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'2 There be alfo certaine long C which were firfi rnade(as is faid)by 3 nurirlfilswhfiich Nature afterwards did lie. for at the rllgwhen as the fruit is V6!‘ is put into fome hollow cane, or 0! 6' tow. made ofpurpole,in which the cucumbcrg O eth very»~long,by reafon of that narrow er‘ nelle, which being filled vp, the cuc_l1'”.ndc creafeth in length. The feeds of th15 :9 cucumber being fownebringeth fort 0 m as were before, but fuch as art hath ff“ 3 which of their own growth are found lontgfie oftentimes very crookedly turned K39 upon they haue beene called tJ”K’”’”’ Cucumbers. I hath

3 The peare fafhioned Cu°“‘”beon the many trailing branches lyiflg flat V50 liand ground, rough and prickly 5 whe!'€0“ - ,3 at each joynt one rough leafe, fh and of an ouerworn green C0lOlJl';3 come forth clafping tendrels, an f00t-fialksiwhereon do grow yel10W_ fig floures.The fruit fucceeds,ih3P‘d 11.1: 3 P as big asa reat Warden.Ther00t 1 [0

4 The%e hath bin not 1908; fi”C?(relnCtu(?:1rn‘ Spain fome feedsola rare 81 beau“ ‘H W ’ h ber,into Strausburg a city in (_3?‘m‘my’m_. there brought forth long trail rough 8: hairyfet with very lflrg t fliarp pointedfalhioflfid 111*“ Vmo

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the u\\ . . . . .- _ . . grO;‘—;f]3t!l}3aL&:Y—CCilOCk€, but more cut in or diuided : amonglt which come forth. faire yellow Homes 0 a fog: i It ly vpon their tender foot-{tall-res : the which being palhthe fruit corrimeth in place, ny pom nderigth,greene on the tide toward the ground,_yellow to the Sun ward, {lraked with ma. . an lines of diuers colours. The pulpe or meat is hard and fall: like that ofour Pompion. f _ qr T56 PZIILT. ‘ l 9 € kmdes of Cucumbers are planted in gardens in molt countries of the world. Accord .3 g T6: Tzme. . by . h 0 Ct dowmg to my promife heretofore tuade,I haue thought it good and conuenient in this place Ompio me not onely the time of fowing and letting of Cucumbers, Muske-melons, Citruls, “S: G0Urcls, and luch like, butalfo how to let or lbw all manner and kindes of other colde

eed . wdels: as alfo whatfoeuer flrange feeds are brought vnto vs from the Indies, or other hot Regions _~

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ygsifigfilgllfin the iniddeli of Aprill or fomewhat fooner(if the weather be any thing temperate) not from thcudeutno {belrlnadfe a btl3lCl.0l‘bl?ancll{<i]0f lcilothandk newdhortgedunIg.t:kennfl‘fro? tlhe {liable (and P eafe,according§d1th)eO uaarhiit H(1)l‘“(:)£llrtfC,eac[tltl1t(iV:éEC:lElanEpt0l]Oflll:ill:2Orlll;l':li'll:l1wll;; tsflbgithollou ,awy(‘)’;‘fi‘lI1=:ly the more dlonuenildntlil couer the whole bed or‘ banke with Mats, old paihted glotcli: hinted i.°.i.JllZ§’ .‘§’i.§§iE§il"yf£3L135.i‘i’$'i§Z"Ziill:‘E3§.°i‘l:i?il?n§’$lihF§;.?i.li“.3ll‘i”li.Zll§lléilfi‘ I u:r:Lf?eO;:l;ictll:C,¥Vl]Ct€lDEC?“ {hall {ea or lcgw your fe_eds:that l_)eing_do_ne, cafi yoifir flrawv or other: for the f ac e amegan 0 et it re wit out looking vpori i_t,or taking away 0 your couering felues vgmi :?)dfIl'eLfien or eight daics at the moflr, for commonly in that fpace they will thrult them-

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{hem newly taken forth of a well or urn e will fo chill arlld cool’e’them beina brou ht and nollrie

6 VP in {rich a hot place that preleml; in one da 011 haue loft all your labour-Igmean not on

.Y§liIr feed,but your bankd alfo ; for in this fpace thyelgreat heate oi” the dung is loll and fpent,kee:

the SuX:1lE‘:;:1I;3lY‘tl;at eueigéiiglit thfey mutt be coue,-cd and openfid wlhen tfllfiaeutiafy) Wal'f{£lCCll with

Piece and §s.t iis mu cf ogre l‘(i:jl’l time to time Vngllllthaa : hep agits lamed fepr ix eauftles with =e t atthe danger o t e co nights is pal’: : r en mu t ey _e I dy curiou y 89,] hath Cnirtg lf’rick1I_Fg, to the glant, as ;i_eC.;:rcel as may be vnto the molt frpeiin POi:‘c:::R where the with Om ‘ .Do . orce in the gar C[l5pl‘OLI1 e thatvpnn theremouing k y H couer them from the: 1 ocke leaues or wifpes offtraw, propped vo with forked ic el;s_,lasflv:§ tg keepe them newly Na [(1) ddof the night, as alfo the heat of the Sun : for they cannot}: lhe at?’ <ilyoung and their new ptfic, enddure Irlleltllér ouerriiuch cold nor ouermuch heate, vnti t ey we rooted in

t e or we in . omqggtffiifiées it falleth ougi that fome feeds are more franker ancll-ffggm-i'{Td°‘%‘l}‘3“ ltllle TEE, which -’ ‘Y T» kdl ‘bl k l'k one a eoama infill: old.'l?lirlsh:lEevcl“ll,aIll:e friultwyldu cO()[llgel:1v:Citl: lvillel Hem: earth euen to the greerhelledddilehgf mggegfird to place your banke fo that it may be defended from the Nortlmvindes. ’ ' fee 3 ferue thefe in lirufiions diligently, and then you_{hall not haue caule to complaine that your althgrgfiifgt g<{od,t:io;ofIt1h<;Eintempefrtafiicc;EIrealbn wherof you can get no fruit)‘ ere n utt e" arts 0 1 « . Th 1 t e P qr 7‘/ac 2\{gme:.

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in the thfi Cucumbers are of temperature cold and moift in the fecond degree.They putrifie (‘con 6 n0‘:‘;1;<;l(<le,and yeeld vnto the body a cold and moilt nouri lhment,and that very little,and the

°fe Cucumbers mull be chofen which are greenc and not yet ripe: for when they are ripe and

W tfhel’ be vnfit to be eaten. _ C penete tied?!“ mldsbut nothing F0 much as the fruit. It openeth and clenfetg, P’°d“§k.°th X19930- ancl oi1;w:rd§,P$f§§i:;h; li:er%helpetl_i the ClleliliaitlldI£U[1€;tlE.at:;:1;naf:£:i!l;:iré an eing amped ea oacener,it a t tes in m, -

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