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30 Codling, or Pomroy, or of pimpled Coat The Russet, or the Cats-Head's weighty Orb, Enormous in its Growth; for various Use Tho' these are meet, tho' after full repast Are oft requir'd, and crown the rich Desert?


 * What, tho' the Pear-Tree rival not the Worth,

Of Ariconian Products? yet her Freight Is not contemn'd, yet her wide-branching Arms Best screen thy Mansion from the fervent Dog Adverse to Life; the wintry Hurricanes In vain imploy their Roar, her Trunc unmov'd Breaks the strong Onset, and controls their Rage. Chiefly the Bosbury, whose large Increase, Annual, in sumptuous Banquets claims Applause. Thrice acceptable Bev'rage! could but Art Subdue the floating Lee, Pomona's self Would dread thy Praise, and shun the dubious Strife. Rh