Pomum Amoris.
APles of love are of three sorts, the most common hath long trailing branches, set at the joynts with winged rough leaves and yellow flowers, which are succeeded by Aples, as we call them, of the bigness of an ordinary Crab, not round but bunch∣ed on the sides, of a pale Orenge-colour, full of a waterish slimy pulp, wherein small seeds are contained; the root dieth in Winter. Of this kind there is another sort, that differeth onely in that the Aples are of a pale yellow colour; and we have a third that is of a lesser kind, smaller in all the parts thereof, and bear∣ing many fine round Berries of a bright Orenge-colour, containing a slimy pulp and small seeds, as the rest do.
These Plants are received onely for the beauty of the Aples or Berries, as they are commonly called, the flowers being not consider∣able; the seeds are yearly sowed in the beginning of April, and must be often watered to bring them forward, else Winter will take them before the fruit be ripe, which seldom comes to perfection before the middle of September.