508 The Kitchen Garden. 



nor fo high ; and the feede is fmaller : yet as lohn Tradefcante faith (who hath giuen 

 me the relation of this, and many other of thefe garden plants, to whom euery one is 

 a debtor) the roote hereof is not altogether fo pleafant as the other. 



Moreouer the wilde kinde, which groweth in many places of England (and wherof 

 in fome places there might be gathered a quarter facke full of the feede) if it be fowen 

 in'Gardens, and there well ordered, will proue as good as the former kinde of Garden 

 Parfneps. 



The Vfe of Parfneps. 



The Parfnep root is a great nouriiher, and is much more vfed in the time 

 of Lent, being boyled and ftewed with butter, then in any other time of 

 the yeare ; yet it is very good all the winter long. The feede helpeth to dif- 

 folue winde, and to prouoke vrine. 



CHAP. XL. 

 Paftina fatiua tenuifolia. Carrots. 



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THe Carrot hath many winged leaues, rifing from the head of the roote, which 

 are much cut and diuided into many other leaues, and they alfo cut and diuided 

 into many parts, of a deepe greene colour, fome whereof in Autumne will 

 turne to be of a fine red or purple (the beautie whereof allureth many Gentlewomen 

 oftentimes to gather the leaues, and fticke them in their hats or heads, or pin them on 

 their armes in ftead of feathers) : the ftalke rifeth vp among the leaues, bearing many 

 likewife vpon it, but nothing fo high as the Parfnep, being about three foote high, 

 bearing many fpoakie tufts of white flowers, which turne into fmall rough feede, as if 

 it were hairy, fmelling reafonable well if it bee rubbed : the roote is round and long, 

 thicke aboue and fmall below, eyther red or yellow, eyther morter or longer, accor- 

 ding to his kinde ; for there is one kinde, whofe roote is wholly red quite thorough- 

 out ; another whofe roote is red without for a pretty way inward, but the middle is 

 yellow. 



Then there is the yellow, which is of two forts, both long and fhort : One of the 

 long yellow forts, which is of a pale yellow, hath the greateft and longeft roote, and 

 likewife the greateft head of greene, and is for the moft part the worft, being fpongy, 

 and not firme. 



The other is of a deepe gold yellow colour, and is the beft, hauing a fmaller head, 

 or tuft of greene leaues vpon it. 



The fhorte rootes are likewife diftinguifhed, into pale and deepe yellow colours. 



The Vfe of Carrots. 



All thefe forts being boyled in the broth of beefe, eyther frefh or fait, but 

 more vfually of faked beefe, are eaten with great pleafure, becaufe of the 

 fweeteneffe of them : but they nourifh lefle then Parfneps or Skirrets. 



I haue not often knowne the feede of this Garden kinde to bee vfed in 

 Phyficke : but the wilde kinde is often and much vfed to expell winde, &c. 





CHAP. XL I. 



Rafum hortenfe. Turneps. 



THere are diuers forts of Turneps, as white, yellow, and red : the white are the 

 moft common, and they are of two kinds, the one much fweeter then the other. 

 The yellow and the red are more rare, and nourfed vp only by thofe that are 

 curious : as alfo the Navewe, which is feene but with very few. 



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