I 



408 



Of the Hiflorie of Pl a 



2 



amies 



dethagoodl 

 " than any oft 



The Miiobalan Plum tree growethtothe height of a great tree ch 

 or boughes, which diuide themfelues intofmall twissv hranrUk., 



fiiad 



nd 



I 



beginnings 

 :ke : the fleih 



,s whereof it yetl 

 and thinner barkc 



'-heme tree, they 

 '^g'ngvponlong 



l ■ 



bigoelTe : the tree bringeth 



3 The Almond tree groweth vp to the height of a tree of a meane bignefle 2 11 * h V^- 

 Jong.fmooth.and euen: the leaues are broad,fomthing Iong.and ribbed in diui« '!SZ branch ««c 

 nerues running through the fametthe flours are white,fprink led with a little daft SS*? 1 ? M 



&Zac ft ton&hauing a cieftdowne che middie »° f a b«2n «^ as^ts 



apleafautrafte. 



4 J Th - 

 leaues of a 



heigh 



that of the Cherry,wherein it differeth from all other Plums 



vnto 



5 



as the 



thcrs 



.which do vary in the 

 greater and of better 



euery ofthem kftownccuen vnrn rhe fimnipft.f^f^ +u:<. nJiii V..*:L i J A . IJ ft luc y wwand 



tions. 



therefore 

 * Th Place. 



Ioofe ground,they al 



fo receiue a difference from the regions where they grow, not only of the formeor faftion , bwc 

 fpeciaIlyofthefacultic»,as we will forthwith declare. 



The Plum trees are alio many times graffed into trees of other kindes , and being foineraffed 



\Xi^fmerBf»rentU^cumAdofti6nU,vtHiniuidicit,exbibtnt. ' 



The greateft variety of thefe rare Plums are to be found in the grounds pf M r V'tnctm Pointer of 

 1 wicknam before rcmembred in the chapter of Apples : although my felfe am not witboutfome. 

 and thofe rare and delicate. 



wilde 



\ * 



f[ The Time. 



garden Plum trees do bloome in April s the leaqes come forth prcfent/yjyith 



cm : tne iruit is ripe 10 5u*iraer,iome foe 



The PJum tree is called in Greek, k«^x*< 

 low-Dutch, Idjupmen : in Spanifh, Ctru 



. 





I^fimtmetibdum 



pfljuimtu 



Dutch, ^jupmen s in Italian and French,/'/-*** •• in SpzMtlyfrurtas : in fcngUft,Prune,an<i Plum. 

 Thefe haue alfo names from the regions and countries where they grow. 



The old Writers haue called thofe that grow in Syria neere vnto Damafcus, Dampf 4 *' unA '" 

 in Engli(h,Damfons,or Damask Prunes : and thofe that grow in SpAm^Hifiamct, Spanifh Prunes 

 or Plums. So in our age we vfe tocall thofe that grow in Hungarie,ff*w/V4,or V annomc^vm^ 



iaithjthat they of Rhodes and Sijcilia do call the Damaske Prunes Brabtda. 



IF The Temperature and Vert ues 9 , mniHeo 



A Plummesthatberipeand new gathered from the tree, what fort foeucr they are of, do mo 



good 



as Plummes do very quickly rot, fo is alfo the juice of them apt to putri fie in tl.- - - - -, - , . a£ 

 wife tocaufethe meat toputrifie which is taken with them : onely they are good ior"K>i 

 would keep their bodies foluble and coole ; for by their moifture and flippenncfle tiiey <"> 



2 



cotnmo: 



the ftomad,tbey 



Damafcus 



and next to thofe, they that grow in Spaine :'but tbcfe do nothing at all binde, ye * ,u buf thcy 



Damaske 

 of Spaine 



runes very much $ for Damaske Damfon Prunes are more 

 Diofcorides faith, that Damaske Prunes dried do ftay the 



Gdtn at- 



firraeth in his books of the faculties of fimple medicines, that th 



manifeftly loofe 



yet 







