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Cucumber. 
|movethem; This fruit with 
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many: other rarities that fhe excels other Plants.in, I hall éndeavour} 
to do her right in my defeription... And firft, for.themanner of plan-} 
| fort time, there will come forththree or four {prouts, whereofone has} 
the:precedence,| and holds that-advantage, (as the prime Hawkedoes|: - | 
in.an eepeye) And as this.fprout growes, -it {prings from the — 
of th 
comes to be eight or t 
A True aid Exad Hiftory, 
Having inflam’d this leafe with a burning heat, itis fit to apply-a 
Cooler, left it fallon fires and that 1s fuch-a one, as iscoldinthethird | 
degree,a Cucumbers of which kind iwe-have,excellent good, fromthe 
beginning of November, to the end of February;but after that, the wea- 
ther growes toohot. They ferve as Sallets éold , witli Oyle) Vinegar, 
and Peppers and. hot, being ftewed, ov fryed.,: ofiwhich'! we make 
Sawee for Mutton; Pork!, Turkeys, or Mufcovia: Ducks. | Geefe'l 
never faw but two in the Ifland | and thofe‘wereé at the:Governours 
-houfe.o err Sv. be ae ERO Jou bus Siok 159! 
 -oMillons we have likewife for thofe.four months 5; but beforesor af 
ter, the weather is too hot. ‘They are:for the moft part largerthan 
here inExglard. Vhavefeen them cut four inches thick:they eat mot- 
fter then: here: they: do ; which -makes;them:the lefs: wholfome. We 
take: oN ecine (after the {eeds.are put into th ground ) but to 
weed them. Ihave feenofthem fxteen inches long... i:/3 | .! mete 
=i {The Water Millon there, isone; of the-gooditelt frinits that growes. 
have feen'ofthem,big:asa,Gloakbag;vwith a fait of cloaths in it; pure 
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ly. grat raw to : : 
difpofing thofe figures, as though they be.upon all pants ofthe fruics 
tobe found uponsthe rinde, that is like one another, and the whole 
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dy-greef} engrayl’d: with ftraw Colour 5:'And {0 Wanton. Natures; in | 
rinde as 'fmooth as politht. glafs.: Wherethey putoutupo: 
there they lie; for the’ Vineth rt fi 
hin isnot-tnlike-ah Aapledoreasiour, but 
for-tafte , not like-any fruit 1 know in Breland ; waterith, and wals) 
lowith; yet the people there eat {trange quantities Of it, two or three: 
pieces, big, :asifcut roundabout a twelve-penriy doafe,aninch thick: 
Fhe: feeds are. o ves foftre aPurple, as to. dye. that pat of. 
the fruit ittouches, ofthe fame colours -and till they do fo, the fruit 
isnot full ripe They account the largeff,beft, Extreamly full of feeds: 
theyiare,which in the eating'flip out. with, fuch eafe, as they! are not at 
alltroublefome.:. - Biss 
but they are never ripe together; fome’ may be pickt out: to: make 
Wines but it will be fo {mall'a quantity, as'it will n . 
the bunch. : : 
-: Though:the Plantine bear not'the moft delicious fruit that growes 
ds:yer, for that fhe is of great ufe, and beauty too, and:for 
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‘tag; .We put a:root into the ground, fixinches deep ,. and in avery}. 
oe : es aa : meee 
=they grow by, has not ftreneth tore2| 
ot be.worth the | 
fick, part ftem, and.the out-leaves hang .down.and rot; but} 
which opened with the Sun, becomes,a Jeafes and about the time ith 
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n foot high, theipikes., ee te 
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Grapes we have in theIfland; anid they.are indifferently. well talted, j 
while’ There is-alwaics (ome: green, fome ripe, fome rotten grapes in} 
{till new. ones come within, asrifeup.as the Palmeto does, like'a pikes}: 
yet,they-vary and flow{o infinitely: and noinch of{quare or circle is} 
They hold it rarely cooling to;the:body, and: excellent forthe ftone: | 
