The Orchard. 
They are alfo prelerued and candid , as it pleafeth .Gentlewomen to be- 
ftowe their time and charge , or the Comfitmaker to iort among other can- 
did fruits. 
Some likewife dry them, like vnto Peares, Apples, Damfons , and other 
Plummes. 
Matthiolus doth wonderfully commend the oyledravvnc from the ker- 
nelsof the (tones, to annoint the inflamed bxmonhndes or piles, thefwcl- 
lings of vlcers, the roughnefle of the tongue and throate , and likewife the 
paines of the eares. 
Chap. XV. 
MiUvcrficn. Peaches. 
f 7 - A S Iordered the Cherries and Plummes, fo I intend to deale with Peaches, be- 
caufc their varieties are many, and moreknowneinthefedayes then in former 
•*- ■•■times : but bccaufethe Ne&orin is a differing kinde of Peach, I mud deale 
with it as I did with the Apricocke among the Plummes, that is , place it in a Cha pter 
by it fclfe. t 
.* The Peach tree of it fclfe groweth not vfually altogether fo great, or high as the A- 
pncocke, becaufe it is leffc durable, but yet fpreadeth with faire great branches from 
whence fpring (mailer and flenderer reddidi twigges, whereon are fet long narrow 
greene leaues, dented about the edges : the bloffomcs are greater then of any Plumme 
of a deepe blullior light purple colounafter which commeth the fruit,which is round 
and fometimes as great as a reafonable Apple or Pippin (I fpeakeoffomeforts- for 
there be fome kindes that are much fmaller) with a furrow or cleft on the one fide, ’and 
couered with a f reefe or cotton on the outfide, of colour either ruflet , or red , or ’yel- 
low, or of a blackifli red colour; of differing fubftances and talks alfo, fome bein'* 
brme, others waterifh, fomecleauing fall to the (tone on the infide , others parting 
from it more or leffc eafily, one excelling another very farre , wherein is contained a 
tugged (tone, with many chinkcsor clefts in it, the kcrnell whereof is bitter: the roots 
growe neither deepe nor farre j and therefore are fubied to the winds, (landing alone 
and not againft a wall. It fooncr waxeth old and decayeth , being fprung of a (lone* 
then being inoculated on a Plumme ftocke, whereby it is more durable. 
The great white Peach is white on the outfideas the meate is alfo,and is a good well 
relhflied fruit. a * 
The fmall white Peach is all one with the greater, bnt differeth in fize. 
The Carnation Peach is ofthreeforts , two are round, and the third long . they -’re 
all of a whitifii colour, (hadowed ouer with red , and more red on the fide is' next the 
funne : the leffer round is the more common, and the later ripe. 
The grand Carnation Peach is like the former round Peach, but greater and is as 
latcripc,thatis,inthebeginningofScptember. 3 
Thered Peach is an exceeding well rellilhed fruit. 
The ruffet Peach is one of the mod ordinary Inches in the Kingdome bein® of z 
ruflet colour on the outfide , and but of a reafoflable rellilh , farre meaner then man v 
other. 1 
The Ifiand Peach is a faire Peach, and of a very good rellilh . 
The Newington Peach is a very good Peach,and of an excellent good rellifh bcins* 
of a whitilh greene colour on the outfide, yet halfe rcddilh, and is ripe about Barthob 
mew tide. 
The yellow Peach is of a deepe yellow colour; there be hereof diuers forts fome 
good and fome bad. '! 3 
The St. lames Peach is the fame with the Queenes Peach, here belowe fetdowne 
although fome would make them differing. * 
The Melocotone Peach is a yellow faire Peach, but differing from the former yel- 
low both in forme and tafte, in that this hath a fmall crooked end of poiflf for tbs moll 
part, it is ripe before them, and better rellilhed then any of them. 
The 
