CCA The ordering of the Orchard. 



too hot and drie ; you muft therefore in ftead of dung and fand, as in the former de- 

 feft is faid, put in fome frefh loame or fhort clay, well mixed together with fome of 

 the earth, and fo let them abide, that the frofts may mellow them. And laftly, a Vine 

 fometimes beareth fome ftore of grapes, but they are too many for it to bring to ripe- 

 neffe ; you mall therefore helpe fuch a Vine (which no doubt is of fome excellent 

 kinde, for they are moft vfually fubiecl to this fault) by nipping away the bloffomes 

 from the branches, and leauing but one or two bunches at the moft vpon a branch, vn- 

 till the Vine be growne older, and thereby ftronger, and by this meane inured to beare 

 out all the grapes to ripeneffe. Thefe be all the difeaf es I know doe happen to Vines : 

 for the bleeding of a Vine it feldome happeneth of it felfe, but commeth either by 

 cutting it vntimely, that is, too late in the yeare, (for after lanuarie, if you will be well 

 aduifed, cut not any Vine) or by fome cafuall or wilfull breaking of an arme or a 

 branch. This bleeding in fome is vnto death, in others it ftayeth after a certaine fpace 

 of it felfe : To helpe this inconuenience, fome haue feared the place where it bleedeth 

 with an hot iron, which in many haue done but a little good ; others haue bound the 

 barke clofe with packe-thred to ftay it ; and fome haue tied ouer the place, being firft 

 dried as well as may bee, a plaifter made with waxe roffen and turpentine while it is 

 warme. Now for the propagating of them : You muft take the faireft and goaleft mot 

 branches of one yeares growth, and cut them off with a peece of the old wood vnto it, 

 and thefe being put into the ground before the end of lanuarie at the furtheft, will 

 moote forth, and take roote, and fo become Vines of the fame kinde from whence 

 you tooke them. This is the moft fpeedy way to haue increafe : for the laying downe 

 of branches to take roote, doth not yeelde fuch ftore fo plentifully, nor doe fuckers 

 rife from the rootes fo aboundantly ; yet both thefe waies doe yeelde Vines, that be- 

 ing taken from the old ftockes will become young plants, fit to bee difpofed of as any 

 fhall thinke meete. 



CHAP. XL 



The way to order and preferue grapes^ fit to be eaten almojl all the Winter 

 long, and fometimes vnto the Spring. 



ALthough it bee common and vfuall in the parts beyond the Sea to dry their 

 grapes in the Sunne, thereby to preferue them all the year, as the Raifins of the 

 Sunne are, which cannot bee done in our Countrie for the want of fufficient 

 heate thereof at that time : or otherwife to fcald them in hot water (as I heare) and 

 afterwards to dry them, and fo keepe them all the yeare, as our Malaga Raifins are pre- 

 pared that are packed vp into Frayles : yet I doe intend to mew you fome other waies 

 to preferue the grapes of our Countrie frefh, that they may be eaten in the winter both 

 before and after Chriftmas with as much delight and pleafure almoft, as when they 

 were new gathered. One way is, when you haue gathered your grapes you intend to 

 keepe, which muft be in a dry time, and that all the fhrunke, dried, or euill grapes in e- 

 uery bunch be picked away, and hauing prouided a veffell to hold them, be it of wood 

 or ftone which you will, and a fufficient quantitie of faire and cleane drie fand ; make 

 Jlratum fuper ftratum of your grapes and the fand, that is, a lay of fand in the bottome 

 firft, and a lay of grapes vpon them, and a lay or ftrowing againe of fand vpon thofe 

 grapes, fo that the fand may couer euery lay of grapes a fingers breadth in thickneffe, 

 which being done one vpon another vntill the veffell be full, and a lay of fand vpper- 

 moft, l e t the veffell be flopped clofe, and fet by vntill you pleafe to fpend them, being 

 kept in fome drie place and in no fellar : let them bee warned cleane in faire water to 

 take away the fand from fo many you will fpend at a time. Another way is (which Ca- 

 merarms fetteth downe he was informed the Turkes vfe to keepe grapes all the winter 

 vnto the next fummer) to take fo much meale of Muftard feede, as will ferue to ftrow 

 vpon grapes, vntill they haue filled their veffels, whereon afterwards they poure new 

 wine before it hath boiled, to fill vp their veffels therwith, and being flopped vp clofe, 

 they keepe them a certaine time, and felling them with their liquour to them that will 



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