The Orchard. 



make an after-courfe for their matters table, where the goodneffe of his Or- 

 chard is tryed. They are dryed alfo, and fo are an excellent repafte, if they 

 be of the beft kindes, fit for the purpofe. 



They are eaten familiarly of all forts of people, of fome for delight, and 

 of others for nourifhment, being baked, ftewed, or fcalded. 



The red Warden and the Spanifh Warden are reckoned among the moft 

 excellent of Peares, either to bake or to roaft, for the ficke or for the found : 

 And indeede, the Quince and the Warden are the two onely fruits are per- 

 mitted to the ficke, to eate at any time. 



Perry, which is the iuyce of Peares preffed out, is a drinke much efteemed 

 as well as Cyder, to be both drunke at home, and carried to the Sea, and 

 found to be of good vfe in long voyages. 



The Perry made of Choke Peares, notwithftanding the harmnefle, and 

 euill tafte, both of the fruit when it is greene, as alfo of the iuyce when it is 

 new made, doth yet after a few moneths become as milde and pleafant as 

 wine, and will hardly bee knowne by the fight or tafte from it : this hath 

 beene found true by often experience ; and therefore wee may admire the 

 goodneffe of God, that hath giuen fuch facility to fo wilde fruits, altoge- 

 ther thought vfelefle, to become vfefull, and apply the benefit thereof both 

 to the comfort of our foules and bodies. 



For the Phyficall properties, if we doe as Galen teacheth vs, in Jecundo 

 Alimentorum, referre the qualities of Peares to their feuerall taftes, as be- 

 fore he had done in Apples, we mail not neede to make a new worke ; thofe 

 that are harm and fowre doe coole and binde, fweet do nourifh and warme, 

 and thofe betweene thefe, to haue middle vertues, anfwerable to their tem- 

 peratures, &c. 



Much more might be faid, both of this and the other kinds of fruits ; but 

 let this fuffice for this place and worke, vntill a more exacT: be accomplifhed. 



CHAP. XXII. 



Nux luglans. The Wallnut. 



ALthough the Wallnut tree bee often planted in the middle of great Court- 

 yards, where by reafon of his great fpreading armes it taketh vp a great deale of 

 roome, his fhadow reaching farre, fo that fcarce any thing can well grow neare 

 it; yet becaufe it is likewife planted in fit places or corners of Orchards, and that it 

 beareth fruit or nuts, often brought to the table, efpecially while they are frefheft, 

 fweeteft, and fitteft to be eaten, let not my Orchard want his company, or you the 

 knowledge of it. Some doe thinke that there are many forts of them, becaufe fome 

 are much greater then others, and fome longer then others, and fome haue a more fran- 

 gible fhell then others ; but I am certainly perfwaded, that the foyle and climate 

 where they grow, are the whole and onely caufe of the varieties and differences. In- 

 deed Virginia hath fent vnto vs two forts of Wallnuts, the one blacke, the other white, 

 whereof as yet wee haue no further knowledge. And I know that Clufius reporteth, 

 he tooke vp at a banquet a long Wallnut, differing in forme and tendernefle of fhell 

 from others, which being fet, grew and bore farre tenderer leaues then the other, and 

 a little fnipt about the edges, which (as I faid) might alter with the foyle and climate : 

 and befides you may obferue, that many of Clufius differences are very nice, and fo I 

 leaue it. 



The Wallnut tree groweth very high and great, with a large and thicke body or 

 trunke, couered with a thicke clouen whitifh greene barke, tending to an afh-colour ; 

 the armes are great, and fpread farre, breaking out into fmaller branches, whereon doe 

 grow long & large leaues, fiue or feuen fet together one againft another, with an odde 

 one at the end, fomewhat like vnto Amen leaues, but farre larger, and not fo many on a 

 ftalke, fmooth, and fomewhat reddifh at the firft fpringing, and tender alfo, of a reafo- 

 nable good fent, but more ftrong and headie when they growe old : the fruit or nut is 

 great and round, growing clofe to the ftalkes of the leaues, either by couples or by 



three 



