Hiftorie of the Indies. 



arcbut few plumbs , but aboundanceof figges^chiefly 

 in Peru. They finde cjuinces in all the country of th e 



fuch aboundance, as they 



gave vs fifty choice ones for halfe a riall. There is great 

 liore ofpomegranets , but they are all fweete , for the 

 {harp are not there eftecmed. There are very good me- 

 Jonsln fomcpartes of Per*. Cherries both wilde and 

 tame have not profpered well at the Indies, the which I 

 do not impure to want of temperature, for that there is 

 of all forts, but to carelefnefle , or that they have not 

 well 6bferved the tcmpcrature.^To conclude, I do not 

 finde that in thofe partes there wants any dainty fruite. 

 (As for groffefruites , they have no Mllottcs nor cheC 

 mutes, neither doe I finde that any have growne there 

 to this day . Almonds gro we there, ^utrarely . They 

 carry from Sfainefot fuch as are dainty mouthed,both 

 almonds T nuttcs T and filberds but I have not kno wne 

 they had anyjndlersor_fovifts, which impprtes little, 

 In my Judgement, this may fuffice to fhew that there 

 wanteth no delightfull fruites. Now let vs fpeake fbme- 

 \yhat of plan tsf hat profit,and which have been carried 

 from SfauK, and fo will ende that Treatife, beeing too 

 troublefome. 



Of grafts, vignes, olives, mMerles^ndkAncs tffug&r* 

 CHAP. 32. 



IMeaneby profitable plants,thofe, which bcfidesthat 

 which they cate in thchoufe, bring filverto thcyr 

 maifters; the chiefe of thefe is the vigne,whereof com- 

 meth wine vineger, grapes, greeneand dry, veriuyce, 

 and firrope. But the wine is the beft. There growes no 

 ivine,nor grapes in the Ilandes, norfirmeland^ butin 



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