5 6° *1 he Orchard. 
hot ftomacke in the heatcof theyeare, which by the tartnefleis much de- 
lighted. Some preferue them, and conferue them alio as other fruits and 
fpendthemat neede. 
The white Currans, by reafon of the more pleafant winie Caffe, are more 
accepted and dehred, as alfo becaufe they are more daintie, and leffc com- 
mon. 
Some vfc both the leaues and berries of the blacfce Currans in fawces,and 
other meates, and are 'veil pleafedboth with the lauour and tafte thereof 
although many miflike it. 
Chap. III. 
Vvt Crift&fiue CroJfuUr'u. Goofebcrries or Feaberries. 
W Ee haue diuers forts of Goofeberries, befides the common kinde, which 
is or three forts, fmall, great, and long. For wee haue three red Goofe- 
berrics, a blew and a grecne. 
The common Goofeberrie, or Feaberriebufli, as it is called in diuers Countries of 
England,hath oftentimes a great ftemmejcoucrcd with a fmoot h darke coloured bark 
without ante thorne thereon, butthe elder branches haue here and there fome on 
them and the younger are whitifh, armed with verie (harpeand cruell crooked thorns 
which no mans hand can well auoide that doth handle them, whereon are fet verie 
greene and fmal cornered leaues cut in, of thefafhionahnoftofSraallage, or Haw- 
thorne leaues, but broad at the ftalke s the flowers come forth f?ngle,at cuerieioy nt of 
theleafeoneortwo, of a purplifh greene colour, hollowand turningvp the brims 
a little: the berries follow.bearing the flowers on the heads of them,which are of a pale 
greene at the firft, and of a grecnifli yellow colour when they are ripe,flripcd in diuers 
places, and cleare, almoft tranfparent, in which the feede lyeth. In fome thefe berries 
are fmall and round ; in others much greater 5 a third is great, but longer then theo- 
ther :allof them haue a pleafant w.n.e tafte, acceptable to the ftomacke of anie (but 
the long Kinde hath both the thicker skin, and the worfer tafte of the other) and none 
haue been diftempered by thceating of them, that euer I could heare of. 
Thenrft of the red Goofeberries is better knowne I thinke then the reft, andby 
reafon of the fmall bearing not much regarded , theftemme is fomewhat bigec and 
coueredwith afmooth darke coloured barke, the younger branches are whiter and 
without ante thorne or pneke at all , fo long, weake, fmall, and (lender , that they 1 vc 
vponthe ground, and will there roote againe.-the leaues are likevnto the former 
Goofeberries, but larger : the flowers and berries ftand (ingle, and not manietobee 
found ante yeare vpon them, but are fomewhat long , and are as great as the ordinarie 
Goofeberry, of a darke browmlh red colour,almoft blackifh when they are ripe and 
of a fwcetifh rafte, but without any great delight. J v 5 
The fecond red Goofeberry rilerh vp with a more ftraight ftemme, couered with a 
browmlh barke , theyoung branches arc ftraight likewife, and whitilh, and grow not 
lo thicke vpon it as thefonner red kinde, and without any thorne alfo vpon them • the 
leaues a re likevnto the former red, but fmaller : the berries ftand fingly attheleiues 
as Goofeberr.es doe, and are of a fine red colour when they are ripe, bur change with 
ftandmg to be of a darker red colour, of thebigneffe of the fmall ordinary Goofc- 
berry, ofa pretty tart tafte, and fomewhat fweete withall. * 
Thethird red Goofeberry which is rhegreateft, and knowne burvntofew is fa 
likevnto the common great Goofeberry, that it is hardly diftinguilhed : the fruit or 
berries grow as plentifully on the branches as the ordinary , and are as great & round 
asthegrearordinary kmd^butreddi^and fomeofthem paler, with red ftripes 
The blew Goofeberry rifeth vp to bee a bulb like vnto the red Curran , and of the 
fame bigneffeand height, with broader and redder leaues at the firft (hooting our then 
the (econd red Goofeberry : the berries are more (paringly fet on the branches then 
on the (mall red, and much about the fame bignefle, or rarher lefter, of the colour ofa 
JLJamtoa, with an ouerfhadowmg of a blewifli colour vponthem, as the Damfon hath 
before it be handled or wiped away. w ", 
The 
