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Show ae \ Lhe Orchard. and will abide good for fixweekes atthe leaftafteriris gatheréd’y"and after 31] other plumsarefpent. * f The Cherry plum remembred before; fpeaking of the Mufcadine plum > isavery good plum, bur fmall. The Amberplumis a round plum) as yellow on the outfide almoft as yellow/waxe ofa fowre vnpleafanttafte that which Ttalted, but I thinke itwas not the tight for] haue feene and tafted another of the fame bignteffe, ofa paler colour, farre betterrellf . fhed, anda firmerfubftance, comming cleane from the {tone like an Apricocke, The Apricocke plumisagood plumwhen itis in its perfection, but that is feldome. for it s EauTheOnted,:gt ae Some ofthefe Plums, becaufe of their firmneffe, are vadoubredly more wholfomethen othets that are fweete and waterith , and caufe léffe offence in their ftomackes that eate them ; and therefore are preferued with Sugar, to bekept all the yeare, "None of themall is vfed in medicines fo muchas the great Damfon or Damaske Prune, although all of them forthe moft pattdoecoole,lenifie, and draw forthcholler,and thereby are fitteft to be vied of fuchas haue chollericke Agues. doth moft vfually cracke, thereby diminifhing muchofits goodnefle , andbeé. fides yeeldeth gummeat the crackes. The Eafon plumis alittle red plum, but very good intafte, The Violet plumis a fmall and long blackith blew plum, ripe about Bartholme w tide, a very good'dty eating fruit.| The Grape plumisthe Fiuthing Bulleis before remembred The Dennie plumis called alfo the Chefton,orthe Friars plum before remembred, The Damaske Violet plum, or Queen mother plim {poken of before, The blacke Damafcene plum is'a very good dry plum, and ofadarkeblewcolou r whenitistipe. The white Damfonis nothing {6 well rellithed.as the other: The great Danifon or Damaske plum is greater then the Ordinary {weeter intafte, Damfon, and ; The blew Damfon well knowne,a goodfruit. The Coferers plumis flat, like vnto a Peare plum, itis early ripe and blacke, of 2 very goodrellith, ‘i The Margate plum the worft ofan hundred. _ _ The greea Oyfterly phim isa reafonable great plum, ofa whitith green colour when itis ripe, of a moift and Lweete tafte, reafonable good. The red Mirobalafie plum groweth to bea great tree quickly, fpreading verythicke andfatre, very like the blacke Thorne or Sloe buth : the fruit is red, earlier ripe, and ofa better tafte then the white, The white Mirobalane plumisin moft things like the former red,> butthe fruitis of awhitith yellow colour, and very pleafant,efpecially if it be not ouer ripe: both thefe had need tobe plathed againft a wall, or elfethey will hardly beareripefruit, The Oliue plum is very likea greene Oliue, both for colourand bigneffe,and groweth lowe on a {mall bufhing tree, and ripeneth late, butis the beft ofallthe forts of greene plums. ‘ ~ The white diapred plam of Malta, fcarce knowneto any in our Landbut Iohn Trae defcante, isa very good plum, and ftriped all ouer like diaper, and thereby fo called. The blacke diapred plum is like the Damafcene plum, being ‘blacke with fpots, a& {mall as pins points vponir, ofa very goodrellih. The Peake plum isa long whitith plum, and very Ses aekeanis or Virginia plum iscalleda plum, good, but vtterly differeth from all forts of plums , the defcription whereof may truely enforme you, asit is fecdowne inthe tenth Chapter going before, whercunto I referre you. The Vfeof Plums; The great Damaske or DamfonPlumme are dtyed in France in reat quantities,and brought ouervnto ysin Hégssthea dsand other eaevel fels, and aré thofe Prunes that are vfual ly name ofDamaske Prunes : the black Bull fold at the Grocers, vniderthie eis alfoarethofe (being dryed.ip thé fame manner) that they call French Prun es and-by their cartnefle ate 2. thought to bindeé,asthe other,bei ng fweet to loofenthe body. The Bruneola Plumme,by teafon ofhis, pleaf anctartnefle, is much 2¢ counted of;and being dryed, the ftones taken fronithemi, are broneht ocr tovsinfmall boxes; andf old deere atthe Comfitmakers , where they very often accompanyall other forts ofba nquetting ftuffes Some Cuar. XTIII. Mala Armeniacafine Precocls. Apricockes. ‘T= Apticocke {as I {aid) is without queftion a kinde ofPlumme,ratherthena Peach, boththeflower being white, andthe ftone ofthefruit fmooth alfa, like aPlumme, and yet becaufe of the excellencie of the fruit,and the difference therein fromall other Plummes,I have thoughtit meete to entreate thereofbyit felfe, and fhewyou thevarieties haue been obferued in thefetimes. The Apricocketree rifeth vp toavery great height, either ftanding byit felfe (whereit beareth not fokindly , and very little\in our country) or planted againft a wall, as itis moft vfuall,hauing a great ftemme or body,and likewife many great armcs or branches, couered witha fmooth barke: the leauesare large, broad, ‘and almoft rouad, but pointed at the ends’, -and finely dented about the edges: the flowers are white, as the Plummetree bloffomes, but fomewhatlarger, androunderfet the fruit is round, with acleft on the one fide, fomewhatlike vntoa Peach,being of a yellowifl colouras well ontheinfideas outfide, ofa firmeor faft fubftance , and dry, not ouermoift intheeating , and very,pleafantin tafte, containing within it a broad and flat ftone, fomewhat round and fmooth, not rugged asthe Peachftone, with a pleafant {weete kernell (yet fome haue reported , thacthere‘isfitch as haue theirkernels bitter, whichI did neuer fee or know) and.is*ripe almoftwith our firft or earli¢t Plummes, and thereof it tooke the name ofPrecox sand it may bee was the earlieft ofall others a ; 5 was then knowne, whenthat name wasgiuen. Thegreat Apricocke, which fomecall the long Apricocke,is thegreateft and faireft , ) ofallthe reft. The fimaller Apricocke, whichfome call the {mall round A pricocke, is thoughtto be fall , becaufeit firft {prang froma tone : but that is not fo ; for thekindc it felfe being inoculated, will-bee alwaics fmall, and neuer halfefo faire and great as the sill , A former. The white Apricockchath hisleaucs more folded together, as if it were halfedouble: itbeareth but feldome,and very few, which differ not ftomthe ordinary , butin : being more white, without any red whenitis ripe. The Mafcoline Apricockehatha finer greené leafe,and thinner then the former,and beareth very feldomeany ftore offruit, which differethin nothing fromthe firft, but y ee. thatit is alittle more delicate, Thelong Mafcoline eae hath his frnit growing alittlelonger then the ford differeth in nothing elfe, erhe Ataier Apricocke es fmialler fruit then any of the other, and yellow, butas fweete and delicate as any ofthem, having a blackifh {tone within it,little ‘bigger then a Lacure Cherryftone < this with many otherforts Iohn “Fradefcante brought with himreturning from the Argier voyage, whither hee went voluntary with the Fleete, that wentagainft the Pyrates inthe yeare 1620. The Vieof Apricackes: Apricockes are eaten oftentimes inthe fame manner that other dainty at Plummes ate, betweene meales of themfelues , or’ among other’ fruit banqucts. Geos They |