» _ Or Netherlandith Hefperides, 6- 
of a Brimftone Colour, diftin- 
guifhed by Skins or Films into 
‘nine Partitions ; which is of a pleas « 
fant fowre Taft ; the whole Ap- , 
_ ple is fomewhar longifh-round of 
- Shape. — : 
_ Here is tobe obferved, that all 
the Leaves and Fruits of the Treo. 4. 0 ® 
are not of that variety of Colour, 
but only fome ; and was feen of 
us firft with perfect ripe Fruits in ve 
the Gardens of the Sieur Jobn Ro- 
eters, in his Lifetime Secretary of 
the City of Amflgrdam, and with 
WillVanden Henyell,both the moft 
experienced and greareft Impro- 
» vers of this Husbandry of our 
ATS Cag SY bathe qt 
CHAP. 
we 
Or Netherlandith Hefperides. oy 
Shapes, with points fticking out, 
and dinted Corners, reprefenting 
‘the Fafhion of a Man’s Members, 
others of a Womans: Wherefore Hep.t.4. 
called alfo by Ferraris , Auranti- - 9 
uns. Hermapbroditum, Sive Corniculas 
tum, that is, the Hermophrodite, 
or Horned Orange ; the outward 
Pill hath a fair Saffron yellow Co- 
Jour,the inward Pill thick, fpungy, - 
of little Taft; the Pulp is inclu- 
ded intoten or twelve, or fome- 
times more skinny Partitions, 
whereof fome inclofe the reft; 
_ the Taft is moderately fowre, not 
-unpleafant; this Kind is defired 
here by many Lovers; and is 
found in many Gardens, where it 
isknown by the Name of Cloifter 
Apple. . 
CHAP. | 
> 
66 
‘ Shape. 
68 
Hefp h4, 
6.5.8. 11 
a oo 
‘CHAP. XXIL 
_ Of the Orange ‘Tree with 
borned Fruit, — 
t ’ 
T His Tree is among all other. 
Orange Trees the Luftieft 
to look upon, and the beft to be 
ordered, here in this Country, as, 
being the moft hardy againft the 
Cold, and the moft Fruicful ; ic 
fhoots ‘high and large {preading 
Boughs ; the Leaves are of a dark 
Green ; larger and fharper at the 
End then thofe of the common 
Orange Tree; the Bloffoms are 
of a pleafant Smell, and fome- 
times made up of many Leaves, — 
_ even asif they were double; the af 
Fruits haye many wonderful . 
Shapes, 
The Belgick, 
CHAP. XXHL 
Of feveral Il-fhapen Fruits. 
Here are found by Rinribles 
~ f° feveral Orange Apples , ; 
which are noted by»him as-di- 
finest Sorts and Kinds, ‘as the “ve 
‘rantium dulci lore ; “Aurantivm femiz 
newn,five Fatiferum,e> Aurattion dix 
ftortum, all which I judg to be 
but one and the: fame, belonging 
to the foregoing Tree, vig, with 
the horned Fruit ; for [ haveféén 
the fame, and yet more different 
Shapes upon one Tree,al{ double 
Bloffoms ; for that happens often, 
and all this Variation of the Shape 
is 
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