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Show 568 Phe Orchard. likea Peare, batofamorepleafant tafte then theordinarie kinde . whent hey ait tipe aid mellowedasthey vietoldoe with both thefe kindes,and with Meulars. The Vie of Seniices. te CPheyare gathered when they growe tobe neare ripe (andthatis-netier béfore they havefelt fome frofts) and being tyed together y are either hung vpinafonte warhie foome, 'to:ripen them thoroughly, that they may»! bee eatény of (as fome wie to doe) lay them in ftrawe,chatte, orbranne,to ripen them. Theyare binding,fit to be taken of them that haue any {couring or laske, to helpeto ftay the fluxeybyttakeheed, left ifyou bindetoo much, more paine and danger may comethercofthen ofthe {couring. Crairy IX. Ade/pilus.: The Medlar tree, Te threefortsof Medlers: The greater andthe leffer Englith, andthe Neapolitan. The greatandthe fmall Englith Medlar differ not one fromthe other in any thing); batinthe fize of thefruit , except.thacthe fmall kinde hath fome prickes or thornes vpon it, whichthe great one hath not, bearing diuers boughes:érarmes,from veherice brdake:forth divers: branches j whereon are fet long and fomewhat narrow leaues, many ftanding together; in the middle whereof, at theend ofthe branch,commeth the flo:rer;wwhich is great and white, made of fiue leaues, broad atthe ends, with anickein the middle of cuery one; after which commeththe fruit,being round,and of a palebrownifhcolour, bearing a crowne of thofe {mall leauesat the toppe, which werethe huske ofthe flower before, the middle thereof being fomewhat hollow, and is harfh,abletochoake any that fhall eate it before it be made mellow , wherein there are certaine flat and hardkernels. The Medlar of Naples groweth likewifeto bee a reafonable great tree, {preading forth armes and branches, wherean are fet many gafhed leaues, fomewhatlike vato Hawthorne leaues, but greater, and likewife diuers thornesin many places: the fowersare of amhérbie greene colour, and{mall, whichtutne into {maller fruit then the former,and founderalfo,, but with afmall head or crowneat the toppelikevntoit, andis ofa more {weeteandpleafant tafte then the other, with three feeds only therein ordinarily. The Vfe ofMedlars. Medlarsare vfed in the fame manner that Seruices are, that is,to beeaten whenthey are mellowed, and are for thefame purpofes. to bindethebody whenthere is acaufe: yet they as well asthe Sernices,-are often catenby them that haue no neede of binding, and but onelyforthe pleafant fweet- nefle of themwhen they are made mellow, atid {ometimes comeasa difh ofripe fruit at their fit feafon, to be ferued withrotherforts tothe table: —_—___ —t Cuar. X Lote, The Lote or Nettletree. Hefirft kinde of Lotetrce,whereof Diofcorides maketh mention,is but oF on kinde; butthereare fome othertrees fpoken of by Theophraftus, that may 0° referred thereunto ? which may bee accounted as baftard kindes thereof i . Waich Lmcanetoentreateinthis Chapter, hauing ginen you beforethe defcripto” of 1 Sorbus legttima, The trueSeruicetrec, 2 Sorbms wislparis fine Tormivalis, Theordins Ppitue Arousa. The Medlar of Naples. 5 Lerarber. The Nettle rree. @ 20?! Cherry tree. |