HISTORY OP THE APPLE. 33 



At a later period, 1597, John Gerard issued in an ex- 

 tensive folio his History of Plants, in which he mentions 

 seven kinds of Pippins. The following is given as a sam- 

 ple of the pomology of that day : 



"The fruit of apples do differ in greatnesse, forme, 

 colour, and taste, some covered with red skin, others yel- 

 low or greene, varying infinitely according to soil and 

 climate ; some very greate, some very little, and many of 

 middle sort ; some are sweet of taste, or something soure, 

 most be of middle taste between sweet and soure ; the 

 which to distinguish, I think it impossible, notwithstand- 

 ing I heare of one who intendeth to write a peculiar vol- 

 ume of apples and the use of them." He further says : 

 " The tame and grafted apple trees are planted and set in 

 gardens and orchards made for that purpose ; they delight 

 to growe in good fertile grounds. Kent doth abounde 

 with apples of most sortes ; but I have seen pastures and 

 hedge-rows about the grounds of a worshipful gentleman 

 dwelling two miles from Hereford, so many trees of all 

 sortes, that the seruantes drinke for the moste parte no 

 other drinke but that which is made of apples. * * * 

 Like as there be divers manured apples, so is there sundry 

 wilde apples or crabs, not husbanded, that is, not graft- 

 ed." He also speaks of the Paradise, which is probably 

 the same we now use as a dwarfing stock. 



Dr. Gerard fully appreciated the value of fruits, and 

 thus vehemently urges his countrymen to plant orchards : 

 "Gentlemen, that have land and living, put forward, * * 

 * * * graft, set, plant, and nourish up trees in every cor- 

 ner of your grounds ; the labor is small, the cost is noth- 

 ing, the commoditie is great, yourselves shall have plentie, 

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