The Orchard. 
Someof theft- Plums, becaufe of their firmneffe , are vndoubtedly more 
wholfome then others that are fweete and waterifh , and caufe leffe offence 
in their ftomackcs that eate them ; and therefore arc preferued with Sugar, 
to bekeptall theyeare. Noneof themall isvfed in medicines fo much as 
the great Damfon or Damaske Prune, although all of them forthe moil 
part doe coole, lenifie, and draw forth choller,and thereby are fitteft to be 
vfed of fuch as haue chollericke Agues. 
T Hc Apricocke (as I faid) is without queftion a kindc of Plumme, ratherthen a 
Peach, both the flower being white, and the ftone of the fruit fmooth alfo, like 
aPlumme, and yet becaufe of the excellende of the fruit, and the difference 
therein from all other Plummes,I haue thought it meete to entreate thereof by it felfe* 
and (hew you the varieties haue been obferued in thefe times. 
The Apricocke tree rifethvp to a very great height, either (landing by it felfe 
(where it beareth not fo kindly , and very little in our country) or planted againft a 
wall, as it is mod: vfuall,hauing a great ftemme or body, and likewife many great armes 
or branches, coucred with a fmooth barke : the lezues arc large , broad , and almoft 
ropnd, but pointed at the ends , and finely dented about the edges : the flowers are 
white, as the Plurnme tree blollomes, but fomewhat larger, and rounder fet : the fruit 
is round, with a cleft on the one fide, fomewhat like vnto a Peach,being of ayellowifh 
colour as well on theinfide as outfide, pfa firme or faft fubftance , and dry, not ouer- 
moiftinthecating, and very plealant in tafte , containing within it a broad and flat 
ftone, fomewhat round and fmooth, not rugged as the Peach (lone, with a pleafanc 
fweete kerncll (yet fome haue reported , that there is fuch as haue their kernels bitter, 
whichl did neuerfeeorknow) and is ripe almoft without firft or earlieft Plummes, 
and thereof it tooke the napie of Pr*cex . and it may bee was th,e earlieft of all others 
was then knowne, when that name was giuen. 
The great Apricocke, which fome call the long Apricocke, is thegreateft and faireft 
ofallthcreft. . - . 
Thcfmaller Apricocke, which fome call the fmall round Apricocke, is thoughtto 
befmall, becaufeit firft 1 prang from a ftone : but that is not fo ; for the kinde it felfe 
being inoculated, will bee alwaies finall, arid neuerhalfefo faire and great as the 
The white Apricocke hath his leaucs more folded together, as if it were halfe dou- 
ble: it beareth but feldome, and very few, which differ not from the ordinary , butin 
being more white, without any red when it is ripe, 
TheMafcoline Apricocke hath a finer greeneleafc,atid thinner then the former, and 
beareth very feldome any ftorc of fruit, which differeth in nothing from the firft , but 
that it is alittle more delicate. 
The long Mafcoline Apricocke hath his fruit growing a little longer then the for- 
mer, and differeth in nothing elfe. 
T he Argier Apricocke is a fmallcr fruit then any of the other, and yellow , but as 
fweete and delicate as any of them, hauing a blackilhftone within it, little bigger then 
a Lacure Cherry ftone : this with many other forts Iohn T radefcantc brought with 
him returning from the Argier voyage , whither hee went voluntary with the Fleete, 
that went againft the Pyrates in the ye'arc 1620. 
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Apricockes are eaten oftentimes in the fame manner that other dainty 
Plummes are, bctvveene mealesof themfelucs, or among other fruit at 
banquets. 
Chap. XIIII. 
MiU ^frmtnkct Jiiie Pr£cec)t. Apricockes, 
former. 
The V fc of AjJiicockes, 
Cee a 
They 
