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Show Tbe ordering ofthe Kitchen Garden, Tbe ordering of the Kitchen Garden. a —_ So good, tharyou may haue thefeedeof your owne ripe Melons from themthat have eaten them, orfauefome of the beft yourfelfe forthe purpofe. I fay while they laft good formanyare of opinion, that no {eede of Muske Melons gathered in England, will endure good to fowe againe here aboue the third yeare , but ftill they mutt bere. newed from whence you had your choifeft before. Then hauing prepared a hot bed ofdung in Aprill, fet your feedes therein to raife chem vp, and couer them » and order then: withasgreat care or greater then Cowcumbers, &c. are vfed, that when they are ready , they may betran{planted vpon the beds or balkes ofthat ground youhadbe. foreprepared for them, and ferthem ar the leaft two yards in funder, cuery one as jt were ina hole, with acircle ofding about them , which vponthe fetting beingwate. red with water that hath ftoodin the Sunne a day or two, andfo as often as neede is to Water, couer themwithftrawe (fome viegreat hollow glaffes like ynto bell heads) or fome fuchotherthings,to.defend them both from the cold eucnings or dayes, andthe heate of rhe Sunne, while they are youngand newplanted. There are fometharta ke vpon thengreat skill, that miflike of the raifing vp of Melons, as they doealfo of Cowcumbers, ona hot bed ofhorfedung, but will put twoor threefeedesinapla ce inthe very ground wiferethey fhall ftand and growe, and thinke without that former mannerof forcing themforwards ; that this their manner of planting will bringthem on faft and fure enough,in that theywill plucke away fome of the worft and weakeft, iftoo many rifevp together ina place; but let chem knowfor certaine.that howfoeuer for Cowcumbers their purpofé and order may doe reafonable well, wliere theground is richand good, and where they ftriue not to hauethemfo early , as they that vfe other way, for Muske Melons , which area moretender fruit » Tequiring greater the care and trouble in the nourfing, and greater and {tronger heate for the ripening, they mutt in our cold climate haue all the art vfed vato them that may be, to bring themonth e moreearly, and haue the morecomfort ofthé Sunneto ripen them kindly,or elfethey willnotbee worth the labour and ground. After you haue planted themasaferefaid, fome ofgoodskill doe aduife, that you be carefull in any dry feafon, to giue them water twice or thrice euery weeke while they areyoung , but more afterwar d whenthey are moregrowne,andthat inthe morning efpecially, yea aud whenthe fruitis growne fomewhat great, to water the fruitit felfe with a watering pot in the heate oftheday, isof fo good effe@, thatit ripencth them much fafter, and will giue chemthe better tafteand {mell,as they fay.To take likewife the fruit,and gather it at the full rimeof his ripeneffeis no. fimall art; forifit be gathered before his duetime to be prefently eaten, it will behardand greene,and not eate kindly ; and likewife if it be fuffered too long, the whole goodneff e will be loft : You thal! thereforeknow, thatit is full timeto ga ther themto {pend prefently , when they begin to lookealittle yellowif h on the outs fide,anddoe {mel! fullandftrong ; but if yoube to fendthe m farre off, or keepethem long vpo nany occafion, you fhall hen gatherthem fo muchthe earlier , that accor ding tothetime ofthe carriage and {pending, they mayrip enin the lying, being kept dry , and couered with woollen clothes : When you cutoneto cate, you {hall know itto be ripe andgood, ifthe feedeand pulpe about them in the middle be verywate: rifhand will eafily be feparated from themeate » and likewife if the meate looke yeh low, and be mellow, and not hard orgreene, andtafte fulland pleafant, and not wate tif: The viuallmanner to. eate thems with pepperandfalt , being and to drownethem in wine, for feare ofdoing more harme. ‘Cowcumpared and fliced, bers and Pom Pions,after they are nourfed vp inthe bed of hot each of them onalarge plot ofground, a good