The ordering of the Orchard. 





kernels being put into the ground in the Spring or Summer, and if care bee had of 

 them and conuenient keeping, will abide, and by grafting the good fruite on the crab 

 ftocke they may bee in time nurfed vp) I doe not make any other efpeciall account of 

 them, nor giue you any further relation of their ordering. Now for the ordering of 

 thefe trees after they are eyther planted of young fets, or tranf planted from the feede, 

 it is thus : Firft for Bay trees, the moft vfuall way is to let them grow vp high to bee 

 trees, and many plant them on the North or Eaft fide of their houfes that they may not 

 bee fcorched with the Sunne ; but the bitter winters which we often haue, doe pinch 

 them fhrewdly, infomuch that it killeth euen well growne trees fometimes downe to 

 the roote : but fome doe make a hedge of them being planted in order, and keep them 

 low by lopping of them continually, which will make them bum and fpread. The Cy- 

 prefTe tree is neuer lopped, but fuffered to grow with all the branches from a foote a- 

 boue the ground, if it may be, ftraight vpright ; for that is his natiue grace and greateft 

 beautie, and therefore the more branches doe dye that they muft bee cut away, the 

 more you deforme his propertie. The Pine tree may be vfed in the fame manner, but 

 yet it wil better endure to fuftaine pruining then the Cypreffe, without any fuch defor- 

 mitie. The Laurocerafus or Cherry Bay may be diuerfly formed, that is, it may be ei- 

 ther made to grow into a tall tree by fhredding ftill away the vnder branches, or elfe 

 by fuffering all the branches to grow to be a low or hedge bum, and both by the fuckers 

 and by laying downe the lower branches into the earth, you may foone haue much 

 increafe ; but this way will caufe it to bee the longer before it beare anie fruit. The 

 Rofe Baye will verie hardlie bee encreafed either by fuckers or by layers, but muft bee 

 fuffered to grow without lopping, topping or cutting. The Pyracantha or Prickly 

 Corall tree may bee made to grow into a reafonable tall tree by (hredding away the 

 lower branches, or it may be fuffered to grow lowe into an hedge bufh, by fuffering all 

 the branches to grow continually, you may alfo propagate it by the fuckers, or by lay- 

 ing downe the lower branches. The Myrtle of all forts abideth a low bufh fpreading 

 his branches full of fweete leaues and flowers, without anie great encreafe of it felfe, 

 yet fometimes it giueth fuckers or fhootes from the rootes : but for the more fpeedie 

 propagating of them, fome doe put the cuttings of them into the earth, and thereby in- 

 creafe them. There are fome other trees that are not of any great refpe6l, as the Yew 

 tree, and the Savine bufh, both which may be encreafed by the cuttings, and therefore 

 I need not make any further relation or amplification of them, and to fay thus much of 

 them all, is (I thinke) fufficient for this Worke. 



CHAP. X. 

 'The ordering, curing, and propagating Vines of all forts. 



IN moft places of this countrie there is fmall care or paines taken about the orde- 

 ring of Vines : it fufficeth for the moft part with them that haue anie, to make a 

 frame for it to fpread vpon aboue a mans height, or to tacke it to a wall or win- 

 dow, &c. and fo to let it hang downe with the branches and fruit, vntill the weight 

 thereof, and the force of windes doe teare it downe oftentimes, and fpoile the grapes : 

 and this way doth fomewhat refemble that courfe that the Vineyard keepers obferue 

 in the hot countries of Syria, Spaine, and Italy, and in the fartheft parts of France as I 

 hear likewife : for in moft of thefe hot countries they vfe to plant an Oliue betweene 

 two Vines, and let them runne thereupon. But manie of the other parts of France, &c. 

 doe not fuffer anie trees to growe among their Vines ; and therefore they plant them 

 thicke, and pruine them much and often, and keepe them lowe in comparifon ot the 

 other way, faftening them to pearches or poles to hold them vp. And according to 

 that faihion may haue aduentured to make Vineyards in England, not onely in thefe 

 later daies, but in ancient times, as may wel witneffe the fundrie places in this Land, en- 

 tituled by the name of Vineyards ; and I haue read that manie Monafteries in this King- 

 dome hauing Vineyards, had as much wine made therefrom, as fufficed their conuents 

 yeare by yeare : but long fince they haue been deftroyed, and the knowledge how to 

 order a Vineyard is alfo vtterly perifhed with them. For although diuers, both No- 

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