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1 ^TPHis tree is greater than the Peach tree, and hath a bigger body, it lafteth longer, efpe* 
^ cialiy if it be grafted or inoculated : the leaues hereof are broad , and fharpe pointed, 
like thofe ofblacke Poplar, but lefler,and comming more neere to the leaues ofbirch, 
nicked in the edges ; the floures are fornevvhat white : the fruit round like a peach, yellow within 
and without, in which doth lie a browne ftone, nothing rough at all as is that of the Peach, fhorter 
aIfo,and leffer,inwhichis included a fweet kernell. 
2 We haue another fort of Aprecocke, whofe trunk or body is equall with the other in great- 
nefle,it is likealfo in leaues and brittle branches: his time Pf flouring, flouriflring, and manner of 
growing accordeth : the only point wherein they differ is, that this tree bringeth forthleffe fruit, 
and not fo good in tafte , in euery other rcfpe<ft it is like. 
± Of this alfo M r . Parkin/on hath fet forth diuers varieties; and my forementioned friend fvf. 
Mitten hath thefe flue forts ; the common, the long and great, the Muske, the Barbary, and theearly 
Aprecocke. if. 
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H The kernell within the Peach ftone ftamped fmall.and boiled with Vinegervntill it be brought 
to the forme of an ointment, is good toreftore and bring again the haire of fuch as be troubled with 
the alopecia. 
I There is drawne forth of the kernels of Peaches, with Peniroyall water, a iuice like vnto milke 1 
which rs good for thofe that haue the Apoplexy : if the fame be oftentimes held in the mouth it 
drawetb forth water and recouereth the fpeech. 
K The gum rsofameane temperature, but the fubftancethereofis tough and clammy, by reafon 
whereof it dulleth the fharpnes of thin humors : it ferueth in a looch or licking medicine for thofe 
that be troubled with the cough,and haue rotten lungs, and ftoppeth the fpitting and railing vp of 
bloud^and alfo ftayeth other fluxes. ° r 
Chap. 
Of the (L/Tprccoc^eor <tA brccocke tree . 
r t^eirmcniau malm mawr. 2 Armemacamaltu minor. 
The greater Aprecocke tree. , ~ The lefTer Aprecocke tree. 
