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REESE ESSERE E e ee e eszesek Tae) Pre pmo nr) SECTION SS sültem — ‘Bary or Roi Pear, the finest Pear in the world, from St. G. Tucker. Newington Peach, from Mr. Seawell. Pound Pear, from Mrs. Anderson. Cluster Cherry, ripe in May, from Mr. Eppes. Mr. Kennon’s Pear.”’ Under ‘‘List of Grafted Fruit Trees of different kinds Grafted or planted at Prestwould 16th March 1792,” are many kinds of cherries, with ‘‘plumbs,”’ nectarines, quinces, peaches, and an ‘‘Esopus Spitzemburg, a very large red apple, reckoned the finest eating apple in America, next to the Newtown Pippin. [From St. Gir kee Dated 1807 is Lady Jean’s “‘Memo: of the Seasons when the different Fruits at Prestwould are ripe, or fit to gather,’ and from it we may judge whether or not the seasons of the present time are different from those of her day: "May Cherries, Duke Cherries, and Strawberries of ditferent kinds, from early in May to the middle of June. Black, White and English Raspberries, from the beginning of June to the middle of July. Red and Black Currants, and Morello Cherries, from the middle of June to the middle of July. Red, White and Blue Plumbs, from the Ist of July to the Ist of August. Honey Pear, from the Island, about the middle of July. Catherine Pear, from the Kitchen Garden, between the middle of July and Ist of August." Besides the vegetables in the flower garden, there were many in the kitchen garden, and more grown on one of the islands, so that, as shown by old invoices, seeds and plants were ordered in great quantities. On one, if not on all of the three islands, there were orchards of peach, pear and apple trees, as well as other L313]
