U,A 
N ATVRALL 
HISTORI E. 
-i 
VI. Century. 
V R Experiments wc take care to be (as 
we hauc often faid) either Experimen- 
ta Fruttifera> or Lucifera j either of 
Vfe, or of Difcouery: For wc hate Impo- 
/lures ,• And de/pife Quriojities. Yecbe- 
cau/c wc mud apply our felues fome- 
whac to others, we will fee downe 
fonte Curiefities couching Plants . 
It is a Curiofity, tohaue fetter all Fruits vpon oneTree^ And the more, 
when fome of them come Early, and fom£ come Late-, So that you 
may haue vpon the fame Tree , Ripe Fruits all Sommer. This is eafilv 
done, bv Grafting of feuerall Cions y vponfeuerall Boughes, of a Stock, 
in a good Ground, plentifully fed. So you may haue all Kindes of Cher¬ 
ries, andallkindesof Plums, and Peaches, and Apricots, vpOnone Tree-, 
But Icoriceiue the Diuerfity of Fruits muft be fuch, as will graft vpon 
the fanie Stocke. And therefore I doubt, whether you can haue Ap¬ 
ples, or F cares, or Orcnges, vporithe fame Stocke, vpon which you grafe 
; Plummet. 
It is a Curio(ity to haue Fruits of Ditiers Shapes, and Figures. This is 
eafily performed by Moulding them, when the Fruit is young, with 
I Moulds of Earth, or Wood. So you may haue Cucumbers, &c. as Long 
j M _ as 
Experiments 
in C&nfort 
touching Citri- 
ofities about. 
Fruits and 
Plants. 
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