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Show ECOND BOOKE HISTORIE OF THE OF PLANTS. Theyte vied to be eaten rofted in the afhess fome when they be Of Potatoes. ifarnn Perawiatam (ine Batata F- s or Potatoes. ofted.infife 7 hedefcription plant which is called offomeSifarum D. Pérunianwm, ot Skyrrits of Peru, isgene: us oF Potatoes, It anchestrailingypon nto Pompions; wher fet rough hairie leaues,verylike vnto thofe ofth Thereis not anythat hath tis plant, orfaide anythingofthe , thereffore Iiefer th e defcrip rightiereor that fhall heereafter haue further ve ofthe fathetyet nas Thadin my gar- sd ae 2 Chap.335. Duttata Virginian A use Virginiatorum,cy PapDp Us. Potatoes of Virginiay c[criptiote nia Potatoes hat hmany ¢ flexible branches, byes theg sunde, oF aces at certaiine e which knoots oer Re winter, ‘fia 1e erowen vito a great ae a {w torednes, bling thofe of the Parfnep,in tafte the top intoone head, in manner ofthe Skyrtit, whichbeing diuidedinto diuers parts andpl pate Bd ted, do make aggreat inc reafe, epee ifthe ereateft root es s cut footftalks, whereon do growety * Thep The Potatoes grow|in India Barba exch hotteregions, of which Ip!lanteddiuers rootes( that [bought at the drol ted, ere they flourifhed vntill winter,at which time they psecitheda % The time. endofSeptember: atthefirft approchof great frofts the leauest fice andpleafant flov of one entire whole leafe, wh folded or plaitedin fuch ftr fort, thatit feemeth to bea 4 made of fixe findrie which cannot eaf eth yntothe otes andftalkes do perifh. feeot the fam1€ % The names. P otatuls, ane Clufies callethit Battats, Camotes, Amotes, and Ignanes: in Englith Potatoes, Potaces ® sidently appeere bythe tafte, The rootesa ” and manyyothhernationnitseo Talians, Indians, ngp aksatid doftrengtne thi se sichasiienai of monandordinarie meate, whichno dov om” comfort nature, whofe nutriment is as it were a meane betweene flefh andfruic, though aged ly HY windieés but being roftedin the embers, theydo lofe much oftheir windinefle selpeciall fopped in wine. B He, bet ut after- are bolonie seywhich leaui come foorth long rounde flender plantedin goodandfert The Potatoe roote and > ot SOof Virginia. Ol} Of Potatoes length of branches, but theybrought notfoarth anyflowersat alls whether bicaufe the winter C2 wufed themto perith tbefore their time offlowring, or that theybe of nature barren of flowers, Iaamnotcertaine. The rootes are many,thicke, and knobbie, like vnto the rootes ofPeionies}or rather ofthe white Afphodill, ioinedtogitherat withthe rt them in wine: and others to giue the m the greater grace in eat; featethem, And like ife others drefle them (bein nan according to his ownetafte and liking : notwithftat iowfoeuert ]i comfort,nourifh,andftrengthen the bodie,procure bodily luft,and that with grecdinefle, Chap 9 Ofthefe rootes may be made conferues,no lefle toothfome,wsholefome,and dai beit fiefh of Quinces, Andlikewife thefe comfortable anddelicate meates,calledin hops 447 centul2and diuersother {uchlike. Cc Thefe rootes 1r fererue as a groundor founddlation, whereon the cunning conf baker may worke and frame manycomfortable deli atecon{eruessand reftLoratiue fer itht pie Wiha light thewof Mgshough purpl eand t] : yellowAgs the lower thtufteth foorth a thick low a the middle ofeuerryfolde orwe ‘: inthe mic ! t edeth edonske vad as: NesofPeiacn middeft thereof. ore fet andkblacke whenitis ripes efleorwilde Plum, greene ined fallec much differin tite fede, leffer than thofe of Muttarde. Therooteis thicke,fat, a Shereof, ne long oul common Potatr eitherin fhap e, colour ortafte from the arenotfo great norlong; aes 1¢eMrot asapal, fome ou: illo then,huimber Peedothersfhorter : of threedddie fttings, STowerh nat Date receiy % The pilace. tally in America where it wasfirft difcouered,as reporteth C.C/u/is, fince which led rootes hereof fromVir: inia, otherwile.called Norembega,w ich growe and ‘Petin Inyg:Garden,as go in their ownenatiue countei = . . %& The |