The Belgick, or, Netherlandish hesperides that is, the management, ordering, and use of the limon and orange trees, fitted to the nature and climate of the Netherlands / by S. Commelyn ; made English by G.V.N.
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The Belgick, or, Netherlandish hesperides that is, the management, ordering, and use of the limon and orange trees, fitted to the nature and climate of the Netherlands / by S. Commelyn ; made English by G.V.N.
Author
Commelin, Johannes, 1629-1692.
Publication
London :: Printed for J. Holford ..., and are to be sold by Langly Curtis,
1683.
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Fruit trees -- Netherlands -- Early works to 1800.
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"The Belgick, or, Netherlandish hesperides that is, the management, ordering, and use of the limon and orange trees, fitted to the nature and climate of the Netherlands / by S. Commelyn ; made English by G.V.N." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A34122.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
* 1.1THis Tree is among all other
Orange Trees the Lustiest
to look upon, and the best to be
ordered, here in this Country, as
being the most hardy against the
Cold, and the most Fruitful; it
shoots high and large spreading
Boughs; the Leaves are of a dark
Green; larger and sharper at the
End then those of the common
Orange Tree; the Blossoms are
of a pleasant Smell, and some∣times
made up of many Leaves,
even as if they were double; the
Fruits have many wonderful
Shapes, with points sticking out,
and dinted Corners, representing
the Fashion of a Man's Members,
others of a Womans:* 1.2 Wherefore
called also by Ferrarius, Auranti∣um
Hermaphroditum, Sive Cornicula∣tum,
that is, the Hermophrodite,
or Horned Orange; the outward
Pill hath a fair Saffron yellow Co∣lour,
the inward Pill thick, spungy,
of little Tast; the Pulp is inclu∣ded
into ten or twelve, or some∣times
more skinny Partitions,
whereof some inclose the rest;
the Tast is moderately sowre, not
unpleasant; this Kind is desired
here by many Lovers; and is
found in many Gardens, where it
is known by the Name of Cloister
Apple.