Goards.
As they are known to be in distinct forms, and something in nature, so they bear their names according to the Country from whence they are brought, that is, the Italian Goard, the lowland Goard, and the Cocker Goard; if I am mista∣ken in the names, I am not mistaken in the properties, and the form; for there is one sort which is nigh a yard long, and sometimes as big as the lowermost part of a mans thigh, with that end which is farthest from the stalk, and so it cometh lesse and lesse by degrees. Another sort is long, and both ends alike for matter of bigness; the other is bigger and shorter; all these grow in like manner as Pumpkins do, as for stalk and shels, and they say, the leaves differ not much. Now for the raising of them (if you have a desire) I will give you my directions, as far as I have observed by others, viz. at the same time as they set Cucumber-seed, in the same manner they do the Goard-seed, and what they require afterward I cannot affirm it to you; but it is said, they are as easily rais∣ed