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THE GARDENS OF EPICURUS
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good here but the Newington, nor will that easily hang
till ’tis full ripe. The forward peaches are to be
esteemed only because they are early, but should find
room in a good garden, at least the white and brown
Nutmeg, the Persian and the violet Musk. The only
good nectarines are the Murry and the French ; of these
there are two sorts, one very sound, and the other some-
thing long, but the round is the best: of the Murry there
are several sorts, but being all hard, they are seldom
well ripened with us.
Of grapes, the best are the Chasselas, which is the
better sort of our white muscadine (as the name was
about Sheen ;) ’tis called the pearl-grape, and ripens
well enough in common years, but not so well as the
common black, or currand, which is something a worse
grape. The parsley is good, and proper enough to
our climate; but all white Frontignacs are difficult,
and seldom ripe unless in extraordinary summers.
I have had the honour of bringing over four sorts
into England; the Arboyse from the Franche Comte,
which is a small white grape, or rather runs into some
small and some great upon the same bunch ; it agrees
well with our climate, but is very choice in soil, and
must have a sharp gravel; it is the most delicious of
all grapes that are not muscat. The Burgundy, which
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good here but the Newington, nor will that easily hang
till ’tis full ripe. The forward peaches are to be
esteemed only because they are early, but should find
room in a good garden, at least the white and brown
Nutmeg, the Persian and the violet Musk. The only
good nectarines are the Murry and the French ; of these
there are two sorts, one very sound, and the other some-
thing long, but the round is the best: of the Murry there
are several sorts, but being all hard, they are seldom
well ripened with us.
Of grapes, the best are the Chasselas, which is the
better sort of our white muscadine (as the name was
about Sheen ;) ’tis called the pearl-grape, and ripens
well enough in common years, but not so well as the
common black, or currand, which is something a worse
grape. The parsley is good, and proper enough to
our climate; but all white Frontignacs are difficult,
and seldom ripe unless in extraordinary summers.
I have had the honour of bringing over four sorts
into England; the Arboyse from the Franche Comte,
which is a small white grape, or rather runs into some
small and some great upon the same bunch ; it agrees
well with our climate, but is very choice in soil, and
must have a sharp gravel; it is the most delicious of
all grapes that are not muscat. The Burgundy, which