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Show The Orchard, 4 ~TheaeTro«isalong and-grea-whicith yellowPench yred-on-theomi “ arlyripe,and anorhera kinde Nutmeg Peach. A he Cuesheis Peachis faireof great yellowifti browne Peach » thaddwed as te ouer with deepé red, ahdis ripe at Barcholmew tide, ofa very pleafantpoodtafe; | TheRoimane Peach isa very good Peach,and well rellithéd, SAAT | | The Detrafine or Spanith Peach is ofa darke yellowith rdd.colouPoa the outlid and white within. : Theblacke Peachis a great lateePeach ofavery datke browne colour on the oyf eS , TheAlberza Peachis late ripesand ofa teafonable good tafte, H The Almond Peach fo called, becaufechekernell of the {tone is fweeteslike the at mond ; and the fruicalfo fomewhatpointed likethe Almfondin the huskes itis early ripe, and like che Newington Peach; bur leffer. The Man Peach is oftwo fortsthe one longer then theother,both ofthem i arepood Peaches,but the fhorteris the better rellithed. ; : a The Cherry Peach isa {mall Peach, but well tafted. Y Hi The Nutmeg Peach is of twofbrts, onethat willbe hard-when itis ripe,and eatet not {o pleafantly asthe‘other, which will bee foft and mellow aréBoth (mall Peaches, hauing verylittleor no refemblanteat all toa Nutmeg3 they , exceptin beingg little longerthen round,andare early ripe. Manyotherforts ofPeachesthere are, whereunto wee @@n giue no efpeciall name, and therefore I pafléthem ouerin filence. The ¥i{e of Peaches. Thofe Peaches that are very moiftand wateri(h as many-6f them arg) and not firme , doe fooneputrefie inthe ftomacke’, caufi ng farfeits often times ; and therefore euery one had necde bee carefull, what andin what manner they eate them yet they are much and often Wellaccepted with all Gentry ofthe Kingdome. ‘ Theleaués, becaufe oftheir bitterneffe, ferue well being boyled in Ale Or Milke, to be giuen vnto children that haue wormes,to help tokill them, and doe gently open the belly, ifthere bea fafficient quantity vied. The flowers hanethelike Operation, thatis,to purge the body fomewhat more forceably then Damaske Rofes 32 Syrupe therefore made of theflow= ers is very good, ' Thekernels ofthe Peac h ftones ate oftentimes vfed to be given to them thar cannot well make water, or are troubled withthe ftone ; forit openct la the toppings ofthe vritory paflages, wher eby mach eafeen{ucth. nae herein is likevatothe outer greenerinde ofth eWallnut;whetcofas 1 ameper{vadedit tookethename,ofafatand firmemwate,and verykindes; with a rugged iftone withimi, anda biteer delicatein tafte, efpediatly the bet skernellov1; iM” The Muske Nectotiny{orcalled,becauftirbeing a kindeof the betpac ; both {melicthand éatet hasif the Fruit were fech SS fide, iris of a waterifh tafte, and late ripe. Lhe Orchard. ed in;Muske : fome thlikesha and thenext Romane Ne@orinareall Gnewoi. vba’ POM nbuog . The Romanered Netorin, orclufter foine,like vnto a Peach,reddifharthe Ne@orinshath a large! or reat purplith blok bott the fruitis ofa fine red Colour omthe outfide,omeon the ourfide and greénifh within ; and growethin¢lupers 3 tW0 a ioyne together, of atexcellent good tafte. rthree at; : ven Thebatard red Ne@orin hathatinaller of piack ing bloffome, nrare like threads thenleaues, neitherfo large nor Operas the former » and yellowifh withifarthe bortome : the fruit is redonthe outfidejand growethn enerburoseat aioynt;itisa good fruit, but eareth a little'mdrerawiththen the other , enen when itis full'tipe, ; The yellow NeGorinis oftwo forts 5 theo nean excellent finit > melfow, and ofa very goodrellifh ;theother hard;ahdno way comparab le toit, oy The green e Ne@orin » greatand {mall ; forfuchI hauefeenc abiding conftant , although both plantedin one sround: they are both of one goodneffe » and accounted with moft to bethe beftrellithed Neorin ofall others. The white Ne@orinis {aid to bec differing fromthe other, white on the outfide whenitis ripe s then eitherthe yellowo inthatit will bee more r greene: but I haue not yct feene it. { ‘The Vie ofNettorins, Thefruitis morefirme then the Peach, and mdre‘deleCtable is therefore ofmoreefteeme, and thatworthily.? 2 IRE 3 in tafte and a, ii OVO. Gu are XMEIS 1 Amygdala, Almonds, os,2220¢ 233, t ‘Ti Almond alfomay bereckonied vnto the ftock orkindred ofthe Peaches,i is {0 like both in leafe and bloffome,andfomewhat alf0 ih the fruit,for t the outs ward forme, although it hath onely adry-skinne, and fio pulpe or meareto bec eaten : butthe kernell of the tone or fhell, which is called the Almond > makethrecompenfe of that defeé, whereof fomeare fweete, fome bitter, fome gtear, fome {mall,fome long, and'fome hort. ¥ The Almond tree groweth vpright, higher and greater then any Peach ; and is thereforevfually planted byit felfe, and not againft a wall; whofe body fomctime exe ceedeth any mans fadome, wherebyit thewethto be of lotiger continuance » bearing’ large armes,and {mallerbranchesalfo) but britrle, whereon are fetlong ahd narrow CHrar. XVI. Naciperfica. Neorins, leaues,like vnto the Peachtree ; thebloffomes aré pur plifh, like vnto Peach bloffoms, butpaler: the fruitisfomewhat likea Peach for the formeof the skinné or outfide, whichis rough, but not with any fitchcleft therein, or with any pulpe or meatefit Prefume that thename Nasiperfica doth moft r Peach, which weéall Ne@: to bee eaten, butis/a thicke dry skinne whenit is ripe, cOucting the ftone orthell, whichis fmooth and not rugged, and is either long and great, orfmall, or thicke and fhort, according asthe nutor kernel! withinit is; which is fweete both in the greater and fmaller, and onely one fmallerkinde whichisbitter: yet this I hatic obferued,that all the Almondtreesthat I haue feene growe in England, béth of the fweéte and bit- NeGorinisatreeofno great bigneffe, moft viuallyleffer then the Peachtree, andelder boughes being whitith, the youn ger branches very red, whereon Btow narrow long greene leaues, folik guifhthem, vnleffeitbe in this, that e ynto Peach leaues, that none can well diftinthey arefomewhat leffer : the bloffomesa reall ~ teddith, asthe Peach; but one ofa differing fathion- from all the other, asT {hall fhew you by and by? thefrair that followeth is fmaller, rounder, and fincotherthenPea- ches, withoutany cleft onthe fide, and without any douny cotton orfieezeatall ;and ; : herein ter kindes, beare Almonds thickeand {nort,andnot long, asthat fort whichis called the Jorden Almond. The Vfe of Almonds. They arevfed many wayes, and fof many purpoles, either caten sine with Figges, or Rayfinsof the Sunne, or madé into pafte with Sugar an Rofewater for Marchpanes, or put among Floure, Egges, and Sugar, 2 make $83 |