MS. Ashmole 1461

'Tradescant's Orchard': watercolours of garden fruits, arranged roughly by date of ripening; made perhaps in association with the elder John Tradescant,? 1620s

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Images scanned from Bodleian filmstrip Roll 444.3

Previous images: from Bodleian filmstrip Rolls 444.1 and 444.2)
© Source: Roll 444.3 frame 1 Small \| Medium \| Large	fol. 113r 'The grete \Early/ yollow peech.' Ripe 6 Sept.
© Source: Roll 444.3 frame 2 Small \| Medium \| Large	fol. 115r 'The blake pech red all with in.' Ripe 20 Sept.
© Source: Roll 444.3 frame 3 Small \| Medium \| Large	fol. 117r 'The whighte peech.' Ripe 21 Sept.
© Source: Roll 444.3 frame 4 Small \| Medium \| Large	fol. 119r 'The Round Cornation pech.' Ripe 24 Sept.
© Source: Roll 444.3 frame 5 Small \| Medium \| Large	fol. 120r 'The peach Dutroye'. Ripe [not stated].
© Source: Roll 444.3 frame 6 Small \| Medium \| Large	fol. 121r 'The Russet Blud peech' ['or Durosnus']. Ripe 25 Sept.
© Source: Roll 444.3 frame 7 Small \| Medium \| Large	fol. 122r A large peach, uncaptioned. Ripe [not stated].
© Source: Roll 444.3 frame 8 Small \| Medium \| Large	fol. 123r 'The Mallycotonne peche.' Ripe 26 Sept.
© Source: Roll 444.3 frame 9 Small \| Medium \| Large	fol. 125r 'A late ripe yollow peech ripe October the 10, but wery good firme peech.' Ripe 10 Oct.
© Source: Roll 444.3 frame 10 Small \| Medium \| Large	fol. 127r 'An Early ripe Apple and good in taste'. Ripe 22 Aug.
© Source: Roll 444.3 frame 11 Small \| Medium \| Large	fol. 129r 'A french peare Called R[ ] Collavit Rip August 29.' Ripe 29 Aug.
© Source: Roll 444.3 frame 12 Small \| Medium \| Large	fol. 131r 'The Jerusalem peere.' Ripe [not stated].
© Source: Roll 444.3 frame 13 Small \| Medium \| Large	fol. 133r 'The grete winter peere.' Ripe [not stated].
© Source: Roll 444.3 frame 14 Small \| Medium \| Large	fol. 135r 'The greet 16 ounce peere.' Ripe [not stated].
© Source: Roll 444.3 frame 15 Small \| Medium \| Large	fol. 137r 'The Peare Quince.' Ripe 5 Oct.
© Source: Roll 444.3 frame 16 Small \| Medium \| Large	fol. 139r 'The portingegale Quince.' Ripe [not stated].
© Source: Roll 444.3 frame 17 Small \| Medium \| Large	fol. 141r 'The grete Roman Hasell Nut.' Ripe [not stated].
© Source: Roll 444.3 frame 18 Small \| Medium \| Large	fol. 143r 'The smalle Reson grape.' Ripe 12 Sept.
© Source: Roll 444.3 frame 19 Small \| Medium \| Large	fol. 145r 'The Blue grape.' Ripe 27 Sept.
© Source: Roll 444.3 frame 20 Small \| Medium \| Large	fol. 147r 'The Gret Reson Grape.' Ripe 10 Oct. [Caption partly trimmed away at the foot and rewritten by Ashmole at the top].
© Source: Roll 444.3 frame 21 Small \| Medium \| Large	fol. 149r 'The burtet Grape, wich wery scildum rip [ ]' [cut away].

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