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THE THIRD PART 
CALLED 
THE ORCHARD, 
lOntaining allforts oftrees bearing fruit for mans vfe to cate, pro- 
per and fit for to plant an Orchard in our climate and co'untrie : I 
bound ic with this limitation, becaufe both Dates, Oliues, and o- 
other fruits, are planted in the Orchardsof Spaine, Italy, and o- 
! ther hot countries, which will not abideinours. Yet hereinlwill 
j declare whatfoeuer Art, (Iriuing with Nature, can caufe to profper 
with vs, that whofoeuer will , may fee what can bee effected in our 
countrie. And firft to begin with the lower fhrubbes or bullies, and after afeendto 
the higher trees. 
Chap. I. 
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Rubus idltHS, Rafpis. 
T He Rafpis berrie is of two forts , white and red , not differing in the formeei- 
ther of bufh, leafe, or berry, but onely in the colour and tafte of the fruit. T he 
Rafpis bufli hath tender whitifli ftemmes, with reddifh frnall prickcs like haircs 
fet round about them, efpecially at the firft when they are young ; but when they grow 
old they becomemorewooddyandfirme, without any (hewof thornes or prickles 
vpon them, and hath onely a little hairineflethatcouereth them : theleaues are fome- 
what rough or rugged, and wrinkled , (landing three or flue vpon a ftalke , fomewhat 
JikevntoRofes, but greater, and of a grayer grecne colour :the flowers arefmall, 
made of fine whitifh round leaues, with a dafh as it were of blufli caft ouer them, many 
{landing together, yet euery one vpon his owne (lalke, at the tops of thebranches ; af- 
ter which come vp frnall berries, fomewhat bigger then Strawberries , and longer, ei- 
ther red or white, made of many graines, marc eminent then in the Strawberry , with 
a kinde of dounineffe caft ouer them, of a pleafant tafte, yet fomewhat fowre, and no- 
thing fo pleafantasthe Strawberrie. The white Rafpis is a little more pleafant then 
the red, whereituhere is frnall feedc inclofed : the rootescreepevnder ground veric 
farre,and (liootc vp againe in many places, much encreafing thereby. 
There is another whofeftemme and branches are wholly without prickles ! the 
fruit is red, and fomewhat longer, and a little more (harpe. 
The Vfe of Rafpis. 
The leaues of Rafpis may be vfed for want of Bramble leaues in gargles, 
andotherdccoaions that are cooling and drying, although not fully to 
that effedf. 
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