560 The Orchard. 



hot ftomacke in the heate of the yeare, which by the tartnefle is much de- 

 lighted. Some preferue them, and conferue them alfo as other fruits, and 

 fpend them at neede. 



The white Currans, by reafon of the more pleafant winie tafte, are more 

 accepted and defired, as alfo becaufe they are more daintie, and lefle com- 

 mon. 



Some vfe both the leaues and berries of the blacke Currans in fawces, and 

 other meates, and are well pleafed both with the fauour and tafte thereof, 

 although many miflike it. 



CHAP. III. 

 Vva Crifpajiue GroJ/ularia. Goofeberries or Feaberries. 



Ee haue diuers forts of Goofeberries, befides the common kinde, which 

 is of three forts, fmall, great, and long. For wee haue three red Goofe- 

 berries, a blew and a greene. 

 The common Goofeberrie, or Feaberrie bufh, as it is called in diuers Countries of 

 England, hath oftentimes a great ftemme, couered with a frnooth darke coloured bark, 

 without anie thorne thereon, but the elder branches haue here and there fome on 

 them, and the younger are whitifh, armed with verie fharpe and cruell crooked thorns, 

 which no mans hand can well auoide that doth handle them, whereon are fet verie 

 greene and fmall cornered leaues cut in, of the fafhion almoft of Smallage, or Haw- 

 thorne leaues, but broad at the ftalke : the flowers come forth fingle, at euerie ioynt of 

 the leafe one or two, of a purplifh greene colour, hollow and turning vp the brims 

 a little : the berries follow, bearing the flowers on the heads of them, which are of a pale 

 greene at the firft, and of a greenifh yellow colour when they are ripe, ftriped in diuers 

 places, and cleare, almoft tranfparent, in which the feede lyeth. In fome thefe berries 

 are fmall and round ; in others much greater ; a third is great, but longer then the o- 

 ther : all of them haue a pleafant winie tafte, acceptable to the ftomacke of anie (but 

 the long kinde hath both the thicker skin, and the worfer tafte of the other) and none 

 haue been diftempered by the eating of them, that euer I could heare of. 



The firft of the red Goofeberries is better knowne I thinke then the reft, and by 

 reafon of the fmall bearing not much regarded; the ftemme is fomewhat bigge, and 

 couered with a fmooth darke coloured barke, the younger branches are whiter, and 

 without anie thorne or pricke at all, fo long, weake, fmall, and flender, that they lye 

 vpon the ground, and will there roote againe : the leaues are like vnto the former 

 Goofeberries, but larger : the flowers and berries ftand fingle, and not manie to bee 

 found anie yeare vpon them, but are fomewhat long, and are as great as the ordinarie 

 Goofeberry, of a darke brownifh red colour, almoft blackifh when they are ripe, and 

 of a fweetifh tafte, but without any great delight. 



The fecond red Goofeberry rifeth vp with a more ftraight ftemme, couered with a 

 brownifh barke ; the young branches are ftraight likewife, and whitifh, and grow not 

 fo thicke vpon it as the former red kinde, and without any thorne alfo vpon them : the 

 leaues are like vnto the former red, but fmaller : the berries ftand fingly at the leaues 

 as Goofeberries doe, and are of a fine red colour when they are ripe, but change with 

 ftanding to be of a darker red colour, of the bignefle of the fmall ordinary Goofe- 

 berry, of a pretty tart tafte, and fomewhat fweete withall. 



The third red Goofeberry which is the greateft, and knowne but vnto few, is fo 

 like vnto the common great Goofeberry, that it is hardly diftinguifhed : the fruit or 

 berries grow as plentifully on the branches as the ordinary, and are as great & round 

 as the great ordinary kinde, but reddifh, and fome of them paler, with red ftripes. 



The blew Goofeberry rifeth vp to bee a bufh like vnto the red Curran, and of the 

 fame bignefle and height, with broader and redder leaues at the firft mooting out, then 

 the fecond red Goofeberry : the berries are more fparingly fet on the branches, then 

 on the fmall red, and much about the fame bignefle, or rather lefler, of the colour of a 

 Damfon, with an ouerfhadowing of a blewifh colour vpon them, as the Damfon hath, 

 before it be handled or wiped away. 



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