578 The Orchard. 



and will abide good for fix weekes at the leaft after it is gathered, and after all other 

 plums are fpent. 



The Cherry plum remembred before, fpeaking of the Mufcadine plum, is a very 

 good plum, but fmall. 



The Amber plum is a round plum, as yellow on the outfide almoft as yellow waxe, 

 of a fowre vnpleafant tafte that which I tafted, but I thinke it was not the right ; for I 

 haue feene and tafted another of the fame bignefle, of a paler colour, farre better relli- 

 fhed, and a firmer fubftance, comming cleane from the ftone like an Apricocke. 



The Apricocke plum is a good plum when it is in its perfection, but that is feldome ; 

 for it doth moft vfually cracke, thereby diminifhing much of its goodneffe, and be- 

 fides yeeldeth gumme at the crackes. 



The Eafon plum is a little red plum, but very good in tafte. 



The Violet plum is a fmall and long blackifh blew plum, ripe about Bartholmew 

 tide, a very good dry eating fruit. 



The Grape plum is the Pluming Bulleis before remembred. 



The Dennie plum is called alfo the Chefton, or the Friars plum before remembred. 



The Damaske Violet plum, or Queen mother plum fpoken of before. 



The blacke Damafcene plum is a very good dry plum, and of a darke blew colour 

 when it is ripe. 



The white Damfon is nothing fo well rellifhed as the other. 



The great Damfon or Damaske plum is greater then the ordinary Damfon, and 

 fweeter in tafte. 



The blew Damfon well knowne, a good fruit. 



The Coferers plum is flat, like vnto a Peare plum, it is early ripe and blacke, of a 

 very good rellim. 



The Margate plum the worft of an hundred. 



The green Oyfterly plum is a reafonable great plum, of a whitifh green colour when 

 it is ripe, of a moift and fweete tafte, reafonable good. 



The red Mirobalane plum groweth to be a great tree quickly, fpreading very thicke 

 and farre, very like the blacke Thorne or Sloe bum : the fruit is red, earlier ripe, and 

 of a better tafte then the white. 



The white Mirobalane plum is in moft things like the former red, but the fruit is of 

 a whitifh yellow colour, and very pleafant, efpecially if it be not ouer ripe : both thefe 

 had need to be plafhed againft a wall, or elfe they will hardly beare ripe fruit. 



The Oliue plum is very like a greene Oliue, but for colour and bignefle, and grow- 

 eth lowe on a fmall burning tree, and ripeneth late, but is the beft of all the forts of 

 greene plums. 



The white diapred plum of Malta, fcarce knowne to any in our Land but lohn Tra- 

 defcante, is a very good plum, and ftriped all ouer like diaper, and thereby fo called. 



The blacke diapred plum is like the Damafcene plum, being blacke with fpots, as 

 fmall as pins points vpon it, of a very good rellim. 



The Peake plum is a long whitifh plum, and very good. 



The Pimamin or Virginia plum is called a plum, but vtterly differeth from all forts 

 of plums, the defcription whereof may truely enforme you, as it is fet downe in the 

 tenth Chapter going before, whereunto I referre you. 



The Vfe of Plums. 



The great Damaske or Damfon Plummes are dryed in France in great 

 quantities, and brought ouer vnto vs in Hogs-heads, and other great vef- 

 fels, and are thofe Prunes that are vfually fold at the Grocers, vnder the 

 name of Damaske Prunes : the blacke Bulleis alfo are thofe (being dryed in 

 the fame manner) that they call French Prunes, and by their tartnefle are 

 thought to binde, as the other, being fweet, to loofen the body. 



The Bruneola Plumme, by reafon of his pleafant tartnefle, is much ac- 

 counted of, and being dryed, the ftones taken from them, are brought ouer 

 to vs in fmall boxes, and fold deere at the Comfitmakers, where they very 

 often accompany all forts of banquetting ftuffes. 



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