X S2 7he TraBical Kitchen Gardiner. 



eftii aptun eft) from their aptitude to be 

 eaten raw or boiFdj and in this fenfe 

 alfo Scaliger ufes the word, where he 

 lets down that it has not occurred to 

 him whether the feeds or herbs are eat- 

 able in like manner as the plants them- 

 felves are 5 by which it appears, by efcu- 

 lent muft be underflood its edible qua- 

 lity, and not its fhapc, as fome great 

 gardiners have underftood; andfo Schre- 

 'velius alfo confirues it to be efculentuSy 

 from B^ujo-ificgy or B^^t^V??, {quia comedi po- 

 teft) derived from the German word, 

 broat, anglicey bread. But be that as it 

 will, of this kind are the red and o- 

 range carrot, the fwelling and Navarre, 

 Of this kind alfo are the parfnip, the 

 black and white Spanijh radifh, the 

 London^ Sortop and Sandwich radifh, 

 with the Scorzonera^ and others. 

 €)f the Of the bulbous kinds, are the white, 

 kinds. yellow, and round turncp ; the Straf- 

 burgh, Spanijhy EngliJ^o, and Weljh oni- 

 on, the fiiallot, gariick and roccam- 

 bo. 



And of the tuberous, grumous or va- 

 rious-rooted kind, the skerret, potataa 

 &c. all of them of the greateft ufe, 

 |)oth for wliQl^fomcncfs and ftrength, 



that 



