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miles from Blackebnrne, and in Harvvard neere thereunto 5 in Lancafhire alrnoft in euery hed^e - 
the leaues and branches differ not from thole of the wilde Cherry-tree : the floures grow alongft 
the fmall branches, confuting of fine fmall white leaues, with fotnegreenifh and yellow thrums in 
the middlciafter which come the fruit, greene at the firft, blacke when they be ripe, and of thebio- 
nefleof Sloes •, of an harlli and vnpleafant tafte. ® 
io The other birds Cherry-tree differcth not from the former in any refpeft.but in the colour 
of the berries 5 for as they are blacke ; fo on the contrary, thefe are red when thev be ripe wherein 
they differ. ' * ’ 
n The common blacke Cherry- tree growes vp in feme places to a great ftature : there is no 
difference betweene it and our common Cherry-tree, fauing that the fruit hereof is verv little in 
refpebt of other Cherries, and of a blacke colour. 
12 The dvvarfe Cherry-tree growethvery feldome to the height of three cub its .-the trunke 
or body fmall, couered with a darke coloured blacke : whereupon do grow very limber and pliant 
twiggy branches :the leaues are very fmall, not much vnlike to thofe of the Priuite bufh • the 
floures are fmall and whiteiafter which come Cherries of a deepe red colour when they be ripe of 
tafte fomewhat fharpe, but not greatly vnpleafant : the branches laid downe in the earth quick Iv 
take root,whereby it is greatly increafed. 3 1 * 
My felfe with diuers others haue fundry other forts inourgardens,one called the Hart Cherry 
the greater and the lefTet; oneofagreat bignefTe,and mod pleafant in tafte, which we call Luke 
Wardes Cherry, becaufe he was the firft that brought the fame out of Italy • another we haue cal- 
led the Naples Cherry, becaufe it was firft brought,into thefe parts from Naples : the fruit is very 
great, fharpe pointed, fomewhat like a mans heart in fhape,of a pleafant tafte, and of a deepe blac- 
kilh colour when it is ripe, as it were of the colourof dried bloud. 1 , 
We haue another that brtngeth forth Cherries alfo very greatb,igger than any Flanders Cber- 
ne,ol the colour of let, or burnilhed home, and of a moft pleafant tafte, as witnefll-rh M r Bull the 
QiieenesMaieftiesClockemaker,whodid tafteof the fruit (the tree bearing onely one Cherry 
W1 uj u d i d eaCe ' but m y felfe neuer tafled ° >0 at the impreifion hereof. We haue alfo another 
called the Agriot Cherry,ofareafonable good tafte. Another we haue with fruit of a dun colour 5 
fencing to a watcher, Wehaueoneofthedwarffe Cherries, that bringeth forth fruit as greatas 
moft of our Flanders Cherries, whereas the common fort hath very fmall Cherries, and thofe of 
anharfh tafte. Thefe and many forts more we haue in our London gardens,whereoftovvritepar- 
ticu arly would greatly enlarge our volume, and to final! purpofe : therefore what hath been faid 
lhall lufhce. * I muft here fas I haue formerly done, in Pcares, Apples and other fuch fruites) re- 
fer you to my two friends M r . John Parkinfin, and M r . Iohn CMiHen, the one to furniih you with the 
lnftory,and the other with the things themfelues,if you defire them. $ 
«l The Time. 
The Cherrie-trees bloorne in April! . fome bring forth their fruit fooner • feme later : the red 
Cherries be alwaies better than the blacke of their owne kinde. 
•1 The Names. 
The Cherry-tree is called in Greeke, ~p»™ = and alfo in Latine, Cerafus in high-Dutch felt- 
WWlbSUin .• Hi Iow-Dutch,&ctfcnb00mc,and Criecfeenboom.-in French, Cm fir in Enajifh 
Cherry-tree. J & 5 
° r 9' C v rrieS be cabcd in Greeke,"/-"., and "P^and in Latine IikewifejCwvrfi.-in Eng- 
lilh. Cherries : the Latine and Englifh names in their feuerall titles fhall ftiffice for the reft that 
might befaid. 
*1 The Temperature and Vcrtuts. 
The beftand principall Cherries be thofe that are fomewhat fower: thofe little fweet ones 
which be wilde and fooneft ripe be the worft : they containe bad juice, they very foon putrifie and 
do ingender ill bloud, by reafon whereof they do not onely breed worrnes in the belly but trou- 
Diclome agues, and often peftilent feuers:and therefore in well gouerned common wealths it is 
carefully prouided,that they fhould not be fold in the markets in the plague time. 
S paniih Cherries are like to thefe in faculties, but they do not fo foone putrifie ; they be like- 
wife cold, and the iuice they make is not good. 
The Flanders or Kentifh Cherries that are through ripe, haue a better juice but watery, cold 
and moiftithey quench thirft, they are good for an hot ftomacke,and profitable for thofe that haue 
the ague : they eafily defeend and make the body foluble : they nourifh nothing at all. 
,, ],/ te ., n P e Cherries which the French-men keep dried againft winter, and are by them 
called AW*, and we after the fame name call them Morell Cherries, are dry, and do fomewhat 
mdejthefe being dried are pkafant to the tafte, and wholdorae for the ftomacke,like as Prunes 
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