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which muft have coft much paine , and care to bring 

 it fofarre, with the plant from ihc-lfiJies, yet would he 

 not trie the tafte. I have feene in new ty^'^confervcs 

 of thefe Pines , which was very good. Thofe which 

 they czllConcowbres, are no trees, but fhrubbes, conti- 

 nuingbut oneyeerc. They gave it rhis name, for that 

 fome of this fruite, and the moft part, is in length, and 

 roundnes like to the Cwcombres of Sfaine : but for the 

 reft they differ much, for they are notgreene, but vk>~ 

 let,yellovv,or white, neither are they thornie or rough, 

 butpolliihedand even , having a very different tafte, 

 and farfe better then that of S fains , for they have a 

 ffiarpe fweete tafte, very pleaafant when it is ripe , yet 

 isitnotfofharpeasthePine. They are very coolc,full 

 of liquor andofeafiedigeftion, and in time ofheatc, 

 fit to refrefli. They take away the rinde which is white, 

 and all that remaines is meat. They grow in a tempe 

 rate foile, and require watering. And although for the 

 refcmblance they call them. Concombres , yet are there 

 many ofthem round,and others of a different fafihiori: 

 Ib as they have not the figure ^Concombres. I do not 

 remember to have feene this kinde of fruite in new 

 Sfaitte> nor at the Hands, but vpon the Laws of Pent. 

 That which they call the little fruite of Chillc, is of the 

 Iamefort 5 very pleafantto eate, & comes neerethe tafte 

 of chcries, but in all other things it differs much : for 

 that it is no trcc,but an hearbe, which growes little and 

 fpreades vpon the earth , cafting forth this little fruite, 

 the which in colour and graines , refembles almoft the 

 mulbery, when it is white and not ripe, yet is it more 

 rough and bigger then the mulbery. They fay this lit 

 tle fruite h naturally found in the fieldcs ofchilk, 

 where I have feene ofthem. They fet it vpon plants 



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