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Lhe Kitchen Garden, one ‘ withvs for fawce to meateallthe Winter lone.Some haue ft riulento equal] It is muchvied likewifeat Sea for themthat goe long voyages, and is for change, becaufe it is frefh,a welcome dict to moft perfons therein< The Rams Ciches the Spaniards call Grawameos,and Garauancillos, and them, bypickling vp our Cowcumbersat the later end ofth € yeare, when they arecheapett, taking the little ones and fcaldine them thoroughly wel] which afterthey putin brine, withfome Dill or Fenell leaues cia? eatethem boyled and ftewed as the moft dainty kinde of Peafe that'are, theyare of a very good rellith, and doe nouriflrmuch, but yetarenotwith. out that windy qualitythat all forts of Pulfeare fubiect vnto : they increale bodily luft much morethen anyotherforts, and as it is thought, doth helps but thefe are nothing comparable to the former, wee either mifl ng ees right and orderly pickling of them,or the kinde it felfe differino hoch tnu fran,m ch fro ours (as I faid of the Dantficke kinde) for outs areneither ther foi (ofcon tender afd firme,norfo fauouryasthésther. to encreaie fecde. The rawe ot greene Cowcumbetsare fittelt forthe hotterti ¥ me of the yeare, and for hot ftomackes, and not'to be vied in colder weather or cold ftomackes, by reafon ofthe coldneffe, whereby many haué been ited > Thefeedeis vfed phyfically in many medicines that erueto eaote Ua little to makethe paflages ofvrine flippéry,andto giue cafe to hot Uifeathe, Cuap?P. LILI. Cucumer, The Cowcumber. SOPgREgeee ae a ea) aepeerseerie Ps Cuar. LIIII. ECoweumbers thereate diners forts, differing chiefly in the forme andcoOt:the fruit, and not inthe forme of the plant ; therefore one defcription fhall ferue in ftead ofallchereft. The Cowcumberbringeth forth many trailing rough greene brancheslying onthe ground, all along whereof growefeuerall leaues, which are rough, broad,vneuen atthe edges, and pointed atthe ends,with long crooked tendrels comming forth at the fame ioyntwith the leafe,but ontheotherfide therof: betweentheftalks & the leauesatthe joy ats comeforth the lowers fenerallyeuery one ftanding on a fhort foot-ftalke, openingit felfe into fiue leaues,ofa yellowifh colour,at the bottome whercof groweththe fruit, long-and greeneatthefirft, but whenit isthoroughripe,alittle yellowifh, hauing many furrowes, and-vneuen bunchesall the length ofir, wherein is a white firme fub{tance nextvnto the skin, andacleare pulpeor-watery {ubftance, with whitcflat icede lying di{perfed thronghit: the rooteis long and white, with diuers fibresatit. j Melo, Milions or Muske Melons, Te bee diuers forts of Melons found out at this day, differing muchinthe goodneffe oftafte one from another. ‘This Countrey hath not had votill of late yeares the skill to nourfe themvpkindly, but now there are many'that are fo well experienced therein, and haue theirground {0 well prepared, asthat theywill not miffe any yeare, ifit be not tooextreme vnkindly,to haue many ripe ones ina rea~ fonable time: yet ome will be later then others alwayes. The Mélon iscertainly akinde of Cowcumber, it doth fonearerefembleit. both in the mannerofhis growing, having roughtrailing branches; tough vneuenleaues and yellow flowers: after which come the fruit, which is rounder, thicker , bigger, more rugged, and {potted on the outfide then the Cowcumber, ofa ruffer colour, anid preene vnderneath, which when it groweth full ripe , will changea little yellowith being as déepe furrowed andribbedas they , and befides hauing chapsor fifts indi. ners places of therinde: the inward hard fubftanceis yellow, whichonely is eaten: Thekindes, the feede whichis bigger,and alittleyellowerthen the Cowcumber,lyingin the mid- The firft defcribedis called, The long greene Cowcumber. There isanotheriscalled, The fhort Cowcumber,being fhort, and ofan eval bigneffe inthe bedy thereof, aad of an ynequall bigneffe atboth ends, Thelong Yellow, whichis yellowith from the beginning,and mortycl low whenitis ripe, and hath beene meafured to be thirteene inches long: but this is not that {mall long Cowcumber, called of the Latines,Gucum dle oncly among the moifter pulpe : the {mell and changing fhis colour; fore-{hew their ripeneffe to them that are experienced : the roote is long, with many fibresati. Thefruit requireth much watering inthe hot time ofthe day , tocaufethem to ripen the fooner, as I haye obferuedby diuers of the beft skill therein. The Vfe ofthe kindes of Mclons, The beft Melon feede doe cométo vs out of Spaine, forme haue comeout ANZ UIEUS. Another kindeis early ripe, called The French kinde. ~ Fhe Dantfickekinde beareth but {mall fruit, growing omhort branches or runners : the pickled Gowcumbers that’arevitally fold are of chiskind. The Mufcouie kindeisthe {mallet ofall other, yet-kriowne, and beareth not aboue foure or fiueat the moft ona ‘Toote, which arcno bigger then finall Lemons, The'Vfeof Cowcumbers. Somevfeto caftalittlefalt on their Mited_Coweumbers , andilet them ftand halfe an hourc or more ina difh, and then poure away the watet (0 comincth from them bythefalt, and afterpir vinegar, oyle, &c. there"! every onc liketlrs this is done,to take away the ouermuch waterifancile a coldneffe of the Cowcumbers, { To many countries they v{e‘toeate Cowcumbers as wee doe A pplesdf Peares, paring and giuing flices of them,assve would-+o.ourfriends ot}0™ dainty Apple or Peare, = red The pickled Cowcumbers that come from beyond Sea, are much a of Turkic, but they haue been nothing fogoodand kindly. Someare called SugarMelons, others Peare Melons): and others Muske Melons. They have beene formerly only caten by great perfonagesy becaufethe fruit was not onlydelicate but rare and thertorediuers were brought ftom France, and fince were nout{ed vp by the Kings or Noblemens Gardiriers onely , to ferue for their Mafters delight : butnow diners others thar have skill and conueniencicofground for them, doe plant themandmaketliem morecommon. They:paire awaythe outer rinde, -andcut out the inward ‘pulpe where the feedelyéthlice the yellow firmeinwardrinde or fubftance,&fo eate it with falrand pepper (and goodftore ofwine, or elfe it will hardly difgett} forthisis firmer, & hathnotthat moiftureinitthatthe:Cowcumbers haues It is alfo more delicate, and ofmore worth, which recompenfeththe paines The feed of thefe Melons are vfedss: Cowcumbers phyfically , and te« ly tl withthe iththem molt vfually. gether om |