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Show Likeordering of the Orchard. e.—— Lhe order ing kernelsbeing put into theground inthe Spring or Summer, andif care bec hadof them and conuenient keeping, will abide, and bygrafting the goodfruite onthe cra} ftockethey maybee in time nurfed vp) I doe tor make anyotherefpeciall accountof them,nor give you anyfurtherrelation of their ordering. Nowfor theordering of thefe trecs after theyare eyther planted of young fers, or tran{plan ted fromth e fee itisthus : Firft for Baytrees, themoft viuall way isto let them growvp high to ice trees,and manyplantthem on the NorthorEaft fide of their houfes that they may not bee {corched with the Sunne, but. the bitter winters which we often haue, doe pinch them fhrewdly, infomuchthat it killeth euen well growne trees fometimes downetg the roote :. but fome doe makea hedge of them being planted in order, and keep them lowby lopping ofthem continually, which will make them buth and {pread. The Cy. prefle tree is neuerlopped, but fuflered to grow withall thebranchies from afooteg. boue the ground, if it may be,ftraight vpright, for that is his natiue Stace and greatct beautic, and therefore the more branches doe dye that they muft bee cut away, the more you deforme his propertie. The Pinetree may be vfed inthe famemanne yctit wil better endureto fuftaine pruining thenthe Cypteffe, without anyfuchr.. but defor. mitic. The Lanrocerafus or Cherry Bay may be ditierfly formed, thatis, it maybeej« ther madeto growinto atall tree by thredding ftill away the vnder branches, orelfe byfuffering all the branches to grow to bea lotw or hedge buth, & both by the fuckers and by laying downe the lower branches into the earth, you may foone have much increafé ; ‘but this way will caufe itto bee the longerbefore it beareanie fruit, The Rofe Baye will verie hardlic bee encreafed cither byfuckers or by layers, but muftbee fuffered to gtow without lopping, topping orcutting. The Pyracantha or Prickly Coralltree maybee made to growinto areafonable tall tree by fhredding away the lowerbranchés, orit may befuffered to growloweinto an hedge buh,by fuflering all the branches to grow continually, you tnay alfo propagate it by the fuckersor bylaying downe the lower branches. The Myrtle ofall fortsabid eth alow buth {preading his branches full of {weeteleanes and flowers, without anie great encreafe ofitfelfe, yet fometimes it gineth frckers or fhootes from the rootes : but for the morefpecdie propagating ofthem, fome doe putthe cuttings ofthem into the earth,and therebyincreafethem,, Thereare fome othertrees that arenot ofany great ref{pect, asthe Yew tree,and the Savine buth, both which maybe encreafed by the cuttings,andtherefore Ineed not makeany further relation or amplification ofthem, and to fay thusmucho f them all, is (I thinke) fufficient for this Worke, ofthe Orchard. 55 3 a Ons blesand Gentlemen, have ia thefe later times endeauoured to plaot and make Vineyards, andto that purpofehaue caufed French men,being skilfull in keeping and drefa fing of Vines, tobe brought overto performeit; -yet either their skill failed them > OF their Vines were not good, or (themoft likely) the foile was not fitting,for they could neuer make anie wine that was worth the drinking, being fo {mall and heartlefle » that they foone gaue ouer their practices. And indeede thefoile isa maine matterto bee chiefly contideredto featea Vineyard vpon: for even in France'and other hot coun« tries, according torhe nature ofthe foile,fois the rellifh, ftrength, and durabilitie of the wine.Nowalthough | thinkita fruitleffe labour for any man toftriuein thefe daics to make a good Vineyard in England, ia regard not only ofthe want of knowledge,to make choale of the fitteft ground:for fuch Vines as you would plant therupon,but alfo ofthe true maner of ordering them,in our country;but moft chiefly &aboueall others, thatour years intheferimes donotfal out to be fo kindly and hot, to ripen the grapesy, to make aniegood wineas formerly they haue done ; yet I thinke it not amiffe, to giue youinftructions howto.orderfuch Vines as you may nourfevpforthe pleafure ofthe fruit, to eate the grapes being ripe, orto preferue and keepe them to beceatenalmoft # all the winter following : And this may be done withoutany greatorextraordinarie 4 «sd paines. Some doemakealowewall,and planttheir Vines againftit, and keepe them “7 muchaboutthe height thereof, not fuffering them torifemuch higher : but if the high bricke or ftonewals of your, Garden or Orchard haue buttreffesthereat, or