ee ee eee ae a a ee i ee ae coe a a ida i é- 
bles and Geackemen ,thaiidin theltlaet sintsiendeauouréd eo plang stdbake Mine» 
sett is ie Winethat was | 
ey looht- gang oner their pradice. | 
chicdymoiieleredieiveate 
| 9} anyiman to ined ies, 
to makeia good Wineyardin Eoptand,in natorily of the wartofkiiow - 
-—_-mhake chose ofthe fitelt gtound for uch Vnebasyyoulwould planctiierapon-busaile 
1 of chetrneamanorof ordeting themdn out country; but moft chiefly &aboue all orhers,: 
too many ioynts, net yertoofew; but atthe th nt then 
ning of your grapes : for inthe blooming tim y beetoo 
nearethe wall, the reflection of the Stinne in the day.time,. and the colde inthe night, 
doe oftentimes fpoilea greatdealeof frnit,by Panwentgee ip the tender foor- 
ftalkes of the grapes, before they are formed, whereas when the bloflomes are paft,and 
the fruit growing of fomebignefie, then alltheheate and,reflection y on can gitic thigm 
is fit, and theicfore cutaway {ome of the bianclies withthe leaués;to admitthe mor 
 Sunnetoripen the fruit. Forthediuers forts of. grapes haue ferthem downe# the 
 Booke following,:owith briefe notes vpomeuerieof them, whetherwhite onblacke;. 
* fimalkor great,early or late ripe; fothat I needenothere makethe famerelationagains: — 
Theredoth happen :fome difcafes toVints fometimes, whichthat you may helpesk; 
thinke it conuenientto informe you what they are;;and how to remedy them when: 
you fall betroubled with any fuch. The firftisa luxurious fpreading of branches. and 
but litcle or no fruit: forremedie whereof, cut the branches fomewhat moreneere 
then vfuall; and bare the roote, buttakeicedof wounding or hurting ic, and in the: 
hole putcither fome good old rotten ftabledung of. Horfes, or elfe {ome Oxeblood: 
new taken from the beafts; and thavin the middle of Tanuarie or beginning of Febru= 
arie, “which being well tempered andtutned in withthe earth, levit fo abide, which 
no doubt, when the comfort of the blood or dung is well foaked tothe bottome by the 
rainesthat fallthereon, will caufe your Vine to frudtifieagaine. Anotherfaultis,when, 
a Vine doth not bring the fruit to ripeneffe, but either it withereth before it begrowne 
of any bigneffe, or prefently after the blooming : the place orthe carth where fuch 
a Vine ftandeth, affuredly is too cold, and therefore if the fault bee nor in the place, 
which cannot beehelped without remouing toa betrer, digge out agood quantity of 
thar earth, and put into the place thereof fome good frefh ground well heartned with» 
dung, and {ome fand mixed therewith (but not falt or fale water, as fomedoe aduifes 
neryetvrine, as others would haue) and this will hearten and ftrengthen your Vine to 
beare-ont the frut ynto maturitie. Whentheleauesof a Vine inthecnd of Summer 
orin Autumne,votimely doe turne either _— red, it isa great fignetheearthis 
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