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Vc6 Of the Hiftorie of Pkfe 



thereunto 



the leaues and branches differ not from thofe of the wilde Cherry-tree"^'? ' 1 in euer y &edee • 



the fmall branches, confifting of fine frnall white leaues, with fome greeni<£ ?2f* \P°» «IoiU 



the middle : after which come the fruit jg reene at the firft. blacke when th™ - h • ye,Iowr tflr «ms in 

 neiTenf Sim... n f M h»ih<nvn n | M r 1 n?f 1 (b. * "««cwncn tney beripe.andnf .wJ t V n 



neffe of Sloes • of an harm an vnplcafant tafte. 



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o The other birds Cherry-tree differed, not from the former in any refpea bur 



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they differ. 



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ii The commonblacke Cherry-tree growesv.pin fome places toagreatftatur,.^ • 

 ifferencc betwecne it and our common Cherry tree, fauing that the frui? h/J«r • hereis n ' 



-foeA of other Cherries, and nfahl^,^, J. ' "S'nattne »rait hereof is very little i 



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refpe# of other Cherries, and of a blacke colour. 

 12 ThedwarfeCh "' 



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v «y Httle in 



, , n .. ,.r' c & , " WCL " vcr ) ,|Ciaoraccotn cncightof three rnhi'M.tU. , 



body toa l.couercd with . darke coloured blacke : wherupon do grow very Itobe, and ^ ■" 

 g» br.nd.es : the leaues are very to.Il, not much vnlike to thoff of the P "ite b "ft tX' g " 

 aretoall and whtte: after whichcome Cherries of adeepe red colour «I,,n,L.„k • '""?"" 

 tone* hat fbarpe, but no. greatly vnplcafant „he branched ilid dote in tS ea &1* 

 root.whereby it is greatly increafed. - f l " c earui,qwckeiytake 



My fclfe with diuersothers haue fUndry other forts in our gardens, one called the Harr a,„ 

 the greater and the lefler . one of the grearbignefle, and moffpleafant in S^.hkh "SfeS 

 Wardes Cherry becaufe he was the firft that brought the fame out of Ita!y ; anotber we.haue a Id 

 the Naples Cherry,becaufe . t was firft brought into thefe parts from Naptewbe fruit is very gr r 

 ftarpe pointcd,fomewhat like a mans heart in mape,of a pleafant caftc,and of a deepe blackift co-' 

 Iourwhenitisnpe,asitwereofthecolourofdriedbloud. , F 



We haue another that bringeth forth Cherries alfo very great, bigger than any Flanders Cher. 

 ne,of the colour of Iet,or burnifhed home, and of a moft pleafant tafte, as witnefTeth W. Bull, the 

 QiccnesMateftiesClockemaker.who did tafte of the fruit (the tr Pt >h P *x\™ ™»u,™» rh„™ 



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called the Agriot Cherry, of a rcafonable good tafte. Another we haue with fruit ofa dun colour! 



tending to a warchet. We haue one of the dwarfe Cherries, that bringeth forth fruit as great as 

 moft of our Flanders Cherries, whereas the common fort hath very fmall Cherries, and thofe of 



—~ . — — ..... . .,„.v. »..v luani awava iuvnw wc uc*ut iii uui London garuciis, wncreoi luwiucpir- 



ticularly would greatly enlarge our volume, and to fmall purpofe: therefore what hath beenefaid 

 mall fuffice. t I muft herc(as I haue formerly done,in Peares,AppIes^nd other fach fruitesjrefer 

 you to my two friends W.lohn Parkinfon.and W.Hkn <JU/ ffen,ihe One to furnifh you with rbehirto- 



ry,and the other with the things thcmfclues,ifyou defire them. J 



«fl The Time. 



The Cherrie-trcee bloomc in Aprill • fome bring forth their fruit fooner 5 fome later : the red 

 Cherries be alwaics better than the blacke of their owne kihde. 



. ^J The Names. , 



The Cherry-tree is called in Greekcj^^'-and alfo in Latine, C«^yW.' in high Oaten,*** 

 ft^ttlbaum : in low Dutch, &CtfenbOOme and CrtCCfecnbOOm t in French, Cenfier:ia EngliM. 

 Cherry-tree. . v 



. The fruit or Cherries be called in Greekc,*^* - and *««'« • and in Latine Iikewife,Cw/i:intng- 

 lifh, Cherries : the Latine and Englim names in their feuerall titles mail fuffice for the re 

 raightbefaid. 



: % 1 'he Temperature and 'Fertues. r etoneJ 



A The beft and pfincipall Cherries be thofe that are fomewhat fower : thofe little iw ^ 

 which be wild and fooneft wripe be the worft:they contain bad juyce,they very [°° nc . pu " " ' b i e - 

 doe ingender ill bloud, by reafon whereof they do not onely breed wormes in thebelIy,DUt^ ^ ^ 

 fome agues, and often Deftilent fcuers : and therefore in well souerned common wealtns 



ft that 



e agues, and often peftilent feuers : and therefore in well g 



rm mm ^_ _ lis • ^ .a •/-*•«•« « • m 



fully prouided that they mould not be fold in the markets in the plague time. be ^ c . 



B Spanift Cherries are like to thefe in faculties, but they doc not fo foone putnue: tn y 

 wife coId,and the juyce they make is not good. . ^ C0 J d and 



C TheFlandersor KentiQi Cherries thac.are through ripe,haue a better juice,but ™» bifK the 

 tnoift : they quench thirft,they are good for an hot ftomacke,and profitable for tnoic 

 ague : they eafily defcend,and make the body foluble : they nourifh nothing at all. ^ cm ca j. 

 D Thelateripc Cherrieswhich the French men kcepe dried againft WinWndar ^ hatbin(Je| 

 led MortHe, and wee after the fame name call them Morell Chcrries,are dry and do l m be> and 

 thefe being dried are pleafant to the tafte,and wholefome for the ftomacke,UKeas 



do ftop the belly. 



Generally 



