Plinies Naturall Hiliohe. 



A it gcdweth : howbcit thofc that grow about Surrentum, have the moft fircngth , and arc excel-^ 

 lent to bee prcferved in veflels { I meane, as farrc as up to the hill Vefuvius : f or there slfo is the. 

 vincMurgcntinajthe beftof all thofe that come out of Sicilie, which fome call Pompeianaj of 

 Pompeij,at6wne within the kingdomeof Naples: & being gotten once intoLatium^itbeareth 

 grapes abundantly : like as the vine Horconia in Carnpainc, yeeldeth plentic of grapes with the 

 beft, but good they are for nothing fave only to be eaten at the table. As for the grape Mccrica, 

 it will laft and endure a long time 5 it fearcth neither wind nor tempefl:,norany blail of planet : 

 blacke ic is, and hath blacke ftones : howbeit the wine that it maketh jwaxeth red wiih age^nnnic- 

 lyjif itbelongkcpt, 



B Chap. iii. 



. ^ of the dheri kindi likmfe of vines According to the fropcrtkofihe , 

 places atidregtons where they grom 



Hitherto have we treated of the fundrie forts of vines in generall : now will we write of thenl 

 according to the nature ofthe places and regions, which arc proper and familiar unto, 

 them jor^as they be mingled one with another, by tranlplanting or grailing. Andfirft 

 and formoftjthe vine Tudcrnis , alfo Florentia (bearing the name of the citie Florence) are pe- 

 culiar to the Tufcans: but about Aretiumjthercis no talke both for plentie and goodnefle, bus 

 of theTalpanajEtefiacajandConfeminia. TheTalpane grape is blacke as iheMcmldvV^rpe^i 

 Q whereof it takcth the name, but yet doth it yeeld a white wine. The Etefiacke vine [io called of 

 the wines Etefise] isadeceitfullplanCaandoften milTcthandfauIteth^biit the more grapes it 

 bearethjthe better wine it yeeldeth and more commendable : mary this is ilraunge and 'A'onder- 

 fuUin itjliuhemidsofthisfruitfulneifeof hersjlbe giveth over fodainlyand dicch. The vine 

 Confeminia,bringeth blacke grapes : the wine will noc laft, but the grapes will keeps and conti- 

 nue paffing long : the vintage thereof is fifteene daies after all other : it be^ireth ordinaiiiy her 

 full burden, but the fruit is onely good for meat to be eaten, and not for wine to be drunks Ahe 

 leaves of this vine (in manner of the wild vine Labrufc-iO before they tail, become as red as; 

 bloud.Thispropercie happeneth to fome others befidcs ^buttake it for a certainc token of the 

 word vines. The vine and grape Irtiola, is proper unto Vmbtia,tothe territorie ofthe Mevc- 

 D nates,and thePicene countrey : like as that which they call Pumula, to the Amiternine region. 

 They have among them alfo another kind^namedBannanica :andalthoug!] it^ofteniimes doth 

 nor take,yet they love the plant and cherifli it. There is a grape which they call the Burrongh or 

 Burgeois grapejafter the name ofthe burrough towne Pompeij ^ and yet there is more pleade of 

 them about the citie Clufium. The Tiburtines allo,named their grapes after their town Tybur : 

 yec of late daies they have found another fort, which of the refernblance of Olives, is calledthe 

 Olive grape :andin truth, this is thelaft grape of any accountjto this day knowne to havebeeti- 

 found out. The Sabins and Laurentines only are acquainted with the grape Vinaciola: for well 

 I WOC5 that the vines Gauranae came firft out of the territorie of Faleri j, and thereupon were na- 

 med Falern^ : but tranlj-ilant them from thence whitherfoevcr you will, they will very quickly de- 

 E generat in all places,&: prove baibrd.Moreover/ome have made a fsverai kind by it lelfe of the 

 Tarentin vine,which bringcth forth an exceeding fweet grape. As forthe grapes called Capnias, 

 Bucconiatis, and Tarrupia, there is no vintage of them in the vineyards ofthe hils about 1 huri- 

 num,before the cold froft. As for the citizens of Pifas^they fee great ftorc by the gripes Pharia^ : 

 likeasModennaby thofe called Prufinia^jwhich arc very black,il:onc and alk.yct the wine therofj 

 within foureyeercs will turne to a pallet and whitiili colour. A.i'lraunge thing it is;w>bich men 

 reportof a certaine grape, that evermore will turne with the Sunne; and thereupon it is calkd 

 Screptos : as alfo that we in Italic are delighted with the French grapes : and they inFraunce:bc?'r 

 yond the Alpes,arc as much in love with ours in thePicene countrey. FfrgHlh^ih made men- 

 tion of other grapes, namely ,Thafije, Mareoiides, andXageije, befides many other outlandifh 

 p plantsjuot at this day to be found throughout allltaly.Howbeit there be yetirfanyvincs of good, 

 marke & well accepted of, not for any wine that they yeeld,but only for their grapes vshich they 

 carie ; co wit, Ambrofiaca, and Duracinaj which may be kept hanging llill upoi:i the vine, with- 

 out any veff ell to enclofe them : fo durable be they and hardie^ againft cold, heat, wind,and rain^ 

 or any weather whaifoever. As for the vine Ortharopelos^ic needs neithei: tf€fitoelimb onjnoc 



