5H 
The J^itchen Qjarden . 
time, efpeciallyofthe poorer fort of people. 
It is much vfed likewifeat Sea for them that goe long voyages, and# foi 
change, bccaufe it is frefh, a welcome diet to moft perfons therein. 
The Rams Ciches the Spaniards call Graecos ^ and c^u^aRo/ anc 
eate them boyled and ftewed as the moft dainty kinde of Peafe thaf-ard 
they are ofa very good rellifh,and doe nounfli much , butyetarenot with! 
out that windy quality that all forts of Pulfcarcfubied vnto : they in «cafe 
bodily luft much more then any other forts, and as it is thought, dotfilidne 
to encreafe feedc. ’ -/ 
Chap. LIII. 
Cttcumer. The Cowcumber. 
O F Co wcumbers there are diuers forts , differing chiefly in the forme andco- 
The Cowcumber bringeth forth many trailing rough greene branches lying on the 
ground, all along whereof growe feuerall leaues, which are rough, broad, vneufn at the 
edges, and pointedat the ends, with long crooked tendrels comming forth at the fame 
ioynt with the leafe but on the other fide therof: between the ftalks & the leaues at the 
loynrs come forth the flowers feuerally ,euery one ftanding on a fhort foot-ftalke,ope- 
■ning it feife into fiue leaues, of a i yc Iovvifh colour, at the bottome whereof groweth the 
fruit, long and greene at the firft , butwhenit is thorough ripe, a little yellowifh ha 
mng many furrowes,and vneuen bunches all the length ofit, wherein is a white firme 
fubftance next vnto the skin and a cleare pulpe or watery fubftancc , with white flat 
feede lying difperfed through it : the roote is long and white, with diuers fibresat it. 
Thekindes. 
The firft deferibed is called. The long greene Cowcumber. 
T M C L CiS !^ 0thfr ,. is *; aPa d,Thc ^ ort Cowcumber, being fhort, and of an 
ends ^ nC ^ emt ^ C b ° dythereof ’ aado ^ an vnequall bigneffe at both 
The long Yellow, which is yellowifh from the heginning.and more vel- 
low when it is ripe and hath beene meafured to be thirteene inches long • 
brnthisisnotthatfmamong Cowcumber, called of the Latines, Cucwu 
Another kinde is early ripe, called The French kinde. 
The Dantficke kinde beareth but fmail fruit, growingon fhort branches 
° r | U h nn fJ s = tbeptckled Cowcumbeii that are vfually fold are of tbiskind. 
Mu f Ule klnde 1S thc fmalleft of all other, yet knowne, and beareth 
fmallLemons] rC " *** moftona r °° te ’ whi l areno bigger then 
The Vie of Cowcumbers. 
3 littlefaIt on their fli «d Cowcumbers, and let them 
cornis ^ h °! UrC °u TV? a dift » and chcn P°ure away the water that 
eu«v ont liteh 'r h 1 ^ ? C f “ C ’ afCf1 ' pUt vine S ar > oy,c > &c ‘ thereon, as 
In muny countries they vfe to eate Cowcumbers as wee doe Apples or 
dainTy J AppTe^oTpeTi^e!, n ^ ^ 1CCS of chem,as we W0ldd t0 out friends of feme 
The pickled Cowcumbers that come from beyond Sea, aremuch vfed 
with 
