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The firftor true Lore tree growethto be atreeofagreat height, whofe bodie and elder branches are coucred with afmoothdarke greene barke,the leaves are fomewhat roughin handling, of a darke greene cobour, long pointed, and fomewhat deepe den. ted about the edges, fomewhat like vnto a Nettlefeafe, and oftentimes Stoweyellow toward Autumne: the flowersftand here andthere {catered vpon the branches. after which come roundberries like vnto:Cherries, hanging downewards vponlong foot. ftalkes, greene at the firit, and whitith afterwards; but when theyare ripe they hecdine reddith, andiftheybe fuffered to hang too long on the branches, they grow blackith of a pleafant aufteretafte, not tobemifliked, wherein is ahard roundftone, : The fecond, which isa baftard kinde, and called Gustacum Pataninum > groweth to bee a faire tree, witha-fmooth darke greene barke, fhooting out manyfaire erear The Vfeofthe Cornelles. They helpeto bindethe body,andto ftay laskes, and by reafonofthe pleafantnefleinthem when they are ripe, they are muchdefired. They arealfopreferued and eaten, both for rarity and delight, and for the purpofe aforefaid. Cuar. XII. boughes ,-and alfo flendér.greene branches, befet withfaire broad greeneleaucs, ale moft like vnto the leaues of the Cornell tree, but larger: the flowers growcalong the branches clofe vatothem , without any or with a very fhort foote-ftalke confifting of The Orchard. aceree teeee hard roundftone within them, like vntoan Oliue ftone, andare‘of a-yellowifhred when they are ripe, of areafonable pleafanttafte, yct fomewhatauftere withall, The white (as.I faid) is like vnto the red, but onely that his fruitis morewhite when itis ripe. Cerafis, The Cherry tree. fouregreene leaucs , whichareas the huske, containing within ita purplith flower. ade of foure leaues fomewhat reddith: the fruit ftandethin the middleofthe green Te are fo many varieties and differences of Cherries, that I know not well how to expreffe them vnto you, without a large relation oftheir feuerall ble pleafant tafte or rellifh, wherein are contained flat and thicke browne {eeds orker ftome isin many other thelike variable fruits)togitieas briefe and fhort notes vponall thereft, as Ican both for leafeandfruit, chat fo you may the better know what the fruit is, when youhauethe name. huske, greene at the firft,and very harfh, but red and roundwhen itis ripe, and foniee whatlikea Plumme,with a fmall point orpricke at the head thereof, and ofa reafonae nels, like vatothe kernels of Ca/sia Fiftule, fomewhathard,and notfo ftonic. but that itmay fomewhateafily be cutwith a knife. 2 The third is called in Virgitiig Pifbamix, The Virginia Plumme (if itbenotall one withthe former Guaiacana, whereof I am morethen halfe perfwaded) hath growne vith vs of the kernels that were {ent out of Virginia, intogreattrees, whofewoodis very hard andbrittle, and fomewhat white withall ; the branches are many,and grow flenderto the end, couered witha very thinne greenifh bark,whereon docgrow many faire broad greeneleaues, without dent or notch onthe edges, andfo like vntotheforer Guatacum, that Iverily thinkeit (as before {aid)tobee the fame. Ithath not yet borne floweror fruit in our Countrey thatI can vnderftand : but the fruit, as it was fent to vs, is in formeand bigneffe likevntoa Date, conered with ablackithskione, fetina huske of fourehard leaues, veryfirme like vnto a Date , and almoftasfweete, With great fat and thicke kernels within them,very like vnto the former, butlarger, The Vfe of thefe Lote trees, Thefirft fort is eaten as an helperto cooleand bindethe body: the laft, as Captaine Smith relateth inthe difcouery ofVirginia, if the fruit be eaten while Itisgreene, andnotripe, isable by the harfhand binding tafteand quality to draw ones mouth awry (enenasit is faid of the former Guaiaca: na) but whenit is thorough ripeit is pleafant, asI {aid before. CrareXL Cornus mas, The Cornell tree, ¢ Cornell tree that is planted in Orchards, being the male (for the femaleis an hedge bufh) is of two forts, the one bearing red, the other whiter bertics, which is very rare yet in our country, and not differing elfe, It gtowethtoareafonable bigneffeand height, yet neuerto any greattree,the wood whercof is very hard, like vnto horne, and thereofit obtained thename tthebody and branches are couered witha rugged barke,and {preadeth reafonable well, hauidg fomewha t {moothleaues,full ofveines, plaine, and not dented onthe edges:the ow- ers are many fmall yellow tufts, as itwereof fhort haires or threads ‘fet together, which come forth before any leafe, and fallawa y likewife before any leafe bee much open: the fruit are long and round berries, of the bigneffe of {mall Oliucs, with a har formes, IL willtherefore endeauourafter one generall defcription:(as my cu- The EnglifhCherrie tree growetlrin timeto be of a reafonable bigneffeiand height, {preading greatarmes,and.alfo {mall twiggybranches plentifully ; the leanes whereof are not verie largeor long, but nicked ordented about theedges : the flowerscome forth two or three or fouré at themoft together, ,at:a knotor ioynt, euerie one by it felfe, vpon his owne fmall and long footeitalke} confifting of fiue white leaues, with fomethreds in the middle: ; afterwhich come round berries, greene atthe firft, and red whenthey arethroughripe, of-ameane bigneffe, andofa pleafant fweeteratte, fomewhattart withall, «with a hard white {tone within it, whofekernellis fomewhat bitter, but not vnpleafant. The Flanders Cherrie differeth not fromthe Englith,butchatit is fomewhatlarger,’ andthe Cherry fomewhat greater and fweeter,'and not fo fower. The early Flanders Cherry is more rathe or-early ripe,almoftas foone as the May Cherry, efpecially planted againfta wall, and of many falfe knaues or Gardiners are fold for May Cherrietrees. The May Cherrieinaftandard beareth ripe fruite later then planted againfta wa Ul, wherethe berries will be red in the verie beginining of May,fometimes. The Arch-Dukes Cherrieis one of the faireft and beft cherries wee hane, being ofa very red colour whenit is ripe,and little long more then round,and fomewhat pointed. at theend, of the beftrellifhof any Cherrie whatfocuer,and ofafirme fubftance; fcarce one oftwentie'ofour Nurferie men:doefellthe right, but giue onefor another: for it isan inherent qualitiealmoft hereditariewith moft of them, tofell any manan ordinary fruit for whatfocuer rare‘fruit he fhallaske for : folittle theyare tobetrufted, The ounce Cherrie haththe greareft and broadeft leafe of any other cherrie,: bur beareth the {malleft tore of cherries cutrie yeare that any doth, and yetbloflometh well: the fruitalfo is nothing anfwerable to thename being notverie great, of ‘a pale yellowifh red; neere the colourof Amber,and thereforefome hauecalledir,the Amber Chertie. ‘ j The great leafed Cherric is thought of diuersto:bee the Ounce Cherie, becaufeit hath almoft as grearaleafe as the former: but thefiuit ofthis alfo:doth notanfiverthe expectation offogreara leafe; being but of ameanc bigneff¢,and a {mall bearer,yct of apale reddifhcolour. Thetrue Gafcoign Cherry is known but toa few; for our Nurfery men do fo change the names ofmoftfruits they fell,that they deliuerbutveryfew truenaimes toany : In former. times before our wilde blacke Cherrie'was found to'grow: plentifully in-otr Owne woods in many places ofthis Land,the French continually ftored-vewith wilde ftockesto graft vpon,whichthen werecalled Gafcoigne ftocks,but fince bi a erme |