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herein is like vnto the outer grcene rinde of the Wallnut, whereof as I am perf waded it 

 tooke the name, of a fail and firmc meate, and very delicate in talle, efpecially the beil 

 kindes, with a rugged Hone within it, and a bitter kernell. 



The Muske Nectorin, fo called, becaufe it being a kinde of the beil red Neftorins, 

 both fmelleth and eateth as if the fruit were lleeped in Muske : fome thinke that this 

 and the next Rotnane Nectorin are all one. 



The Romane red Nectorin, or cluiler Neclorin, hath a large or great purplifh blof- 

 fome, like vnto a Peach, reddiih at the bottome on the outfide, and greeniin within : 

 the fruit is of a fine red colour on the outfide, and groweth in cluilers, two or three at 

 a ioynt together, of an excellent good taile. 



The ballard red Neclorin hath a fmaller or pincking bloiTome, more like threads 

 then leaues, neither fo large nor open as the former, and yellowifh within at the bot- 

 tome : the fruit is red on the outfide, and groweth neuer but one at a ioynt ; it is a good 

 fruit, but eateth a little more rawifh then the other, cuen when it is fiill ripe. 



The yellow Neclorin is of two forts, the one an excellent fruit, mellow, and of a 

 very good rellifh ; the other hard, and no way comparable to it. 



The greene Neclorin, great and fmall ; for fuch I haue feene abiding conilant, al- 

 though both planted in one ground : they are both of one goodnefie, and accounted 

 with moil to be the beil rellifhed Neclorin of all others. 



The white Neclorin is faid to bee differing from the other, in that it will bee more 

 white on the outfide when it is ripe, then either the yellow or greene : but I haue not 

 yet feene it. 



The Vfe of Neclorins. 



The fruit is more firme then the Peach, and more deleclable in tafle ; and 

 is therefore of more eileeme, and that worthily. 



CHAP. XVII. 



Amygdala. Almonds. 



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THe Almond alfo may be reckoned vnto the (lock or kindred of the Peaches, it 

 is fo like both in leafe and bloilbme, and fomewhat alfo in the fruit, for the out- 

 ward forme, although it hath onely a dry skinne, and no pulpe or meate to bee 

 eaten : but the kernell of the flone or fhell, which is called the Almond, maketh re- 

 compenfe of that defeat, whereof fome are fweete, fome bitter, fome great, fome 

 fmall, fome long, and fome fhort. 



The Almond tree groweth vpright, higher and greater then any Peach ; and is 

 therefore vfually planted by it felfe, and not againil a wall, whofe body fometime ex- 

 ceedeth any mans fadome, whereby it fheweth to be of longer continuance, bearing 

 large armes, and fmaller branches alfo, but brittle, whereon are fet long and narrow 

 leaues, like vnto the Peach tree : the bloflbmes are purplHh, like vnto Peach bloiToms, 

 but paler : the fruit is fomewhat like a Peach for the forme of the skinne or outfide, 

 which is rough, but not with any fuch cleft therein, or with any pulpe or meate fit 

 to bee eaten, but is a thicke dry skinne when it is ripe, couering the ilone or ihell, 

 which is fmooth and not rugged, and is either long and great, or fmall, or thicke and 

 fhort, according as the nut or kernell within it is, which is fweete both in the greater 

 and fmaller, and onely one fmaller kinde which is bitter : yet this I haue obferued, that 

 all the Almond trees that I haue feene growe in England, both of the fweete and bit- 

 ter kindes, beare Almonds thicke and ihort, and not long, as that fort which is called 

 the lorden Almond. 



The Vfe of Almonds. 



They are vfed many wayes, and for many purpofes, either eaten alone 

 with Figges, or Rayfins of the Sunne, or made into paile with Sugar and 

 Rofewater for Marchpanes, or put among Floure, Egges, and Sugar, to 



make 



