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Some account of Batavia

but not a bit better than those, which are calld good in England, So Luxuriant are they in their growth, that most of them have 2 or 3 crowns & a large number of suckers from the bottom of the fruit, I have counted nine, these are so forward, that they often while still adhering to the mother, shoot out their fruit, which by the time the large one is ripe, are come to a tolerably large size, of these I have seen 3 upon one apple, & have been told that 9 have been seen, but that was esteemd so great a curiosity that it was preservd in sugar & sent to the Prince of Orange.

2. Oranges, are tolerably good, but while we were here were very dear, seldom less than 6 pence apeice. 3. Pumplemoeses, calld in the West Indies Shaddocks, were well flavourd, but had no juice in them, which we were told depended upon the season. 4. Lemons were very scarce, but the want of them was amply made up by the plenty

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