dung, are to be feucrally tranf planted, diftance in funder : but the Pompions moere,becanfe their branches take vp agreatdealemore ground, & befides,will requite a.great deale more watering,becaufe the fruit is greater. Andthus haue you the ordes ring of thofefruits which are of much efteeme, efpecially the two former,withall the betterfortof perfons; and the third kinde is ‘not whollyrefufed of any, h ferneth moftvually for the meaner and Poorer fert of people, after the firkalthoug earlyripe are {pent. > vot bat 3 Abittols ae Vins : The arderingofdinersforts ofhecbes.forthe pot,formeste, Saas Dal 2Y aad for thetable, * Yat mon ¥ ? ok “ wo} basiiosny 12103,35 ; 21 4 Yme, Sauory, and Hyffope,are vfuually fowne inthe Sptiag on beds by them: i feuds, éudtie one apart’; bat bey that eadkee a gaine Oyfells td others’ the young rootes,to fet the kaats or: borders ofGardens, de ler thé mitt parr fowethem in Iyly,amd'‘Atigaft, that fo being fprung vppbefores Wintet,'chey ve Bethe firerto be takeétrvpid THES pring following’, to-ferueany ener thar py hiue them. Sage, Lauender, and Rofemary, are siogee fet in oes pring; By! ippie theold ftalkes, and taking the yourgelt and HELE OF thea sie Arufting thefi citer ritined or Stherwife halftaFoore déepé into theprotind » and well watered v por the feting ; if any fealgnable weather doe follow,, thereis no pce théit well — uing the hotSuinne anid piercing drying Win des afe the gitatett hia crancesto thei; idtherefore Pdod aduifeindte 06 {ettbd fooneinthe Spring,fdr yet in Auatihtie; as many doe practife.; for could neuerfee fuch cometo good, for os Cagis of the Witter commting vpontirem fo foonie after thetifetting 2 ‘will . u crtheir young hddtestorabide-‘not hauling taken fufficient-ftrengtitin arene sei teiairitdiet aa flues aeainft fuch violence, which dothoften pierce the ftronge a pants. i anne ae and Baflill are fowne in the Spring, yet not tooearly ; for they arc gence : P ‘te and denor {pring vail! the weather bee formewhat warme: but Baffil mon ‘ ree dry, and not haue any water of two orrhrcedaiesafter the fone > ol Fence 8 will tune to a gelly in the ground. Somevf{é to fowe the feed of ts emary, othe opie fu nei nt abideth the firft Winter , becaufethe young plants being {ma haingnot fength, cannotabide the fharpnefic of fome Winttrs, novivitht A ing t eeeiting of them, which killeth many old plants ; bur the vftrall way is " dione arise, ape fo they thriue well. Many doe vfeto fowe all or the moft fortso orhee 3 pgether none plor of ground, that they neéde not togoe fafre to gt ish ee ee ft Would vfe. "Thereare many forts ofthen well knowne pr a ye oe “i py ce iple of Reiple $ 12 , whi Obiewaited csgoetrollwhich e and ofago : eeoace Feeeeee atid a fee oePadaoat-Banting’ ccs:vn SeeaLsetalowell fematy, auoriearé Ty fpoken of before, a Leckes: “pareBib SAri hates in fome by-place ‘ olde acieedtancor deepe fo faire vnder gtound, that they quickly fill vp the places nearé adi6y ig » Beck Tse cries and ae and dyeth the'next yeare,the herbe is ftrong,and reali fis fufficient: Ser “ieanadyath often after feeding, few doe ay a that but alictle at a tlhe: both it and Clarie are more vfed in Tanfies then is ac Ss hatin Coftmarie is ro be fet of rootes, the Ieanes are vfed with fome in With more in their Ale. ; , ; — is fecofrootes, being feparated if funders" “ovome etcsteesk the “fallhieads that haue roores, it creepeth and fpreadeth quickly. : i Allicaicers are to befowne of feede’, th ¢ tops of the reotes with the greene leanes tte vied in Lent efpecially. Parfley is'a Commonherbe , fowne offeede, it eo andis n wit dyeth : the rootés are more vfed in brot hs then the leaues, and the leaues almoft he = eeldine . J ; enerioa: of feede,and abideth manyyeares yeelding feede: the rootes al ; ret feructo fe i man many vp trimme yet feldoine, more Icaues the and broths, fo arevfedin filh meates. j red to’ ine fowne of {eede, and dyeth the next yeare after, yet once being fuffere fede ina Garden,will ftill come ofit owne fhedding. Bugloffe |