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Show 1456 ea a 3 eels ptr Ofthe Hittorie ‘of Plants. Lis. & The gencrall defcripti Rec! re wares He Pearetree isis for th e moft higher oe tree, hauing an higheer than the: Apple my part ee i boughes nor {pread = eee * g < the body is manytimes great:the timber or woodit felf i “= sea . > ae Ke. exceeding fittomake moulds or prints tobe a . /ellownetle:the leafe is {c i i : aboue,, and fgmewhat ohiee pidecehe aafloures -ath:the veces are white: rest theoon Peares,neo that.is ati ay are for thesempenpepene moft par Sfering ° f i . forme i greatnes,colour,forme,and likea Top;but in Sietetalbver ae La sreea iipene oe be ate with skins orcoats of fundry colours:the pulpe a as ' C our as taft:there att: is contained : i nthem kernels,blacke ¢ ; beripe:the root growethftraic downewith fome braunches running aflope. Pirus fuperba,fiue Katherina. The Katherine Peare tree, : We) 1 PyraPracocia. The Tenneting Peate, 2 Pyra Tacobea, Saint lames Peate, 3 Pyrum regalc. The Peareroyall, Of the Blitorie of Plants. a 1 Bs 3. ges 1459 Dutch, ikes eras inhigh Dutch, Bijebaumt in low ; arbanaor Cultina : of Tarentinus in his Geopon be aE f : f apeerboort : in French, Porrier, itu: in h, Durc high iD m's Pyrig ine, inLat : mn ke The Peareorfruirit felfe ts called in Gree : in Englifh,Peare. : 10 French, Poyve : in Spanith,Peras low Dutch, 4peere: in Italian, Pere q TheT emperature and Vertues. s,let vs come to the facultieswhich the PhyfiLeauing the divers and fundry furnames of Peare e differences of their taftes: fr fome Peares g toth rdin tions ought toknow;which alfo varie acco y thewilde peares, and foure,and moft are harth,efpeciall are fweet,diners far and vnétuous,others but as it werea waall, at tafte no ng fome haui fome con fift ofdiuers mixtures of taftes, and bur the Choke pears ing qualitie and an earthie fabftanee: car are cold,andall haue a bind ance is fo full of fu+ {ubft h whic fle: sle tone fee dthe iesan and tho‘ that are harfh be more earth er of Peares doebinde and mann All raw. eaten be ot cann they perfluous moifture in fome,as that haue ones,which are good to be eatenofthofe that flop the bellytne the Choke and harth tlix. bloudy e K beginfucceffe be laied vponhorfvellings inthe Eitath se wine Peares may with goodboth binde and coole. do which tree, or hing, as may be the leaues of the th, Perry,is foluble, purgeth thofe thataten Wine made ofthe iuice of peares called in Engli fomea drink whol isas it nding thfta notwi new; tis accutomed to drinke thereof,efpecially wheni ,and caufeth good comforteth and warmeththe ftomacke being taken in fimall quantitie as wine, it digeftion, Cawar.100. Ofthe wilde Pearetree. q The Kindes. write apart towrit v fo are there fundty wilde,wherof A § there be fundry kindes ofthe manured Peares,wich their feuerall titles (hall be fufficient for e:therefore one defcription w ere to {mall purpof their diftinGtions. Pyrum franzulatorium mAaiUs The great Chokepeare. @ the generall Defcription. eis wilde Pearetree grows likewife grear, vpright,full ofbranches, for the moft part Pyramideslixe, or ofthe fathion ofa fteeple, 4 Pyrum Palatinum, The BurgomotPeare. 5 Pyrum Cydoninm, The Quince peare 6 Pyrune Epifcopatum. The Bithopspeates 7 Byram hyemale, The VVinter peates PidGake Bode wes ‘ on wilde Waacane . ae ae apple trees, and bygrafting.thoushP many fortsseme more,and tho{emoft i ra ot All thefeofbefore fpecified, 0° aunt oie and good,are pleafant growing fruits. inthe ground Matfter RichardPoin eeeSeng and cn ious gra erandplanterof all mannerof rare fruits, dwelling in afimall planter Sfwasane es a icknam,and alfoin the groundofan excellent graffet and palit!” 4 i eanteand doit pyar pny ftreet neere Weftminfter, and likewife in the groun¢ 0 , London,and by downe Horfey neere M'.Warner plants of tn te abox grounds thes other egenone ut Loncon. + Moft ofthe belt peares are at this time to be had with M’. wep An reet, inwhofe nurfery are robe pire the choifeft fruits this kingdom yeelds.¢ @ The Time. aespeut dgKe ee ae part comeforth in Aprill,the leaues afterwards : all peates a ae me: fome be ripe in Inly,orhersin Auguft, and diuers in September and latete gq The Names, . * E p The tame or Orchard ard pearetree is called in Greeke deme, or with a double 2 rw: in Lavine, Py 2p] . merits ofjas alfothe hafts of fundry tooles to worke withal; and likewife ferueth to be cut into many kindes of moulds,notonly fuch prints as thefe figures are made of,but alfo many forts @ The Place. : not {pread abroad asis the Apple or Crabtree: the timber of the crunke or body of the tree is very firme and follid, and likewife fmooth, a wood very fit to make divers forts of inftru- 5 rug vrvaMA ofprettytoies,forcoifes,breit-plates, and fuch like,vfed amongour Englifh gentlewomen:the branchesare fmooth, couered witha blackifh barke,very fragile or eafieto break,whereon do growleaues,in fomegreater, in other lefler:the floures are like thofe of the manured Pear-tree, yetfomewhiter than others:the fruit differ not in (hape, yet fome greater than others; but in taftethey differ among themfeluesin divers points,fome are fharpe, foure,and ofan auftere tafte,fome move p'eafant,others harfh and bitter,and fomeoffuch achoking tafte, that they ate not to be eaten of hogs & wild beafts,much leffe ofmen: they alfoditfer in colour, every circumftance whereof to diftinguifh apare would greatly enlarge our volume, dndbting to the Reader {mall profitor commoditie, Ggegss gq The A B C D |