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NATURAL
HISTORY.
HISTORY.
Century VI.
OUr Experiments we take care to be (as we have often
11Experiments
in Conſort,
touching
Curioſities
about Fruits
and Plants. ſaid,) either Experimenta Fractifera, or Lucifera; either
of Uſe, or of Diſcovery: For we hate Impoſtures,
and deſpiſe Curioſities. Yet becauſe we muſt apply
our ſelves ſome what to others, we will ſet down ſome
Curioſities touching Plants.
11Experiments
in Conſort,
touching
Curioſities
about Fruits
and Plants. ſaid,) either Experimenta Fractifera, or Lucifera; either
of Uſe, or of Diſcovery: For we hate Impoſtures,
and deſpiſe Curioſities. Yet becauſe we muſt apply
our ſelves ſome what to others, we will ſet down ſome
Curioſities touching Plants.
It is a Curioſity to have ſeveral Fruits upon one Tree;
and the more,
22501. when ſome of them come early, and ſome come late: So that you may
have, upon the ſame Tree, ripe Fruits all Summer. This is eaſily done by
Grafting of ſeveral Cions upon ſeveral Boughs of a Stock, in a good ground,
plentifully fed. So you may have all kindes of Cherries, and all kindes of
Plumbs, and Peaches, and Apricots upon one Tree: But, I conceive the
Diverſity of Fruits muſt be ſuch, as will graft upon the ſame Stock. And
therefore, I doubt, whether you can have Apples, or Pears, or Orenges,
upon the ſanie Stock, upon which you graft Plumbs.
22501. when ſome of them come early, and ſome come late: So that you may
have, upon the ſame Tree, ripe Fruits all Summer. This is eaſily done by
Grafting of ſeveral Cions upon ſeveral Boughs of a Stock, in a good ground,
plentifully fed. So you may have all kindes of Cherries, and all kindes of
Plumbs, and Peaches, and Apricots upon one Tree: But, I conceive the
Diverſity of Fruits muſt be ſuch, as will graft upon the ſame Stock. And
therefore, I doubt, whether you can have Apples, or Pears, or Orenges,
upon the ſanie Stock, upon which you graft Plumbs.
It is a Curioſity to have Fruits of divers Shapes and Figures.
This is
33502. eaſily performed by Moulding them, when the Fruit is young, with Moulds
of Earth or Wood. So you may have Cucumbers, & c. as long as a
Cane, or as round as a Sphere, or formed like a Croſs. You may have
alſo Apples in the form of Pears or Lemmons. You may have alſo Fruit
in more accurate Figures; as we ſaid of Men, Beaſts, or Birds, according
as you make the Moulds, where in you muſt underſtand, that you make
the Mould big enough to contain the whole Fruit, when it is grown to the
greateſt; for elſe you will choak the ſpreding of the Fruit, which other-
wiſe would ſpred it ſelf, and fill the Concave, and ſo be turned into the ſhape
deſired; as it is in Mould-works of Liquid things. Some doubt may be
33502. eaſily performed by Moulding them, when the Fruit is young, with Moulds
of Earth or Wood. So you may have Cucumbers, & c. as long as a
Cane, or as round as a Sphere, or formed like a Croſs. You may have
alſo Apples in the form of Pears or Lemmons. You may have alſo Fruit
in more accurate Figures; as we ſaid of Men, Beaſts, or Birds, according
as you make the Moulds, where in you muſt underſtand, that you make
the Mould big enough to contain the whole Fruit, when it is grown to the
greateſt; for elſe you will choak the ſpreding of the Fruit, which other-
wiſe would ſpred it ſelf, and fill the Concave, and ſo be turned into the ſhape
deſired; as it is in Mould-works of Liquid things. Some doubt may be
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