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the roote of the bcft kinde is blackiih on the outfide (and yet the feede gathered from 
fuch an one, hath after the fowing againe, giuen rootes, whereof fome haue beenc 
blacke, but the moft part white on the outfide) and white within, great and round at 
the head, almoft like a Turnep, but ending (horter then a Radd ifh, and longer then a 
Turncp,almoft peare-fa(hion,of a firmer and harder fubftance then the ordinary Rad- 
di(h, but no leffe (liarpe and biting, and foinewhat ftrong withall; theleaues are fome- 
whatftnaller, and with deeper gafhes, the flower and feede are like the former, but 
fmaller. 
Another fort of blacke Raddifh is like in leafe and feede to the former, butthe 
flower is of a lighter purple colour : the roote is longer and fmaller, andchangcth 
alfo to bee white as the former doth, fothar I thinke they haue both rifcn from one 
kinde. 
TheHorfeRaddifhisakindeof wilde Raddifh, but brought into Gardens for the 
vfe of it, and hath great large and long greene leaues, which are not fo much diuided, 
but dented about the edges : the roote is long and great, much ftronger in tafte then 
the former, and abidcth diuers yeares,fpreading with branches vnder ground. 
Dittander is likewifeawilde kinde hereof, hauing long pointed blewiih greene 
leaues, and a roote that crecpeth much vnder ground : I confelfc this might haue bin 
placed among the herbcs,becaufe the leaues and not the rootes arc vfed; but let it pallc 
now with thekindcs of Raddifh. 
The Vfc of thefe Raddilhes. 
Raddifiies doe ferue vfually as a fiimuUm before meat, gluing anapperite 
thereunto j the poore cate them alone with bread and fait. Some that are 
early fowen, are eaten in Aprill, or fooner if the feafon permit . others 
come later 5 and fome are fowen late to ferue for the end of Summer : but 
(as of all things elfe) the earlier are the more accepted. 
The blacke Raddilhes are moft vfed in the winter, (yet fome in their na- 
turali and not forc’d grounds, haue their rootes goodmoft part of the Sum- 
mer)and therefore muftbeefowirn after Midfomer ; for if they fhould bee 
fowen earlier, they would prefently runne vp to (hike and feed, and folofc , 
thebenefieof theroote. The Phyficall propertied, it is often vfed in me- 
dicines that helpe to breake the ftone,and toauoydegrauell. 
The Horfe Raddifh is vfed Phyfically, very much in Melancholicke, 
Splenetickc and Scorbuticke difeafes. And fome vfe to make a kinde of 
Muftard with the rootes, and eate it with fi(h. 
Dittander or Pepperworte is vfed of feme cold churlilh ftomackes , as a 
fawce or fallet fometimes to their meare, bur it is too hot, bitter and ftrong 
for weake and tender ftomackes. 
Our Gardiners about London vfe great fences of reede tyed together, 
whichfeemethtobecamatfetvprighr, and is as goadasa wall to defend 
the cold from thofe things that would be defended, and to bring them for- 
wards the earlier. 
Ch ap.XLIII. 
Cep*. Onions. 
W Ee haue diuers forts of Onions, both white and red, flat, round and long, 
as (hall be prefently (hewed : but I will doe with thefe as I doe with the 
reft, only giue you one defeription for them all, and afterwards their fe- 
uerall names and varieties, as they arete beknown by. 
Our common Garden Onion hath diuers long greene hollow leaues, feeming halfe 
flat ; among which rifeth vp a great round hollow ftalke, bigger in the middle then any 
whereelfe, at the toppe whereof ftandeth a clofe round head, coueredar the firft with 
a thin skinnc,which breaketh when the head is growne,and fheweth forth a great vm- 
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