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the rindc is ycllow.fomwhat bitter in tafte,and fivcctoffraell : the pulpe iairhite, more in oiunr.W 

 than that of the Citfon,reipeding the bignefle, in the middle part whereof is contained more bfr 

 fpiingiepulpe.and fuller of fourejuyce: the feeds are like thofe of the Pome Citron 



3 The O renge tree grovveth vp to the heigh t of a fmal Peare trcc,hauing many thorny boshes 

 or branches,! tke thofe of the C.tron tree : the leaues are alfo like thofe of the Bav tree, I bu^har 

 they difter in this, that at the lower end next the ftalke there is a lefler Ieafe made almoft afterthe 

 vulgar figure ofan heart, whereon the bigger leafe doth ftand,oris fa fined : t and they are of a 

 fivect iraell : the floures are whiteof a moftpleafantfwect fmell alfo: the fruit is round like a ball 

 eucry circumftance belonging to the forme is very well knownc toall : the raftc is foorc.fom times 

 ftveet,and often of a tafte betvveenc both : the feeds are like thofe of the Limon 



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The Orange tree. 



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The A (Tynan Apple tree. 



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4 The AlTyrian Apple tree is like vnto the Orange tree : the branches are like : the leaues are 

 greater: the floures are like thofe of the Citron tree: the fruit is round, rhrce times as big as the 

 Orange : the barke or peeling is th icke,rough,and ofa pale yellow colour, wherein appeare often as 

 it were fmallcliftsorcrackes : the pulpeor inner fubftance is fullof juyce, in- tafte iTiarpe^-as that 

 °i theLimon^butnot fopleafant; the feeds are like thofe of the Citron* 



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e ^ r " and great lakes : there is alfo great ftorc of them in Spaine,but in places efpecially jovning 



in Hi - ° r n0t ^ arre °^ : they arC al< ° found In ccrtamc P rou '"nces of France which lie vpon the 

 Wlandfea. They were firft brought out of Media, as notonely P//»y write th, but alfo the Poet 



^"affirmeth in thefecondbookcofhis Georgickes,writingof the Citron tree after this maner; 



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