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Show © Lhe Kitohen Garden, ~~ “pnriot bag nel213300197; Defsleans20 lisbmiwoi)dunwinerbo 1 e+ | Cu Ar. XLILX. Pappets fine Battatas, Potatoes. ! 2 qT Hrétforts Of Potatoes are well knowne vnto'vs; but the fourth I reft doubefyl] x : Of, aid’dare not affirme it vpon fueh termesas are given'vntoit, | vntill Tmay j be better informed by mitie ownesight: The Spanith kinde hath(in the Iflands whererhey eroweyeither naturallysorplay. ted for increafe,profit,and vfe of the Spaniards that nourfe them) many firme and ye- tie {weete rootes, like in thapeatidforine vnto°Afphodill reotes , but much greater and longer, of apale browne on the ourfide, and white within, fet together atone hedd ;'tromi whence rilearp many long branches j which by reafor of their weight atid wealtieleycahnot fest of thémfclies'; but-tiaile on’ the ground ayard anda halfeirlengthat the leat \(1 relateit pas'ithath towne, withvsy ‘but in what other fori; for ower or frnitywve Knownot) wherdomare fer at feucrall diftances, broad ancbiga manner three (quareleaicsy fonvewhat like triangled Iuie leaves)‘ ofa darke greene colour, thetwo fides whercofarebroad and roynd), andthe middle pointed at the end, ftanding reafonable clofetogether : thus much we haue feenc growewithvs, and.nomore:theroote rather decaying then increafing in our country. ae The Potatoesof Virginia, which fome foolithly call the Apples ofyouth, isano. ther kinde of plant,differing much from the former, fauing in the colour and tate of the roote, hauing many weake and fomewhat flexible branches, leaning little downwards, oreafily borne downe with the wistde or.other thing, befet with many winged leaues, of a darke grayith greene colour, whereofdiners are {maller , and fomegreater then others :thelowers growe many. together vpon along ftalke, comming forth from betweetie the leaves andthe great ftalkes, chery One feuerally vpon2 Mort foot, flatke, fornewhiat like the dower of Tabacto forthe forme, being one wholeleafe fix cornered at the brimmes: bir fomewhat larger 5 “and'ef 2 pale blewifh ‘purple'colotr, of pale doye Colour, and ia Tome alniof white, withfome red thteads ih themiddle, Ratiding about a'thicke gold yellow pointell, ripped with greentattheénd ‘after the flowersareé paftthere comp intheit places'fmal?round fruit; 4s biggeas'a Damfon or Bulleis.” stceene‘at the Ar, and Lémewhat whitifh’ afterwards} ‘with many white feedesthercin, like vito Nightihade : the rootesare ‘rounder and mich fimallerthen the former, and fome much greaterthen others difperfed vider ground by many {mall threads orftrings fromthe rootes, of the famelight browne colour onthe out- fide, and white within > asthey, and néare of the fainctafte » but notaltogether fo pleafane. ASPHE Potitos of Canada,’ fvhichthath iuers names giuenitby divers men, as Bau hinus'vpon Matthiolugdatleth it, Solaauth tuberofum ¢feulentim:? clleterinsof MiddleBorough in his P/entarume Sirtonimix, Helioty pidin tadiclins tiberofits, Fabitis Columna ithe fetond 'patt oF ‘his Phytobafanes; Flos Solis Parnefianis? fine' DAK? Perusnus tube. rofus: Wein England, from fomeigndrantand idl head.hatie called thers'A rtichokes of Fétufalenonly becutilethe Toote; Beiboyled, "is in tac like the Bottome of an Arti¢hoke! hefd = biitthey maymort fitly be called: Potardsio f Canada becanletheit rgotesarcinforme, colour and tafte, like vnto the Potatoes BF Vifginial ‘but greater, ahd'the Freh et Groue hethen Aft from Canadaitite thefe parts) Rifeztowne’ alkes, Ciht ov tenne faded highin ‘our Country, rifethp ¥ where they | fhewedtheir flowers, whereas the very head'Of @éWersin other Countries, : 2 Fabius Columna expreffeth ir, being of a Pyramis or Sugar loafe fafhion, broade preaaing below,and {maller pointed vpwards towards the toppe, is neere of the fame lengt, whereon are fet large and broade roughgreeneleaues, verylike vntothe leaues of the flower of the Sunne, but fmaller, yer growingin the very fame manner, round about sheftalkes : at the verylater end of Summer, or the beginning of Aurumne, if the roote bee well planted and defended, it will give a thew of a fewfinall yellowfl owels atthetop, like vatothe fowers of After or Starre-worte, and muchfmallerthen any flower of the Suane, which cometono perfe@ion with vs : theroote,while the plant 8 ; a 4 eter aHPS pane Pa ve cae V Cerns.Carawaycs. 2 Battatas Hifpanerum,Spanilh Potatoes. 3 Papas fem Battatas Farfemranortm. Potatoes, 4 Batratas de Canada, Poratocs of Canada, or Artichokes of Jerufalem. xx Vie |