77; c ordering of the Kitchen Garden. 4.65 



tor the molt part wholly nourfed vp trom the feede that is here gathered ; and hecaufe 

 there is not fo much (lore of them either lowne or fpent, as there is of ( )nioiis hy the 

 twentieth part, we are itill the more caretull to he prouided from our owne labours ; 

 yet there he diners Gardiners in this Kingdome, that doe gather fome fmall quantity 

 of Onion feede alfo for their owne or their priuate friends fpending. Thcfowingof 

 them hoth is much about one time and manner, yet molt vfually Leeks are fowne later 

 then ( )nions, and both before the end of March at the furtheft ; yet fomc fowe Onions 

 from the end of Inly to the beginning of September, for their Winter prouilion. Thofe 

 that are fowne in the Spring, are to be taken vp and tranf planted on a frelh bed prepa- 

 red for the purpofe, or elfe they will hardly abide a Winter; but hailing taken roote 

 before Winter, they will beare good feede in the Summer following : You muft rtake 

 both your Leekes and your Onion beds, and with poles laid a crofle, binde your lop- 

 pie headed italkes vnto them, on high as well as belowe, or elfc the winde and their 

 ie weight will beare them downe to the ground, and fpoile your feede. You muft 

 thinne them, that is, pull vp continually after they are firft fprung vp thofe that growe 

 too thicke, as you doe with all the other herbes before fpoken of, that they may haue 

 the more roome to thriue. Of all thefe herbes and rootes before fpoken of, you muft 

 take the likelielt and faireft to keepe for your feede ; for if you fhould not take the beft, 

 what hope of good feede can you expect ? The time for the fpending of thefe herbes 

 and rootes, not particularly mentioned, is vntill they begin to runne vp for feede, or 

 vntill they are to be tranfplanted for feede, or elfe vntill Winter, while they are good, 

 as euery one Ihall fee caufe. 



CHAP. IIII. 

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How to order Artichokes^ Melons^ Cawcumbers, 

 and Pompions. 



THere are certaine other herbes to be fpoken of, which are wholly nourfed vp 

 for their fruit fake, of whom I fhall not need to fay much, being they are fo 

 frequent in euery place. Artichokes being planted of faire and large flips, ta- 

 ken from the roote in September and October (yet not too late) will molt of them 

 beare truit the next yeare, fo that they be planted in well dunged ground, and the earth 

 raifed vp like vnto an Anthill round about each roote, to defend them the better from 

 the extreame frofts in Winter. Others plant flips in March and Aprill, or fooner, but 

 although fome of them will beare fruit the fame yeare, yet all will not. And indeede 

 many doe rather choofe to plant in the fpring then in the fall, for that oftentimes an 

 extreame hard Winter following the new fetting of flips, when they haue not taken 

 furficient heart and roote in the ground, doth vtterly pierce and perilh them, when as 

 they that are fet in the Spring haue the whole Summers growth, to make them rtrong 

 before they feele any Iharpe frofts, which by that time they are the better able to 

 beare. 'Muske Melons haue beene begun to bee nourfed vp but of late dayes in this 

 Land, wherein although many haue tryed and endeauoured to bring them to perfecti- 

 on, yet few haue attained vnto it : but thofe rules and orders which the belt and skil- 

 fullelt haue vfed, I will here fet downe, that who fo will, may haue as good and ripe 

 Melons as any other in this Land. The firit thing you are to looke vnto, is to pro- 

 uide you a peece of ground fit for the purpofe, which is either a Hoping or Ilieluing 

 banke, lying open and oppofite to the South Sunne, or fome other fit place not fhel- 

 uing, and this ground alfo you muft fo prepare, that all the art you can vfe about it to 

 make it rich is little enough ; and therefore you muft raife it with meere (table foyle, 

 thorough rotten & well turned vp, that it may be at the lealt three toote deepe thereof, 

 which you muft caft alfo into high beds or balkes, with deepe trenches or furrowes be- 

 tweene, fo as the ridges may be at the leaft a foot and a halfe higher then the furrowes ; 

 for otherwife it is not pofllble to haue good Melons growe ripe. The choife of your 

 feede alfo is another thing of efpeciall regard, and the belt is held to be Spanilh, and 

 not French, which hauing once gained, be fure to haue Itill of the fame while they laft 



N 3 good, 



