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Show ~The Kitchen Garden. the feede gathered from the root of the bet kinde is blackifh on theoutfide (and yet Lhe: Kitchen Garden. - : fuchan one, hath’after the fowing againe, given rootes, whereof fome haue bene blacke, but the moft part white onthe outfide) and white within, great and round at the head, a!moft likea Turtiep, but ending fhorter then a Raddifh, and longer thena Furnep,almoft peare-fafhion, of afirmerand harder fubftance then the ordinary Rad. dith, bat no leffe fharpe and biting, and fomewhat ftrong withall, the leanes are fomes what finallet,and with deepér gathes, the flower and feede are likethe former; byt {maller. ‘Another fort of blacké Raddithis ike“in ‘leafe and feede tothe former, butthe flower is of Slighter' putple- Colour the roote is longerand fmaller, and changeth alfo ro bee white asthe formerdoth, fothat I thinkethey haue both rifen from one kinde. The Horfe Raddifh is’ kinde of wilde Raddifh, but brought into Gardensforthe ~‘ vft oFit; atfd hath grear'large and'leng greene leaues, which are not fo muchditiided, butdénted about theedgts: the rodte is long’and great, much ftrongerintaftethén cheformerjahd abideth diners yearess{preading with branches vnder ground: Dittandef is likewtfe'a wilde’ kinde hereof, hauirig long pointed blewifh greene leauies, atid 2 roote that créepeth much vader ground’: I corifeffe this might havebin placed among the herbés,becaufe the leaues and not the réotes are vied; but letit pafle now with the kindes of Raddih. The Vfe of thefe Raddithes. Raddithes doeferue vfually as afirea/am before meat, giving anappetite theréunto; thé poore eate them alone with bread and falt. Sometthatare carly fowen, areeatenin Aprill, or fooner if the feafon permit; others come later ; and fomeare fowen late to ferue for theend of Summer: but (as of all things elfe) the earlier are the more accepted. The blacke Raddifhes are moft vfedinthe winter, (yet fomeintheirnaturalland not forc’d grounds, haue their rootes good moft part ofthe Sum: mér)and therefore muft bee fowenafter Midfomer; forif’ they fhould bee fowen earlier,they would prefently runnevptoftalke andfeed,and fo lofe thebenefit of the roote. The Phyficall propettie is, it is often v{fed in medicifes that hel pe to breake the ftone, and to auoyde grauell. The Horfe Raddifh is vfed Phyfically, very muchin Melancholicke, Spletieticke and Scorbuticke difeafes. And fome vie to makéakinde of Muftard withthe rootes, and eateit with fith: Dittanderor Pepperworteis vied of fome cold churlifh Romackes, 54 fawceorfallet fometimes totheir meate, butit istoo hor, bitrerand ftreng fot weake and tender ftomackes. Our Gardiners about Leadonvie great fences of reede tyed together, whichfeemethto bee a mat fet vpright, ‘and is as good asa wallto defen the cold from thofe things that would be defended, andro bring them for- wardstheearlier. Crar.XLIII. Cepe. Onions. Ee hauediuersforts of Onions, both whité and red; flat,round and long, V \ ] as {hall be prefently thewed : but Iwill doe with thefe as I doe with rhe reft, only giue you one defcription for them all, and afterwards thet [euerall names and varictics, as they arete be knownby. _ Our common Garden Onionhath divers long greene hollow leaues, feeming halfe tat amene wish rifeth yp.a great round hollow ftalke,bigger in the middle ae whereelfe, atthe toppe whereofftandeth a clofe round head, couered at the firft w! athin skinne,which Preakedh when the héad is gtowne,and theweth forth « great Vi bell : a ssi MeasieBaasad COL lenge, Long On q_cphcuntropiceres. Horie Raddith.> Lepidless fot Dipesdl, RampEASgoog Sc Guaua Ue $ Forrum.Leckes 6 ABing, Gaslicke. 7 Kapwmswlus, |
