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The Orchard, —"Thefokttheld Cherrie isa {mall red cherie whenitis ripe hauing thefone wishes it fo foft and tender, thatit may eafily be brokenin the catingofthe cherrie, oni Tohn Tradefcantes Cherrieis moft v{uallyfold by our Nurfery Gardiners, forth, Archdakes cherric, becaufe they haue moteplenty thereof, and will better be incr ; fed, and becaufcitis fo faire and good acherrie that it may be obtruded without much The Vfeof Cherries. “ Allthefé forts of Chesrics ferie wholly to plea at all times, both before and after mncalely difcontent: itis areafonable good bearer, a faire preat berrie,dcepe coloured ae regard taken inthe ving nay 7 One i) Wholtomey if cherebee : The Agriot or fower Cherries are in France much vfedto bee dryed (as isfaid before)asPruinesaréjand fo feridrominiftted tobethe fickinallhor difeafes, as feuers &c. being both boyled in their drinkes, andtak ennow and then ofthemfelues, Which by reafor’ of their cartheffe, doc pleafet he berries ftanding in the fame manner euerie one be ; footeltalke, being no biggerthenthelargeft berricof the red Currantreevponhis or buth fa pale or waterith red colourwhenit on flomacke paffing well: the Author ofthat great Herbalthat goeth vnderhis name, tree, witha fad coloured barkeboth onthe bodiec and branches, whereon doe grow manyleaues, Cherrie is a darke redicherrie like the Agriot,which they ofthofe parts neere Cullen and Vtrecht &c. vic to put into their drinke, to giueit The great Hungarian Cherrie of Zwerts is like both in leafe the deeper colour. and fruite varo the Lies cherrie, but much greater and fairer, and far better bearer ranch hath beene gathereda pound ofcherries, and thisis vfuall : for from afmall continually,and not ecient: ay of os ets inches incompaffeabout, and very many of them Dares te of a faire eo deepe red a colour,and sand very fwecte, weete, excelling excelli the Arch-Dukes cherry, The h Cameleon ¢ or ftrange changeable Che rry deferuedly hath thisi name, although ofa owe impofition, not only becaufe it beareth viually both blotfanek ce and ripe iruitat onetimethereupon, butthat the fruit will be eof of many feformes;; fome round,fomeasit were { quare, and fome fom ney te a bunched forth en one fide or another,abiding inno falhion, but for the moft part thewing forth all thefe diuerfitiescueri¢ yeare oe growing 6 vponit : the € fruitfruit tsi ofa very red colour, and good tafte. Ves:ene rt.ane Goblebloffomd Cherry differeth notin 5 y 1 the bloflomes, which anything from are yery thicke of white icaues as greatand double 8 as the doubic c white ubiC ¥ Crowfootc¢,before b remembred,andifomtimes fomtimes pha aieee 7 - {pring another {maller flower,but Mouble alf0; this {el- the leaft double, and; ‘etd,. robeee nour . i eee Enelifh ane cherrie. A Dee = am Cherrieordinary beareth doubleBayrersalf,but not fo andbignt aire é -kOT ets : ut bearcth fruit i more plentifully of the fame colout i ¢ Dwarfe Cherrie is oftwo forts. one whofe b a aed of it,with {mall greene leaetagd Ae ae other, whofe branches, alchough daonSoe: {mall,grow more vpright,hauing greener {hining aues:the fruit is lite] e bi f oy 7 ; ¢ bigger thenthe former, ‘red alfoOVwhen h iris ith ait alit1 i ri ith tle Dointattheend: both of them of a {weetith rell The oreatbeiti ee & n : l ifh,but more fower. ; g Cherry of Mafter Millenisa reafonablegreat red cherry, bearing veryplentifully, although iz b iagai it Wi bur of an indiflerentfweetand a re = Noch wall e e The long fingerCherry is another fmal fe e §¢t,wherot it took the name:this is not l lonig red one,being long & round likes finthe Vr.inall cherry betore,bur differing fromit The ideo} C The Gum of the Cherrie tree is commended to bee goodfor thofe are troubled withthe grauellorftone. It is alfo good forthe cough being dif folued in liquour, and ftirreth vp anappetite. Thediftilled water of thé blacke Cherries; the ftories being broken amongthemy is vied