580 The Orchard. 



They are alfo preferued and candid, as it pleafeth Gentlewomen to be- 

 flowe their time and charge, or the Comfitmaker to fort among other can- 

 did fruits. 



Some likewife dry them, like vnto Peares, Apples, Damfons, and other 

 Plummes. 



Matthiolus doth wonderfully commend the oyle drawne from the ker- 

 nels of the ftones, to annoint the inflamed hcemorrhoides or piles, the fwel- 

 lings of vlcers, the roughnefle of the tongue and throate, and likewife the 

 paines of the eares. 



CHAP. XV. 

 Mala Perfoa. Peaches. 



AS I ordered the Cherries and Plummes, fo I intend to deale with Peaches, be- 

 caufe their varieties are many, and more knowne in thefe dayes then in former 

 times : but becaufe the Neftorin is a differing kinde of Peach, I muft deale 

 with it as I did with the Apricocke among the Plummes, that is, place it in a Chapter 

 by it felfe. 



The Peach tree of it felfe groweth not vfually altogether fo great, or high as the A- 

 pricocke, becaufe it is lefle durable, but yet fpreadeth with faire great branches, from 

 whence fpring fmaller and flenderer reddifh twigges, whereon are fet long narrow 

 greene leaues, dented about the edges : the bloflbmes are greater then of any Plumme, 

 of a deepe blufh or light purple colour : after which commeth the fruit, which is round, 

 and fometimes as great as a reafonable Apple or Pippin (I fpeake of fome forts ; for 

 there be fome kindes that are much fmaller) with a furrow or cleft on the one fide, and 

 couered with a freefe or cotton on the outfide, of colour either ruflet, or red, or yel- 

 low, or of a blackifh red colour ; of differing fubftances and taftes alfo, fome being 

 firme, others waterifh, fome cleauing faft to the ftone on the infide, others parting 

 from it more or lefle eafily, one excelling another very farre, wherein is contained a 

 rugged ftone, with many chinkes or clefts in it, the kernell whereof is bitter : the roots 

 growe neither deepe nor farre ; and therefore are fubiecl to the winds, (landing alone, 

 and not againft a wall. It fooner waxeth old and decayeth, being fprung of a ftone, 

 then being inoculated on a Plumme ftocke, whereby it is more durable. 



The great white Peach is white on the outfide as the meate is alfo, and is a good well 

 rellifhed fruit. 



The fmall white Peach is all one with the greater, but differeth in fize. 



The Carnation Peach is of three forts, two are round, and the third long ; they are 

 all of a whitifh colour, fhadowed ouer with red, and more red on the fide is next the 

 funne : the lefler round is the more common, and the later ripe. 



The grand Carnation Peach is like the former round Peach, but greater, and is as 

 late ripe, that is, in the beginning of September. 



The red Peach is an exceeding well rellifhed fruit. 



The ruffet Peach is one of the moft ordinary Peaches in the Kingdome, being of a 

 ruflet colour on the outfide, and but of a reafonable rellifh, farre meaner then many 

 other. 



The Ifland Peach is a faire Peach, and of a very good rellifh. 



The Newington Peach is a very good Peach, and of an excellent good rellifh, being 

 of a whitifh greene colour on the outfide, yet halfe reddifh, and is ripe about Barthol- 

 mew tide. 



The yellow Peach is of a deepe yellow colour ; there be hereof diuers forts, fome 

 good and fome bad. 



The St. lames Peach is the fame with the Queenes Peach, here belowe fet downe, 

 although fome would make them differing. 



The Melocotone Peach is a yellow faire Peach, but differing from the former yel- 

 low both in forme and tafte, in that this hath a fmall crooked end or point for the moft 

 part, it is ripe before them, and better rellifhed then any of them. 



The 



