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Show ofhe \Kitchen Garden. - c - os is growing aboue ground, efereafeth notto his full growth, but when the Summer jg well {pent, and the{pringing of the ftalkis paft,which is about the end of Auguttor in »September,then the'root is perceiued to beencreafed inthe carth,and will beforeAy, time be {pehi, that is, inQAober, fiell like a mound or hillocke, round aboutthe “Ffootéof the ftalkes, and will fot haue lis rootes fitto be taken vp,vatiil the ftalkeshe halfe withered at the foonett 5 butafterthey be withered, and foall the winte tlon ~ watill che Sprig againe, theyrare good, ‘andfit to bee taken vpand vfed, whic harea number of tuberous round rootes rdgrowingclofetogether , fotharit hath bee neob- \ GE MTV he gy) é, NA B On MA, Ei “pn! {cried, that from one roote, being fet inthe Spring, there hath been The Spanifh Petato’s are roafted vnder the embers, and being pared of pecled.andfliced) are put into facke withalittle {ugar, ot without, and is delicate to’be eaten. ‘They arévfed to be baked with Marrow,Sugar, Spice, and ot other thisgs in Pyes, whicharea daintie andcoftly difh for the table. The Comfit-makers* preferue them, and candy them as diuers other things, andio ordered,is verydelicate, ficto accomp anyfuch otherbanquetting.difhes. The Virginia Potato’s being dreffed after all thefe waies before {pecified, maketh almott as delicate meate asthe former. The Potato’sof Canada are by reafon of ‘their greatincreafing tobe fo commom herewith vs at London, that euen the moft , srowne vulgar begin to defpife them,whereas when they were firftrecciued amorig ys,they were * dainties for a Queene. Being put into feething water they are foone boyled tender, which after theybe e pecled, fliced and ftewed with butter, and alittle wine, wasadifh fora Queenie, beeingas pleafant 4s the bottome of an Atticho ke : butthe too frequent vie, efpecially beingfo plentifall and cheape,hath ratherbred a loathing then liking of them. Cuar Ll, Cinara. Artichokes. Hefruits that grow vponor neere the ground, renextto be entreated of, and ted tameal of the Garden, others wilde and of Jate Planted inGatdens, Orchard sot Fieldes, of purpofeto bemeate for men. TheArtichokehath divers great, large, and long hollowed leaues, much cutin oF fore ‘on both edges, without any great fhew of prickles on them, ofa kinde of whi firth of ArticHokes, whcreofthere be diuers kindes, fome accoun tifh greene, like vnto an ath colour, whereof ittookethe Latine name Cinaré : the ftalkeis trong, thickeandronnd, . with fome skinsas it were downeallthe length 4 them; bearing at thetoppeone {caly head, madeat the firft like a Pine-apple, bucaitet growing greater, the feales aremore {eparate, yetin the beftkindes lying clofe, and notftating, as fome other kindes doe, which are eyther ofa reddith brownewhitil orgreenifh colour, andin {ome broadeatthe ends, in others fharpe or prickly + alte thehead hath food a greatwuile, ‘if it bee fuffered, “and the Summer proue horaa kindly, }in fome there will breake forth atthe toppe Z thereof, atuftof blewifh purple ; thruthes orthreds, vnder which growthe feede, Wrap : doune ped in a great deale of£ aoutl Aubftance y but thatrootethat yeeldeth flowers will hardly abide the next winter ; but elfebeing cutoff whenitis well growne, that dounie matter abidethclofein themiddle of thehead, hauine the bortome thereof flat and round, which is that mattet ot dubftance thatis vicdto beeaten : the roote ipreaderhit felfe inthe groun d realon DL SSE so The Vie of allthefe Porato’s. TicaCO. forty or moretas ~hen vp againe;and to haue ouer-filled apecke meafure,and are ofa Pleafant goodtafe as many hauye tryed, |