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herein is like vnto the outer greene rinde of the Wallnut,whereofas I am perfwaded it 
tooke the name, of a faft and firme mcate, and very delicate in tafte, efpccially the belt 
kindes, with a rugged ftone within it, and a bitter kernell. 
The Muskc Nccftorin, fo called, becaufe it being a kindeof thebcft redNedorins, 
bothfmdlechandeatcthasif the fruit were fteepedinMuske: lomethinkethat this 
and the next Romane Ncdiorin arc all one. 
The Romane red Nedtorin, or drifter Nedlorin,hath a large orgreatpurplilbblof- 
fomc,]ikevntoaPeach,veddi(hatthcbottomeon theoutfide, and greenifli within : 
the fruit is ofa fine red colour On the outfide, and groweth in clufters , two or three at 
a ioynt together, of an excellent good tafte. 
Thcbaltard red Nedtorin hathafmallcr or pincking bloflome , more like threads 
then lcaues, neither fo large nor open as the former , and yellowifh within at the bot- 
tome : the fruit is red on the outfide,and groweth neuer but one at a ioynt ; it is a good 
fruit, but eateth a little more rawiih then the other, euen when it is full ripe. 
TheyellowNcdiorinisoftwoforts, theonean excellent fruit, mellow, and ofa 
very good rellifh • the other hard, and no way comparable toit. 
The greene Nedioria, great and fmall 5 forfuchl haucfeenc abiding conftant, al- 
though both planted in one ground : they are both of one goodneire, and accounted 
with mod to be the beft rellilhed Nedtorin ofall others. 
T he white N edtorin is faid to bee differing from the other , in that it will bee more 
white on the outfide when it is ripe , then either the yellow or greene : but I hauc not 
yetfeeneit. 
TheVfeofNedtorins. 
The fruit is more firme then the Peach, and more delcdiable in tafte ; and 
is therefore of more eftcemc, and that worthily. 
Chap. XVII. 
^imjgcLdi. Almonds. 
T Hc Almond alfo may be reckoned vnto the ftock or kindred of the Peaches, it 
is fo like both in leafe and bIoffome,and fomewhat alfo in the fruit, for the out- 
ward forme, although it hath onely a dry skinne,and no pulpe or meate to bee 
eaten : but the kernell of the ftone or (hell, which is called the Almond , maketh re- 
compenfe of that defedt, whereof fomearefwcete, fome bitter, fome great, fome 
fmall, fome long, and fome (hort. 
The Almond tree groweth vpright, higher and greater then any Peach ; and is 
therefore vfually planted by it felfe, and not againft a wall, whofe body fometime cx- 
ceedeth any mans fadome, whereby it fheweth to be of longer continuance , bearing 
largearmes,andfmallerbranchesalfo, but brittle, whereon are fetlong and narrow 
leaues, like vnto the Peach tree : the bloffomes are purplifh, like vnto Peach blofloms, 
but paler: the fruit is fomewhat like a Peach for the forme of the skinne or outfide, 
which is rough, but not with any fuch deft therein, or with any pulpe or meate fit 
to bee eaten, but is a thickc dry skinne when it is ripe, couering the ftone orfhell, 
which is fmooth and not rugged, and is either long and great, or fmall , or thicke and 
fhort, according as the nut or kernell within it is, which is fweete both in the greater 
and fmaller, and onely one fmaller kindc which is bitter: yet this I haue obferued,that 
all the Almond trees that I haue feenc growe in England , both of the fweeteand bit- 
ter kindes, bearc Almonds thicke and fliorr,and not long , as that fort which is called 
the Iorden Almopd. 
The Vfe of Almonds. 
They are vfed many wayes, and for many purpofes, either eaten alone 
with Figges,or Rayfinsof the Sunnc, or made into pafte with Sugar and 
Rofewaterfor Marchpanes, or put among Floure, Egges, and Sugar, to 
make 
