Of the Hifiorie of Plants, L I B. 3. ¥___/,_,.

q]' The general! Drzfaription.

He Peare tree is for the mofi part higher than the Apple tree, hauing boughes not fPr°‘d Q; broad,bnt growing vp in height; the body is many times great :the timber or wood it fclfe 1 very tractable or ealie to be wrought vpon, exceeding lit to make moulds or prints to be gm‘ uen on, of colour tending to yellownelfe : the leafe is fomewhat broad, finely nicked in the edgcsr greene about-,and fomewhat whiter vnderneath : the floures are white ; the Peares,that is to fa)’, ‘fie fruit,a‘re for the molt part long, and in forme likea Top 3 but in greatnelfe, colour, forme, and ‘a ‘f very much differingamong tl1emfelires;the:y be alfo couered with skins or coats of fundry Colours’ the pulpeor meate differeth, as wellein colour as tafie : there is contained in them kernel5» bl“ when they be ripe: the root groweth lfraight downe with fome branches running allope.

I Pym Pretoria. The Iennetiflg Pam‘ 2 Pym Izzcolma. Saint Iames P€3l1i3- 3 Pjrum rcgale. The P651“? my‘ ’

< Firm fir/aeréa, flirt atbcrimt. The Katherine Peare tree.

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‘ ’ {Co 4 Pyrum Palatizmm . The Burg_C_>m°‘ P“ 5 Pyrum Cydarrium. The QUIHC3 PcPca,g,‘_ 6 Pymm Epzflapatum. The Bilh0P5 B 7 Pymm byemale. The Winter 1933‘ '

A p q The Place.

The mm‘: Peale ‘mes ate planted in Orchards, as be the apple trees, and by grafting, On Wilde f’E0Cl<f*»5a C0316 much variety of good and pleafant fruits; Allthelle before {pa many {OHS m0f_C‘«s and 55953 000% rare and good, are growing in the ground of Mafler .Ricl//I’ gar, a molt Cunning and Curious gralfer and planter of all manner of rare fruits, dwelling in“. village neere London called Twiclenamsand alfo in the ground Ofan excel 1em.gmfi.ef and pain d plant€f,M’lH””/7 B“”5_“’%0fT0uthiIl fireet neere Weltminfter, and likewife in the YOU“ of?’ {. ligem: and moi’: affeétionate loucr of Plants M‘ I’Varm'r neerc Horfeydowne by London, and $5,,‘ uers other grounds about London. 1: Mofl: of the belt peares are at this day [(5 be had with M. at V Miller in Old-llreet, in whole nurfery are to be gonad the choifeli fruits this kingdomfi )"-‘dds’

C T J6 Time.

The floures doe for the mofi part come grrh in April], the Ieaues afterwards : all pear“ 3” not fripe at one time: fome be ripe in Iuly,others in Augulh and diners in September and later.

qr The Nzzmm

k . . p . ‘Therame 0r_Orchard peare tree is called in or withg doubje znréhwfv-*‘?1n L“";,1:;f,,3,4, _V y_ g r_ g. m_ .

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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. i4-~59

i!v'5“”4.0r Crrltizm : offixrezztimza in his Geoponikes iwuharilfl high Dutch zfiiltbaillnzln low Eltchi

333% :' French Porrier. _ . y , _ .\ . .. .

Thhgggdrdgr fruit ii felfe is called in Gr"-ecke -‘mm =in Latine,PyW{1=1fl high Durchgggm : in low Diitchggm-3; in Italian, Pm : in FrcnCh,Po}re .- in Spani{h,PerM-' In Englilh, Peare.

The Temperature rmdVermer. _ _ p . V T

_ Leaning thediuers and furidry furnames of Peares,let vs come to the faculties which the _Phy{i- trons ought ‘O k“°“’ S which alfo vary according to the diliercnces of their taller: _tor fome_Peares “'5 fweegdiuers fat and vné’cious,‘others fourc, and molt are harfh, €fP¢‘~'13”)’ ‘ll/‘3_W1ldC P9-“C5: afid s°m€ conlilt of diuers mixtures of talks, and fome -haumg no tafifi at all; but as it were a waterilh

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All e a bindin uality and an earthie fiibl’tance:but the Choke ears and mgr:Eeggtrgclgffijhtatiioliitarthie,an§iflie {weer ones le {Te : which liibltance is fopfiill opf fir. perfluous momma in fame, as that they cannot be eaten raw. All manner of Peares do binde and ‘llip the bell)’: efpeciall Y the Choke and harlh 0055: Whlch are good to be eaten Oftho F“ that h"‘“‘3‘ t elaske and the blond flix. . .r . . .

r _ The ha,-[1, and auffggzpcafcs may with good fuccelffe be laid vpon hot fwellings in the begin. mngaas may be the Ieaues of the tree, which_do both binde and male; p h h — _

Win: made ofthc juyce ofpcares called in Engli'fh,Perry,is foluble, purgetht ofe It] sir are not aecupmmed to drinke t‘he,eog cfpccially when it is new ; notwithflanding it is as w o efome a

nuke being taken in {man quantity as wine:-,it comforteth and warmeth the {tornacke,and canfeth

3°°Cl digeflion.

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Ci-1 A P. ioo. Oift/re Wilde Tear»: tree.-

1] TbeKz'nde:.' _ 1. ' t , . - p (' h fundr wildqwheroftoWriteiapert e ighere bfe fifiidry é<(1)‘}fe:1;€gg:: zzgxhjgfcrfigifignzvfilltthixfi feueralll titles fhallbe fuflicient for _ re to ma pur : - , - ‘hell difiinétions. I Pym»: /lrangulatorinm mafia."

The great Choke P€3Y°-

q The general‘! Defiriptiom

He wilde Peare tree growes likewife great; ‘ Tvpright,full of branches, for the molt part pymmides like, or of the falhion of a fleeple, not fpred abroad as is the Apple or Crab tree’: the timber of the trunke or body of the tree is very firme and follid, and likewife fmooth, a wood very lit to make diuers forts of intim- ments of, as alfo the hafts of fundry tooles to

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‘Y . 9 . * ' , . ‘ to many kindes of rnoulds,not only fuch prints / 7‘ ‘ ‘ “ ' ~ as thefe figures are made of,but alfo many forts ofpretry,+toies,for coifes,brefi-plates,and fuch like,vfed among our Englifh gentlewomen.-the branches are fmooth, couered with a blackilh barke,very fragile or ealie to l>_r€3l<€rWh5’°“ d° grow leaues,in fome greater, In Other lefferzfhe floures are like thofe of the manurecl Pear- tree, yet fome whiter than otherszthe fruit dirlfernot in fhape, et {ome greater than other_5; dlft In tafie they differ among ‘hemfigfi algaulgels points; for!“ 3“ “""’°’f°"riiéi3 harlh and befe taflqfome more pleafanncit‘ tan h hit... l tenand fome offuch a cho 193. Id be’ t at t “I3; are not to be eaten of hogs‘? w_i eafis,muc « lcffc of men : they alfo 1 ct _in.colour, euery circumftance ‘whereof to dilhnguilh _apart would greatly enlarge our volurne,and bring\t0 the Reader {mall profit or commodity. zj Ggasts ‘ll 7‘