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Show "468 The ordering of the Kitchen Garden. Marigolds are fowne of{eede, and may be after tranfplanted , they abidetwoor three yeares,if they be notfet intoocolda place : the leayesand flowers are both vied, Langedebeefeis fowntoficede ; which thedding it feltewilftiardly be deftroyed ina Garden. S : Arrach is to be fowne offeede,thislikewife will rife eucry ycare ofit owne feed,if it be fuffered to thed.itfelfe. ; «3 sanwe) vs bes vious omY Puget Beetes.arefowneof feede, and aljideth fome yearesafter,{till gining feed.) fh Blites are vfed butin fome places, ferthere.is agenerallopinion held of them, the they are naught forthexyes: they,are fowneeuery, yearc of {eede, : , Bloodwortoncefowneabideth many yeares,pif the extremity of the: frofts killit, not, andfeedethplentifially 25) yod9% - See Patienceis of the famenatureyand wiedia the fame manner. oA ‘ French Mallowesate to be fowne of{eede, and will comeofit ownefoing, ifi, be faffeted to hed itfelfe. «, aces one ie aed -Cinesare planted.onely by parting the rootes,; forit nevergiueth any.fecdeatall, ~Gatlicke is ordered.in the fame manner, by parting andplanting the rooteseuérie care. 0 Thefe be all the forts are vied withiys forthat purpefe, whereas {aid before,none vie all, but euery onewill vie thofethey like beft : and fo much fhall fufice for pot. erbes. Sonia 409 The ordering ofthe Kitchen Garden, Buglofie commethoffeede, but abideth manyyearesafter it hath giuen feede, Fit ftand not inthe coldeft place ofthe Garden. ; kinde,if they be vfed after thate{peciall manneris fitforthem, whichis, That when they are planted(forafter they are fowne, they muft be tran{planted) ofa reafonable diftance in funder, and. grownetobe ot fome bigneffe, cucry one of them mutt bee tyed togetherwith baft or thread toward the toppesof the leaues, that by this meanes all the inner leaues may growe whitith, whichthenareto be cut vp and vied : for the keeping of the leaues clofe doth make themtatte delicately , andtobee verytender And thefe forts of Lettice for the moft part are {pent after Summer is paft, when _ ther Lettice are not to be had. Lambes Lettice or Corne Sallet is anherbe which abiding all Winter, isthe firft Saller herbe ofthe yeare that is vfed beforeany ordinarie Lettice is ready ; it is therefore vfually fowne in Augutt , whenthe feede thereof is tipe. Purflane is a SummerSallet herbe,andis to.be fowne inthe Spring, yet fome- whatlate, becaufe it istender, and ioyeth in warmth 3 and therefore diuers haue fowne it vpon thofe beddes of dung, whereon they nourfed vp their Cowcumbets, &c. after,they aretaken away, whichbeing well and often watered » hath yeelded Sallet vatill the end of the yeare. Spinachis fowne in the Spring,of all for the moft part that v{eit, but yetif it be fowne in Summerit will abide greene all the Winter, and then feedeth quickly : itis a Sallet that hath little ornotafte at allcherein, like asLettice and Purflane, and therefore Cookes know how tomake many agood difh ofmeate with it, by putting Sugar and Spice thereto, Coleworts are of diuers kinds and although fomeof themare wholly {pent amongthe poorerfort of people, yet fome kindes of them may be dreffed and ordered as may delight a curious. pal ate, Which is, that being boyled tender, the middle ribs aretaken cold, and laid in dithes, and vinegar and oy!e poured thereon, and fo eaten. Coleflowers are to be had inthis Countrey but very feldome,for thatit is hard to meete with good feede: it mutt bee fowne on beds ofdung to forceit forward, or elfe it would perifh withthe froft be- Crap. Vi. The manner and ordering of many farts of berbes and fore it had giuen his head of flowers,andtranfplanted intoverie good andrich ground, rootes fer Sallets, [: Thouldfet downeall the forts ofherbes that are vlually gathered bage Lettice, both ordinary and extraordinary, and thereare other ofLets ticethatare open, andclofe not, or cabbage not atall, which yetare of an excellene Salers, 1 thould.nor onely {peake of Garden herbes, but. of many herbes, &c,thargrowe wilde in the fields , or elfe be but weedes ina Garden ; for the v{uall manner with many, isto take the young buds andleaues of enery thing almoft that groweth, as well inthe Gardenas in the Fields, and put them all together, that the tafte ofthe onemay amendthe ellithofthe other: But I will only thew you thofe thatare {ownorplaned ingardensfor that purpofe.A{paragus isa principall & deleétable Sallet herbe, whole young fhootes when they area good handfull high abouc the ground , arecut an inc within the ground, which being boyled,are eaten witha little vinegar and butter, a2 Sallet ofgreat delight: Their ordering with the beft Gardinersis on this wife: Whea you haue prouided feede of the beft kinde, you mutt foweit either before Chriftmas, as moft.doe, or beforethe end of February ; the later you fowe, the Jater and themor¢ hardly will they {pring : after they are grownevp, theyareto betran{plantedin Aue tumneona bed well trenched in withdung; forelfe they will not bee worth yourla- bour,andfet abouta footediftancein funder, and looke that the more carefull youate inthe replanting of them,the better they will thriue, and the fooner growe great: al ter fiue or fix yearcs ftanding they vfually doe decay ; and therefore they that ftriuet? haue continually faireand great heads, doe from {eede raife vp young for their tort, Youmuftlikewife {ee that you cut net your heads or young fhoeretoonigh, or'0? much,thatis, totake away too many heads from a roote, but to leaue a fufficient num beryncut, otherwife it will kill the heart of your rootes the fooner, caufing themto dye, orto gine very {mall headsor fhootes ; for you may well confider with yout felfc, that ifthe roote haue not head enough left it aboue the ground to fhoote grecae this yeare,it will not,nor cannot profper vader ground to giuc encreafe the next ycare Theordering of Lettice I haue fpoken of before , and fiall not neede hereto repent svhat hath beenealready faid, but referre you thereunto forthe fowing, planting, ele onely I will here fhew you the manner ofordering them forSallets. ‘There arc fom* forts ofLetticethat growe very great, and clofe thcir heads, which are called he ag? left you lofethe benefit of your labours. Endiue is of twoforts, the ordinary, and another that hath the edges of the leanescurldor crumpled ir isto be whited, to make Itthe more dainty Sallet, which is vfually done inthis manner; Afterthey are grown tofome reafonable greatnefle (but in any cafe before they fhoote fortha ftalke inthe midft for feede)they areto be taken vp, andthe rootes being cutaway, lay themto dty or wither for three or foure houres, and then bury themin {and , fo as none of them lye one vpon another,orif you can, oneto touchanother, which by chis meanes will change whitifh, andcthereby become verie tender, aud isa Sallet both for Aue timneand Winter. Succoricis vfed by fome inthe fame manner, but becaufeit is More bitter then Endiue, it is not-fo generally vfed, or rather vfed but of a veric few s and whereas Endiue will feedethe fame yeareit is fowne, and thendye, Succoricabia deth manie yeares, the bitterneffe thereofcaufing itto be more Phyficall to open obfttuétions ; andtherefore the flowerspickled vp, as diners other flowers are vfedto be now adaies, make a delicate Sallet at all times when there is occafion to vfethem. Of tedBeetes, therootes are onelyvied both boyled and eaten cold with vinegar and oyle, and is alfo vfed to trimme vp or garnithforth manieforts of difhes of meate ; the feede ofthebeft kinde will not abide goodwithvs aboue three yeares, but will degeNerate and growe worfe; and therefore thofethat delight there in mutt be curious, to beprouided from beyondSea, that they may haue fuch as will giue delight. Sorrell an herbefo common, andthe vie fo well knowne, both for fawce, andto feafon brothsand meates for the found as wellas ficke petfons , that] fhall not needeto fay @iemorethereof. Cheruill is a Sallet herbe of much vfe, both with French and Ditch, who doe much more delight in herbes of ftrongertafte then the Englifh doe: tis fowne early, and vfed but a while, becaufe it quickly runneth yp tofeede, Sweere Cheruill , oras fome callit, Sweete Cis, isfo likeintafte vato Anife fecde, tharit Muchdelighteth rhe tafte among other herbes in a Sallet: the feede is long, thicke, lacke, and cornered, and mutt be fowne in the end of Autumne,thatit may lyein the Bound all che Winter, and thenirwill fhoet@@mein che Spring. or elfeif it be fowne inthe Spring, it will not {pring vp that yeare vntill the next : the leaues(as 1 faid beOre) are vfed among other herbes: the rootes likewife are not oncly cordiall, but illo heldto be preferuatine againit the Plague, sine greene, dryed , or eesiemee r Wwe) |