j O The Kitchen Garden. 



the roote of the beft kinde is blackifh on the outfide (and yet the feede gathered from 

 fuch an one, hath after the fowing againe, giuen rootes, whereof fome haue beene 

 blacke, but the moft part white on the outfide) and white within, great and round at 

 the head, almoft like a Turnep, but ending fhorter then a Raddifh, and longer then a 

 Turnep, almoft peare-fafhion, of a firmer and harder fubftance then the ordinary Rad- 

 difh, but no lefle fharpe and biting, and fomewhat ftrong withall ; the leaues are fome- 

 what fmaller, and with deeper gafhes, the flower and feede are like the former, but 

 fmaller. 



Another fort of blacke Raddifh is like in leafe and feede to the former, but the 

 flower is of a lighter purple colour : the roote is longer and fmaller, and changeth 

 alfo to bee white as the former doth, fo that I thinke they haue both rifen from one 

 kinde. 



The Horfe Raddifh is a kinde of wilde Raddifh, but brought into Gardens for the 

 vfe of it, and hath great large and long greene leaues, which are not fo much diuided, 

 but dented about the edges : the roote is long and great, much ftronger in tafte then 

 the former, and abideth diuers yeares, fpreading with branches vnder ground. 



Dittander is likewife a wilde kinde hereof, hauing long pointed blcwifh greene 

 leaues, and a roote that creepeth much vnder ground : I confefle this might haue bin 

 placed among the herbes, becaufe the leaues and not the rootes are vfed ; but let it pafle 

 now with the kindes of Raddifh. 



The Vfe of thefe Raddifhes. 



Raddifhes doe ferue vfually as a Jlimulum before meat, giuing an appetite 

 thereunto ; the poore eate them alone with bread and fait. Some that are 

 early fowen, are eaten in Aprill, or fooner if the feafon permit ; others 

 come later ; and fome are fowen late to ferue for the end of Summer : but 

 (as of all things elfe) the earlier are the more accepted. 



The blacke Raddifhes are moft vfed in the winter, (yet fome in their na- 

 turall and not forc'd grounds, haue their rootes good moft part of the Sum- 

 mer) and therefore muft bee fowen after Midfomer ; for if they mould bee 

 fowen earlier, they would prefently runne vp to ftalke and feed, and fo lofe 

 the benefit of the roote. The Phyficall propertie is, it is often vfed in me- 

 dicines that helpe to breake the ftone, and to auoyde grauell. 



The Horfe Raddifh is vfed Phyfically, very much in Melancholicke, 

 Spleneticke and Scorbuticke difeafes. And fome vfe to make a kinde of 

 Muftard with the rootes, and eate it with fifh. 



Dittander or Pepperworte is vfed of fome cold churlifh ftomackes, as a 

 fawce or fallet fometimes to their meate, but it is too hot, bitter and ftrong 

 for weake and tender ftomackes. 



Our Gardiners about London vfe great fences of reede tyed together, 

 which feemeth to bee a mat fet vpright, and is as good as a wall to defend 

 the cold from thofe things that would be defended, and to bring them for- 

 wards the earlier. 



CHAP. XLIII. 

 Cepce. Onions. 



XAT'TEe haue diuers forts of Onions, both white and red, flat, round and long, 

 \\/ as mall be prefently fhewed : but I will doe with thefe as I doe with the 

 reft, only giue you one defcription for them all, and afterwards their fe- 

 uerall names and varieties, as they are to be known by. 



Our common Garden Onion hath diuers long greene hollow leaues, feeming halfe 

 flat ; among which rifeth vp a great round hollow ftalke, bigger in the middle then any 

 where elfe, at the toppe whereof ftandeth a clofe round head, couered at the firft with 

 a thin skirne, which breaketh when the head is growne, and fheweth forth a great vm- 



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