the better sorts

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These wilding trees are, in the main, more hardy than the improved varieties, hence are largely employed as stocks for the better sorts, as well as for the plum and apricot.

From The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Fuller, Andrew S.

Because it contains some typical examples of the better sorts of information in these works, I have thought it worth while to quote two passages from it.

From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph

Many of the inferior machines show marked improvements over the better sorts, so far as handiness goes, while there is nothing to hinder the handy from being good and the good handy.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 by Various

Of course they're rather dull, but then you get very few of the better sorts.

From Priscilla's Spies by Birmingham, George A.

This was of various kinds, for the mountain was very rich in the better sorts of metals.

From The Princess and the Goblin by MacDonald, George