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The Orchard. 
The Conferae oc Syrupe made of the berries, is effedluall to code an hoc 
flomacke, helping to refrefh and quicken vp thofe that are ouercome with 
faintnefle. 
Theberriesare eaten in the Summertime, as an afternoones dilh , to 
pleafe therafte of the ficke as well as the found. 
Theiuyceand the diftillcd water of the berries are verie comfortable 
andcordiall. 
It is generally held of many, but how truel know not, that the red wine 
that is vfually foldat the Vintners, is made of the berries of Ralpis that 
grow in colder countries, which giueth itakindeof harfhneffe : Andalfo 
that of the fame berries growing in hotter climates, which giueth vnto the 
wine a more pleafant fweetneffe, is made that wine which the Vintners call 
Alligant: butwehauea Vine or Grape come to vs vnderthenameof the 
Alligant Grape, asyou (hall finde it fet downe hereafter among the Grapes; 
and therefore it is likely to be but an opinion, and no truth in this, as it may 
be alfo in the other. 
Ch ap. II. 
Ribes ru^a, alba, nigra. Currans red, white, and blacke. 
T He bulhes that beare thofe berries, which arevfually called red Currans, are 
not thofe Currans either blew or red, that are fold at the Grocers, nor any kind 
thereof; for that they are the grapes ofacertaine Vine, as lhallbe (hewed by 
and by : but a farre differing kinde of berry, whereof there are three forts, red, white, 
and blacke. 
The red Curran bu(h is of two forts, and groweth to the height of a man, hauing 
fometimes a ftemme of two inches thickne(Te,and diuers armes and branches, couercd 
with a fmooth, darke, brownilh barke , without anie pricke or thornc at all vpon anie 
part thereof, whereon doe growe large cornered blackifhgreeneleaues,cutinonthe 
edges, feeming to be made of flue parts, almoft like a Vine leafe, the ends a little poin- 
ting out, and (landing one aboue another on both fides ofthebranches :thc flowers 
are little and hollow, comming forth at the ioynts of the leaues , growing many toge- 
ther on a long flalke, hanging downe aboue a fingers length, and of an herbie colour : 
after which come fmall round fruit or berries, grecne at the firft , and red as a Cherry 
when they are ripe, of a pleafant and tare tafte : the other differeth not in anie other 
thing then in the berries, being twice as bigge as the former : the roore is wooddy,and 
fpreadeth diuerfly. 
The white Curran bufli rifeth vfually both higher then the red, and ftraightcror 
more vpright, bigger alfo in the ftemme, and coueredwitha whiter barke : the leaues 
arecornered, fomewhat like the former, but not fo large : the flowersarc fmalland 
hollow like the other, hanging downe in the fame manner on long ftalkes, being of a 
whiter colour : theberries likewife growe on the longftalkes, fomewhat thicker fetto- 
gether, and ofacleare white colour, with a little blacke head, fo tranfparent that the 
feedes may be eafily feene thorough them, and of a more pleafant winie tafte then the 
red by much. 
The blacke Curran bu(h rifeth higher then the white, with more plentifull bran- 
ches, and more pliant and t wiggic : the ftemme and the elder branches being couered 
with abrownifh barke, and the younger with a paler : the flowers arc alfo like vnto lit- 
tle bottles as the others be, of a grecnifh purple colour, whichturnc intoblackeber- 
ries.ofthebigneffeofthefmallcrred Currans : the leaues are fomewhat like vnto the 
leaues of the red Currans, but not fo large : both branches, leaues, and fruit hauca kind 
of (linking fent with them, yet they are not vn'wholfome, but the berries ate eaten of 
many, without offending either tafte or fmell. 
The Vfe of Currans. 
The red Currans are vfually eaten when they are ripe, as a refrelhing to an 
hot 
