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Show The ordering of the Orchard. cece, The order ing of the Orchard, toohot and drie ; you mult thereforein fteadof dung and fand, as in the former de. feétis faid, putin fome frefh loame-or fhort clay, well mixed together with fome of the earth, and fo let them abide,that the frofts may mellow them, And laftly, a Vine fonietimes beareth fome {tore of grapes,but they are too manyforit to bring to Tipe neffe ; youfhall therefore helpefuchaVine (which nodoubtis of fome excellent kinde, for they are moft vfually fubiect tothis fault) by nippiag away the bloffomes from the branches, and leaning but one or two bunches at the moft vpon a branch,vn. tillthe Vine be growne older,and therebyftronger,and by this meancinuredto beare outall the grapes to ripefiefle. Thefebeall the difeafes I know doe happento Vines: for the bleeding of a Vine ic feldome happeneth ofit felfe, but commetheither h cutting it vntimely, that is,too late in the yeare, (for after Ianuaric,if you will be well aduifed, ‘cut not any Vine) or by fome cafiall or wilfull breaking of anarmeora branch. This bleeding in fome is vnto death, in others it ftayeth after a certaine {pace ofit felfe : To helpe this incontienience,fomehaue feared the place whereit bleedeth _ withan hotiron, which in many hate done butalittlegood ; others haueboundthe * batkeclofe with packe:thred tofay it ; and fome haue tied ouer the place,being firtt ** dried aswell as may bee, aplaiftertmade with waxeroffen and turpentine whileitis warme. Nowforthe propagating ofthem : You muft takethe faireft and goaleft thot branches ofone yearcs growth, and cut them off witha peéce of the old woodvntoit, and thefe being put intothe ground beforetheendof Ianuatie at the furtheft, will fhoote forth, and take roote, and febecome Vinesof the fame kinde from whence youtooke them. This isthe moft {peedy way to haue inicreafe: for the laying downe of branchestotakeroote, doth notyeelde {uch ftorefo plentifully, nor doefuckers rife from the rootes fo aboundantly ; ‘yet both thefe waies doe yeelde Vines, that be- ing taken from theeld ftockes will become youngplants, firto bee difpofedofas any fhall thinke mecte. Crap. XI. The way to order andpreferwegrapes, fit to-caten almost afl the winter long, andfometimes untothe Spring. Lthoughit bee common and vfuuall. in the parts beyondthe Seato dry their grapes inthe Sunne,thereby to prefernethemall the year,as the Raifinsofthe Sunne are, which cannetbee donein our Countrie’ for the wantof {ufficient heate thereof ‘atthattime s'or otherwifeto feald them in hot water (as Theare) and afterwards to dry them,and fo keepe them allthe yeare,as our Malaga Raifins are pre- pared that are packed Vp into Frayiess yet idoeintend to fhew you fomeother waics to preferue thegrapes of our Countrie frefh,that they may be‘eaten in the winter both before andiafter Chriftmas with asmuch delight and pleafiirealmoft,, as when they Wwerenew gathered. One way is, when you hauegathered your grapes you intendto keepes;which muft bein a dry time, and thatall the fhrunke, driéd, or euill grapes ine ucty bunch be picked away, and hauing pronideda veffcll to hold them,beitofwood ot ftone which youwill,and’a fufficient quantitic of faire and cleanedrie {ands make Stratumfoper fratum of your grapesand the fand,thatis, alay of fand in the bottome fitit, and allay of gtapes vpon them, anda lay or ftrowing againe of ‘fand vpon thofe stapes, fothat the fand may couereuerylay of gtapesia fingers breadthin thicknefle, which being done one vpon another vatill the veffell be full, anda lay of {and vpp¢t moft, let the veflell be topped clofe, and fet by vatili you pleafetofpend them;being kept in fomedrie placeand in nofellar = let them bee wathed cleane in faire waterto * take awaythe fand from fo many you will {pend at atime. Another way is (which Ca merariusfetteth downehe was informed the Turkes vfeto keepegrapesall che winter ynte thenextfummer)to take fo much mealeof Muftard feede,‘as will ferueto ftrow Vpon grapes,vntill they havefilled their veflels; whereon afterwardsthey pourenew wine before ithath boiled,tofillvp their veffels therwith,and being topped vp clofe, they keepethema certaine time, and felliagthem with their liquour tothem that ¥! vic 355 vfe them, they doc waththe {eedes or meale from them when they vfethem. Another way is, that hauing gathered the faireft ripe grapes, they are to be caft vpon threds or ftrings that are faftened at both endsto the fide walks ofa chamber,necre vnto the fee» ling thereof, that no one bunch touch another, which will bee fo kepta great while, yetthe chamber mutt be well defended from the frofts,and cold windes thatpierce in atche windowes, leftthey perifhthefooner : and fomewill dippe the endsofthe branches they hang vp firftin molten pitch, thinking by fearing vp the ends tokeepe the bunches the better; but I doe not fee any greatlikelinood therein. Your chamber or clofet you appointout for this purpofe muftalfo bee kept fomewhat warme, but e{pecially in the more coldand froftietime of the yeare, left it {poileall your coft and paines, andfruftrate you of all your hopes: but althoughthefrofts fhould pierce and {poile fome ofthe grapes ona bunch, yet if youbecarefullto keepe the place warme, the fewer will be fpoiled. Andthus haue I fhewedyouthe beft directions to orderthis Orchard rightly,and all the waies I know are vfed in ourCountrie to keep grapes good anie long time after the gathering, in regard wee haue not that comfort of ahotter Sun to preferue them byits heate. The fruits themfeluesfhall follow enerie one in their order; the lowerfhrubbes or bufhesfirft, and the greater afterwards. 6é |
