OCR Text |
Show 4458 ae Of the Hiftorie of Plants, ‘x Pyrumflrangulatorinm mains. Lips, ’ Of the Hiftory of Plants. 1459 nitely accordingto the foyle and climate, fomevery great,fomelittie,atid many of a middle fort; fpineare {weet of tafte,or fomething foure;moft beofa middle tafte betweehe {weet and foure, the which to diftingui(h I thinkeit impoffible; notwithftanding I heare ofone that intendeth towsite 2 Pyrumfirangulatorium minus, The {mall Chokepeare. ‘The great Chokepeare: “Lis. 30 a peculiar volume of Apples,andthe vfe of them; yet when he hath done what hee can doe, hee hath 3 Pyrus fylucftris. donenothing touching their feuerall kindes to diftinguifhthem, This that hath beene {aid fhall fafice for our Hiftorie. + Our Author gaue foure figures more out of Tabernamontanws,with thefe titles. 3. Malum The wilde hedge Peare tree. 4 Pyrusfylucfivis minima, nginale, the Quieeningor.Queene of Apples. 5 P/atomela five Pyra afliva: The Sommer Peare- The wilde Crab pearetree. maine. 6 Platerchapia five Pyra hyemalia : the VV inter Pearemaine, + 5 Pyess pedtcularia. The Lowfie wildepeare. a 1 Malus Carbonari 2 The Pome VW 6 pyrus Coruiva, Malus Carbonarialonco T The Bakers ditch Apr The Crowpeare tree, : q ThePlace, ‘The wilde peares growof themfelues without manuring in moft places, as woods, or inthe borders offields, and neereto high waies. ' GQ The Time. The time of wilde peares anfwereth the tame or manuted peare, notwithftanding for the moft part they are not ripe much before Winter. @ The Names. The wilde peare tree is called in Latine, Pyrusfylucfiris and Pyrafter; in Greek@eqv: bywhich name both the fruit and tree are knowne.Peares haue diuers fyrnames among oo : the antient Writers, and {pecially in Pliny, inhis 1 5.booke, r5.chapter,none of which are knowneto thelater Writers (or notdefired:)euery Citie or cuery countrey haue namesofthemfelues, and peares have alfodiuers names according to to the places. 2 A The Temperature. All peares are of a cold temperature, and the moft part ofthem of a binding qualitieand an earthie fubftance. ze 5 @ The Vertues. The vertues of the wilde peares areteferred vnto the garden peares as touching theit binding facultie,but are not tobeeaten, becaufe their nourifhmentislittleand bad. Cuar, tor The Place. Of the eApple tree. The tame and graffed Apple trees are planted and fet in gardens and orchards made: for that @ The Kindes, T He Latine name Malus reacheth far amongthe old Writers, and is common to manytrees,but * wewill briefely firft intreat of Mali,properly called Apple trees,whofe ftocke or kindred is f0 infinite,thatwe have thought it not amiffe,to vfe the fame order or method with Apples thatwee haue done with peares; that is,to giue them feuerall titles in Latineand Englith, and one gener defcription for the whole. Sere " with apples of Pitpofe : they delight to growin goodand fertile grounds: Kent doth abound tof forts, But I haue feene in the paftures and hedge-rows about the grounds ofa worfhipful gentleman dwelling two miles from Hereford called Mafter Roger Bodzome, {o many trees Of all forts, that the feruants drinke for the moft part no other drinke but that which is made of Apples ; The Wantity is fuch,thatby the report of the Gentleman himfelfe,the Parfon hath fortithe many hogheads of Syder. The hogsare fed withthe fallings of them, whichare fo many, that they make shoife of thofe Apples they doeat,whowill nottafteof any but ofthe beft. An example doubrles tobe followed of Gentlementhat haue land ond liuing : but enuie faith,the poore wil break down of God,graffe, fer, Surhedges and we {hall haue the leat part of the fruit)but forward in the name Plant and nourith vp trees in every corner of your grounds,thelabour is. fmall, the coft is nothing; | The Defcription. "Tu Apple tree hatha body or truncke commonly of a meane bigneffe not veryhigh, hang long armes or branches,and the fame difordered: the barke fomewhat plaine. and not verie Necommoditic is reat,your felucs fhall haue plenty,the poore fhall haute fomewhat in time of "ant to relicue their neceffitie, and God fhall reward your good mindes and diligence. The floures are whitifh tending vntoa bluth colour. Thefruit or Apples doe differ in great fle They bloomabout the end of Aprill, or in the beginning of May. Theforward apples beripe tugged : the leaues bee alfo broad, more Jong than round, and finely nicked in theedges- forme,colour, and tafte ; {ome couered with ared skinne, others yellow or greene, vary q The Time. F “Sout the Calends of Luly,others in September. Geggsg 2 7h |