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Rh one of the most luscious early fruits, uncommonly long-shaped, quite green, having a very mellow pulp, and ripening in August.—The tree makes a tall and respectable figure.

28. The Autumnal Anise-Rennet (Venkel-apple, of the Dutch), a fine fruit, generally of the size of a full-grown English Pippin; bluntly pointed towards the bloomy part, or eye; having a very rough grey-yellow peel, strongly marked with whitish dots, and sometimes with warts. Its flesh is remarkably tender, having a palatable sweet juice, and a most grateful aromatic flavour resembling that of aniseed: it ripens about Michaelmas, and some pears are eatable in a fortnight after. But their spicy flavour continues only for six or eight weeks, as it is dissipated about the end of November, when they become mealy.—The tree is of low growth, like most of those producing similar fruit.

29. The Pear-Quince, though it cannot be classed among the fruit designed for the table, nevertheless deserves a place in every orchard; as it is used for many culinary purposes.

30. The Easter Bergamot (Bugi) an exceedingly delicate fruit; very large, round, somewhat thinner towards the stalk; green, marked with small grey spots; yellowish when ripe, and brown-red on its southern exposure: the pulp is uncommonly white, mellow, and without kernels: containing a copious sweet juice, slightly acidulated. This fruit ripens on the floor in January, and remains sound till March; but it ought to be left on the tree as long as possible, and not to be brought in contact with articles possessing a peculiar smell, which it readily aftracts.—Its wood is bulky; though the tree, like the Bergamot kinds, in general, attains only a moderate height.

31. The Orange Cherry, resembles in taste that of Altendorf, described, No. 21; being a compound of sweet and acid juice, in which the former property greatly prevails. It is of a large size, somewhat compressed, with a small excavation, and a middle-sized stalk. On the south side, it is of a bright-red; on the opposite of a reddish-yellow cast; stained in all directions with transparent spots of the last-mentioned shade. During a rainy summer, it frequently becomes uniformly of an orange-colour; and ripens about the middle of July.—This valuable tree is fertile; and, though growing vigorously, never attains a considerable size.

32. The Black Mulberry.—If this useful tree cannot be planted near the house, or in some convenient corner of the yard, it ought not to be omitted in a complete orchard, on account of its agreeable vinous fruit, the juice of which is very palatable; as it gradually ripens, and not only affords a constant supply of berries for eight weeks, but may be converted into an excellent and wholesome wine.—The tree seldom exceeds 20 feet in height; and, though durable, demands a sheltered situation, because its sap circulates slowly, and at a late period of the spring: it requires but an indifferent, dry soil, and begins to bear fruit in the second year after being transplanted.

33. The Folg-Cherry is a large, dark-red, and luscious fruit, with a short stalk, and a small acid leaf: it has a sub-acid taste, accompanied with