to four thousand 
feet. I have gather’d from them fine enough grapes. 
At each crop which they gather, they plant cuttings to 
make the Vines; but, as this is not a good plan, I don’t 
believe that they can gain much good from it. Cou’d 
they import Plants or Seeds from Europe, some good 
Vines wou’d grow. 
The Wheat grows well in the said Island. It has been 
try’d, & has borne very well. 
They found, after the departure of Monsieur the Admiral 
from the Island, about three bushels of Wheat Corn, come 
from the Indies, left by the Sieur Regnaud, former Com¬ 
mandant in the island. This wheat was spoilt and pierc’d 
with Weevils , at least two-thirds. They put it in the 
ground in the month of July 1671. It remain’d three 
months in the ground. It grew very fine, & they reap’d 
from it more than sixteen bushels. 
Some time after it was sown, the Governor had it cut, 
