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Show Lhe Kitchen Garden. ee fohighand the feedeis{maller : -yet as lohn Tradefcante faith (whohathgiuen methe relation of this, and many otherof thefe garden plants, to whom cuery onejs a debtor) the roote hereofis not altogether fo pleafant as the other. Moreouer the wilde kinde, which growethin many places of England(and wherof in fome places there mightbe gathered a quarterfacke full ofthe feede)if it be fowen in Gardens, and there well ordered, will proueas goodas the former kinde of Garden Parfneps. es The Vfe of Parfneps. Lhe Kitchen Garden. The ordinary Garden Turnep hath manylarge,and long rough grcene Ieaues, with deepeand vneuen gafhes on both fides of them: theftalke rifeth vp among theleaues about two foore high, {preadarthe toppe into many branches,beariag theron yellow flowers; whichturneinto long pods, with blackifhround.feedein them : .the rdoteis . round and white,fomegreater, fomefmaller; the beft kindeis knowneto be flat, withe afmall pigges tale-likeroote vnderneathit ; the worfer kinde which is more common, inmany.placesof this land, both North and Weft;is roundyand not flar, witha grca- ; ter pigges tayle-like roote ynderneath. TheParfneproot is a great nourifher, and is much morevfed inthe time of Lent, being boyledand ftewed with butter, then in any othertime of theyeare; yetitis very goodallthewinter long. Thefeede helpeth to dif folue winde, and to prouekevrine. Theycllow kindedothoften grow very gteat, itis hardly difcerned fromthe ordinary kinde while it growerh, bur. by rhegreatneffe and §jpreading of the leanes beeing boyled, the roore changeth more yellow, fomewhatnearethe colour of a Carrot. Thered Turnep growethv{ually greater then any ofthe other, effpecially ina good: -7y., ground, being of a faire red colour on the outfide, but being pared, aswhiteasany.o- <7, We ther onthe infide. This, as Matthiolus faith, doth grow inthe Countreyjof. Anania, where hee hathfeene an infinite numberof them that haue waighed fifty pounda Cuar. XL, Paitinefative tennifolia. Carrots. T= Carrot lath many wingedleaues,rifing from the headofthe roote,which are much cutand divided into manyother leaues,and they alfo cucand divided into many parts, of adeepe greenecolour, fome whereofin Autumnewill turneto be of a fine red or purple (the beautie whereof allureth many Gentlewomeg oftentimesto gather the leaues, and fticke them in theirhats orheads, or pinthem on their armes in ftead of feathers): the {talkerifeth vp among the Icaues, bearing many likewife vpon it, butnothing fo high asthe Parfnep, being about three foote high, bearing many {poakie tufts of white flowers, which turne into {mall rough feede, asif it were hairy, {fmelling reafonable wellif itbeerubbed : the rooteis foued and long, thicke aboue and {mall below, eytherred or yellow, eytherfhorter or longer, accor ding tohiskinde; for there isonekinde, whofe roote is wholly red quite thorough- — 3 another whofe rooteis red without fora pretty way inward, but themiddleis ycllow. Thenthere istheyellow, whichis of two forts, both longand fhort : Oneofthe long ycllowforts, whichis of a pale yellow, haththe greateft and longeft roote, and likewife the greateft head of greene, and is forthe moft part the worlt,being {pongys and notfirme. ae Theother is of a deepe gold yellow colour, and is the beft hauing a fmallerhead, or tuft of greene leaues vponit. : Thefhorte rootes are likewife diftinguithed,into pale and deepeyellow colours. The Vfeof Carrots. Allthefe forts being boyled inthe broth ofbeefe, eytherfrefh called in France, Mavezs de Cawe, the roote is fomewhatlong with the roundnefle 5 this kinde is twice as biggeas'a mans thumbe, and manyof them leffe : The otheris longand great, almoft as big asthe fhort Carrot, but forthe moft part of an vncuent lengths sand roundnefle vato the very end,, whereit {preadeth inte diuersfmall long fibres: neyther ofthem doth differ much fromithe Turnep,in leafe, floweror feed. The Vie of. Turnepss Being boyled infalt broth, they all ofthem eate moft kindly, and by reafon of their {weetnefle are much efteemed,and oftenfeeneas a difh at good menstables : but the greater quantitie of them are {pent at poore mens feafts. They nourifh much, and engender moift and loofe flefh,andarevery windy, The feede of the Navew gentle is (as Itakeit) called of Andromachus in the compofition of his Treakle, Besias dulcis : for Diofcorides and Plinie doe both fay, that the feede of the tame Bunias or Napusis put into Antidotes, and not the feede of the wilde, which ismore fharpe and bitter; neyther the feede of the Turnep, whichis calledin Greeke yeu in Latine Rapum, becaufe the {cedeis not {weete. Crar. XLIL or falt,but more viually of falted beefe, are eaten with great pleafure, becaufeof the {wecteneife of them : burthey nourith leffe then Par{nep s or Skirrets, Ihavenot often knowne the feede of this Garden kinde tobceviedin Phyficke : bur the wilde kinde is often and much vfedto expell winde, &¢ Ceei CHar. XL Rapum hortenfe. Turneps, : peece,andinfomerplaces heefaith, a hundred pounda peece, both whichwewould thinketobe incredible, but that wefeethe kindisgreatly giuento grow,andin warme Countries they may fo thriue, thatthe bulke or bigneffe ofthe roote mayfo farrepaile, the growthof our Countrey, as that it may, rifeto that quantity aboue {pecified: The Navewgentle is of two kindes, a {maller anda greater ; the{maller isviually ae are diuersferts of Turneps, as white, yellow,and red : the white arethe ero they are of two kinds,the one muchf weetcr the other ora i i ow and the red are morerare,and nourfed vponly bythen thoferhat ar¢ us : as allo the Navewe,whichis feencbut with very few. The Raphanus, Raddifh. Te are two principalkindes of Garden Raddifh, the oneisblackith onthe outfide, andthe otherwhite ; and of both thefe thereis fome diuifion againe, as fhall be fhewed. Dittander and horfe Raddith be reckoned kinds thereof. The ordinary Raddith hath long leaues,vneuenly gafhed on bothfides,the ftalke rifeth yp to the heightofthree or foure foote, bearing many purplith fowers at the top, made of foure leauesa peece,whichturne into thicke andfhort pods,wherein are con- tained round feede, greaterthen Turnep or Coleworte feede, and of a pale reddifh colour: the rooteis long,white,and of a reddifh purple colour on the outfide coward thetoppeof it,and of a fharpe bitingtafte. ; Thereis a {mall kind of Raddifh that commethearlier then the former,that we haue : had out of the low Countries,notdiffering in any thing clfe. The blacke Raddifh I hauehad brought meout of the lowe Countries, wherethey fell them in fomeplaces by the pound,and is accounted with them a rare winter ae Vv 3 1¢ fea has yr te |