for the fame purpofe;for the grauell, ftone,and wiiide. sang hic ean ries ; and fo muft Ivntill afiteer placebe found forit. It groweth intimeto beagreat fomewhatbroade, thorter, harder, anda litrlemore crumpled then an cherrieleafe: the bloffomesare very {mall, and of a pale or whitifh colour, fmellin very {weete and ftrong,or rather heady, like Orenge flowers, growing on {mall lon branches, “very likethe toppe of flowers vpon the Laburnum er Beanetrefoile reese afterwhich come{inall blacke berries, growing together all along the long ftalke like yntothe wilde clufter or birds cherrie mentioned before, but net much biggerthea tares, with {mall ftones within them, and little or no fuftance vponthem : the French callthe tree Putter, becaufethe wood thereof ftinketh, and that the bloffomes ofthe tree fhould be fo fweete,and the make it to be wonderfall wood fo ftinking. The Cullen erst meri mimetic : = ee Tao hits: morethen the fweete; and although nc iweete doe moft pleafe, yet the fower are , i ; little pointed, A The Baccalaos or New-found -land Cherric hath a fhining long leafe,moft like! a Peaclvleafe, the bloffomes comewery many togetheras it were inan rnb,ok} is fuchaclofter asisneither like the Flanders clufter,nor the wildeclugter cherie bl , fome: it bringeth forth isripe. Theftrangelong clufter Chefrie, or Padus Theophraiti Dabechampio is r yi CuHar. XIII Praaas. The Plumme tree. TT thontitans varieties Of Plummes then of Cherries, fo ‘that I mutt follow ‘thefameorder with thefe' that I: did with them) seven give youtheir namesapart, with briefe notes vpon them dud one deferiptionto ferue forall the reft. And in this recital I fhalll¢aue out the Apticockes whichare certainly a kind of Plam, ofan efpecialFdifferencé and not ofa Peach, as Galertand. fome others haue thought,and fet them ita chapter by themfelues,and only in this fet downthole fruits are vitially called Plums. The Plum tree (efpecially diuers ofthem)rifeth in timeto bee a teafonable talt and Preattree, whofe bodie atid greater armeés are covered with amore ragged) barke, tyr in fome moreor leffe, the younger branches beitie Tmooth ital} the leaves arefomes what rounder then thofe-ofthe Cherrietree, aiid much differing'anvongthemfelucs, fome being longer,or largeror rounder thenorhetssand manly thetate exercifed here: in, canitell by the leafe what Plum the tree beareth(1 {peake this oFin atly jot ofall)as in many ‘Cherries they can. doe the like + theifowers aré white comfifting of fiue leaues: thefruit is as variable in forme,asin tafte or colour,fomebeingovallor Peare fafhion or Almionid liké, or fpheticall’or round, forne firme, ‘fomefoft and wareri(h, fome fweete, forme fower Ut harfh, or differing from all thefétaltes :"and forme white, others blacke;‘ foie red, others yellow; foie purple, others blew, as they (hall bee briefly fet'ds we vatoy bu in the following lites, Where I meatic nottoinfert any the wildé orhedge fruit,burthofe only arefir for aii Orchard ,to be ftired with goodfruit: and of all whichforts, thechoyfeft for goodnefle, andrareft forknowledge, areto be had of thy very'goodfriend Malter lohn Tradefcantes’ who hathwonderfullylaboured to obtaineall the rareft fruits hee can heareoff in any place of Chriftendome, Turky, yea orthe whole world; 4s alfo with Matter Tohia Millen, ‘dwelling in Olde ftreete,who from IohnTradefcanteand all others that haueliadgood fruit,hath ftored himfelfe withthe beft oly, and he can fufficiently flirnith any. The AmberPrimordian Plunime is an indifferent faire Plummejearly ripeofa pale , yellowifh colour,and6f a waterifhtifte, not pleafing. Thered Primordian Plumme i$ of a rcafonablédize; “lefigand round, “reddifion the outfide, of amoredry tafte, and ripe ‘With the firtt fotes m the beginningof Au- guit. a 6 Ris he TheblewPrimdrdian is a faigll plammejalmivtt like the Damafcene, and is fubieét to drop'dfffrom thetree before it be ripe. tig The white DatéPlunttis novery good plum." |