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hard round (tone within them, like vntoan Oliuedone, and are of a ycllowiihred 
when they are ripe, of a reafonablc pleafant tafte, yet foraewhat auftere withali. 
The white (as I faid ) is like vnto the red, but onely that his fruit is more white when 
it is ripe. 
The Vfe of the Cornellcs. 
They helpetobindethe body, and to day laskes, and by reafonof the 
pleafantnefle in them when they are ripe, they are much deiired. 
They arc alfo preferuedand eaten, both for rarity and delight, and for 
the purpofe aforelaid. 
Chap. XII. 
Cert fa, The Cherry tree. 
T Herearefomany varietiesand differences ofCherries, thatlknow not well 
how to expreffe them vnto you , without a large relation of their feuerall 
formes. I will therefore endeauour after one generali defeription (as my cu- 
ftome is in many other thelike variable fruits) to giue as briefe and ihort notes vpon all 
the reft, as I can both for leafe and fruit, that fo you may the better know what the 
fruit is, when you hauc the name. 
The EngliihCherr ie tree groweth in timeto be of a rcafonablebigneffe and height, 
fpreading great artnes,and alfo fmall twiggy branches plentifully ; the leaues whereof 
are not verie large or long, but nicked or dented aboucthecdges : theflowerscome 
forth two or three or foure at the moft together, at a knotor ioynt, euerieoneby it 
felfe, vpon his owne fmall and long footeftalke, confiding of flue white leaues, with 
fomethreds in the middle ; after which come round berries, greene at the firft, and 
red whentheyarethroughripe, of ameanebigndle, and of a pleafant fweetetade, 
fomewhat tart withali, with a hard white done within it, whofckernellisfomewhat 
bitter, but not vnpleafant. 
The Flanders Cherrie differeth not from the Englidl, but that it is fomewhat larger* 
and the Cherry fomewhat greater and Tweeter, and not fo fower. 
The early Flanders Cherry is more rathe or early ripe, almo das fooneastheMay 
Cherry, cfpecially planted againd a wall, and of many falfe knaues or Gardiners are 
fold for May Cherrie trees. 
The May Cherrie in a dandard beareth ripe fruitc later then planted againd a wall, 
where the berries will be red in the vetie beginning of May fometimes. 
The Arch- Dukes Cherrie is one of the faired and bed cheriies wee haue, being of a 
very red colour when it is ripe, and a little long more then round,and fomewhat poin- 
ted at the end, of thebedrellifhof any Cherrie whatfoeuer, and ofafirmefubdance- 
fcarce one of t wentie of our Nurferie men doe fell the right, but giue one for another: 
for it is an inherent qualitie almod hereditarie with mod of them, to fell any man an 
ordinary fruit for whatfoeuer rare fruit he (hall aske for : fo little they are to be truflcd. 
The ounce Cherrie hath the greated and broaded leafe of any other cherrie, but 
beareth the fmalled dore of cherries euerie yeare that any doth, and yet bloffotneth 
well: thcfruitalfoisnothinganfwerable to the name being not verie great, of a pale 
yellowidi red, neere the colour of Amber, and therefore fome haue called it, the Am- 
ber Cherrie. 
The great leafed Cherrie is thoughtof diuers to bee the Ounce Cherrie, becaufe it 
hath almod as great a leafe as the former : but thefruit of this alfo doth not anf.ver the 
expectation of fo great a leafe, being but of a meane bignefle,and a fmall bearer,yet of 
a pale reddifh colour. 
The true Gafcoign Cherry is known but to a few ; for our Nurfery men do fo change 
the names of mod fruits they fell,that they deliuer but very few true names to any : In 
former times before our wilde blacke Cherrie was found to grow plentifully in our 
owne woods in many places of this Land,theFrench continually dored vs with wilde 
ftockes to graft vpon,which then were called Gafcoigne docks, but fince they haue fo 
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