if youcaufefuchto beemade, thatthey bee fomewhat broade forwards, youmay the more conueniently plant Vinesiof diuers forts atthem, and by {ticking downa couple ofgood ftakes at euery buttreffe,ofeight or ten foot high aboueground,tacking a few Jathes acroffe vponthofe ftakes,you may therunfotye your Vines,& carry them theronat your pleafure: but you muft be carefullto cut them cuery year, but not too late, and fo keepethem downe,and from farre {preading, that they neuer runne muchbes yond the frame which you fet at the buttreffes :as alfo in your cutting you neuerleaue too many ioynts, nor yet too few; but at thethindor fourth iointat the moft cut them off. I doe aduife youtothefe frames made with ftakes and lathes, for thebetter ripe ning of your grapes : forinthe blooming time, ifthe branches of your vinesbee too nearethe wall, the reflection of the Sunne inthe day time, andthe colde inthenight, doc oftentimes fpoilea great dealeof. fruit,by piercing and withering the tenderfoot- ftalkes ofthe grapes beforethey are formed,whereas when the bloflomes are paft,and the fruit growing of. fome bigneffe, then alltheheate and reflection youcan give them is fit, and thetefore:cut away fomeof thebranches with the leaues, to admit the more later anciet nttimes ti ,as may wel ate daies > but in ancie DS Aa aE witneSen ffethe fundram ie placesel in this Land, ¢1- Sunnetoripen the fruit. Forthediuers forts ofgrapes I have ferthem downcin the Booke following, with briefenotes yponeuericof them, whether white or blacke, {mall or great,early of late ripe; forthat Ineedenot here make the famerelation again. There doth happen fome difeafes:to Vines fometimes, whichthat you may helpe,I. thinke ir conuenient torinforme you what they are, and how to remedy them when you fhall betronbled withiany fuch, ‘The firftisaluxurions {preading of branches and but little or no fruit : forremedic whereofcut the branches fomewhat morencere then vfuall, and barethe roote, buttakelheed of wounding or hurting it,| and in the hole puccither fome goodold rortenftable dung of Horfes,or elfefome| Oxeblood new taken from thebeafts, and that in the middle of Ianuaric or beginning of Februarie, which being well tempered andturned in with the earth, Jet it foabide, \ . ~ h no doubr,when the comfort of the bloodor dung is well foaked tothe bortome as 1e raines thatfall thereon, will caufe your Vine to fructific againe. Another faultis when. 2 Vine doth not bring the fruitto ripeneffe, but either it withereth befori he gran ofany bigneffe, or prefently afterthe blooming + the place or the earth w ay é uch a Vine ftandeth, affuredly is toocold, and therefore if the faulcbee not in the p ace, which cannot bec helped withoutrémouing toabetrer, digge out agood quantity es that earth, and put into the place thereof fomegoodfrefh ground well heartned w ile, %¢ uile, e»docad docadu water, asfom as alt.water, therewith [i or falt i (but: nor. falt dung, andfo( me fand mixed i co e Vine ngdome hauing Vineyards, had as much wine made therefrom, asfifficedstheir coucat s yeare by yeare but orin Autumne, vatimely doe turne either giant or red, itisa greatfigne the car bod CHA?. x The ordering, curing, and Propagating Vines of allforts, N moft places ofthis countrie there is fall care or paines taken aboutthe ordeng ofVines : it fufficeth forthe moft part with them that haue anie, romakea ramefor itto {pread vpot abouea mans height, orto tacke it toa wall or wit- (dow, &c, and fo te letit hang do'wne withthe branches:arid fruit, vntill che weight thereof, and theforce ofwindes doeteareit downce times, and fpoile the grapes: andthis way doth fomewhatrefemble that courte often that thé Vin eyard keepers obferuc dothehot countries of Syria, Spaine, and Italy, and inthe furtheft parts of Franceas! hear likewife :, for in moft of thefe hot countries they vfeto plant an Oliue betweene two Vines, and let them runne thereupon. But manie ofthe other parts of France ,&¢toe not fuffer anic treesto growe among their Vines ; andth ercfore theyplant them Thies and pruinethem much and often 9 and keepe thém lowe in compa rifonof the cicbenmenyMeadeegratteAndee tituled by the hame of Vineyards,and I haue read,that manieMonaf terie in thisKi : long fince they haue been deftroyed andthe Lauwledzetowt? ardera Vineyard is alfo viterly perifhed withthem, Foralthough divers, both Ne bies Noryetvrine, as others would haue) and this will hearten and ftrengthen y wi ir $59 beare out the frut vnto maturitie.. When theleanesof a Vine inthe endof Summ¢ : . itis aereatag aa arth is . |