Plinies Naturall Hiftone, 



A after the middeft of September, cfpccially in places lying well lipdn-thdSuntie . As toiiching 

 Vines, there bee of them alfo, that after a fort beare three times in the yeare, which thereup- 

 on men call Infanas, [/.The mad or foolilTi Vines:] for whiles fomcof the grapes bee ripe, 

 others begin to (well andwaxe big, and a third fort againe are but then in the flowfcr. LM^Fari- 

 ro writeth. That in Smyrna by the fea fide there was a Vine which bare fruit twice a yearCjas al- 

 fo an Apple-tree in the tetritoric of Confentia;Butthisis an ordinarie thing throughout ail thti 

 coiintrey about Tacapa in Alfrica, and never is it fcenc othervyifc there, fa fertile isr thc-fbile 5 

 but thereof will we write more at large hereafter in another place. As fotthe CypreJIe trees j 

 they feilc not but come with fruit thrice in one yeare : arid their Berries bee gaihcred in la- 

 nuaric. May, and September, and all of a divcrfe bigneffe, one froni the other. Ovei and be-* 



B iides, the very trees themfelves are not laden with fruit after one and the fame manner : for the 

 ArbutorStrawberrietreeis more plenteous in the head, & toward thctoprtheOkej the Wal- 

 nut-irec,Fig-trec(and namely that which bcareth the uniavoiiriegreacfiggesMarifc2B)are more! 

 fruitfull beneathiGencrally,all trees the elder they are,thc fooner they beare and riiakt more haft 

 to ripen their fruit-jthe rather alfo, if they grow in a ground leanc and expofcd to the Sun.Gon*.: 

 trariwifc, trees that bee wild arc later in bearing than other ; andfonie of them never yceld fruit 

 fully ripeMoreover/uch tiees under which the ground is tilled and laid hollow,have their fruit 

 fooner ripe,and arc more fruitfull withall,than thofe that a re negle(5led and not looked iintQ.Bc-*. 

 fides all this, thcreis a difference in trees as touching bearing their fruit, according to the age ::• 

 for the Almond tree and the Pyrric arc moft fertile when they be. old,asalfoMaft trees,& a ccr- 



Q taine kind of Fig-trees. All others,thc younger they are,the more fruitfull they be, howbcit,Iater 

 it is ere their fruit bee ripe : a thing moft plaincly to bee obfcrvedin Vines. For the better wine 

 commeth from the elder Vines : but more plentie from the younger. As for the Apple-tree, it 

 becommeth of all other fooneft old,and in that age the fruit is nothing fo good as in youth: for 

 both lefler be the Apples, and alfo more worme-catcn^ infomuch as the very worms will breed 

 in them upon the trccThe Fig is the fruit alone of all trecs,diat needeth fome helpc of *Phyfick *To wh. 

 to ripen. And this may be noted for a ftrange and miraculous thing in them,That the latter figs caprifi^adorii 

 be in more price than the haitie and early ripe,and that there fhould bee more reckoning made 

 of prepofterous and artificiall things befide thecourfe of kind,than of the naturall. Alfo, this is 

 a gcnerall rule, VVhatfoever tree is exceeding fruitfull, and beareth moft,the famccontinueth 



P leafl whilejandfoonewaxetholdrf Yea,andfomcof them arc to be fcene for to die right out, and 

 that very cjuickly, becaufc they enjoied fo favourable a (eafon, to eaufetliemfo tolpend them' 

 fclvcs with bearing 5 as we may matkc moft eafily in Vinesi 



Chap* xxviltj 

 ^ of the CHulherrictree^ 



COntrarittife jthe Mulberrie tree lafteth long,and is very late ere it fecmeth old'.For why ? it 

 is not given greatly to beare fruit, neither is overloden with Mulberries . To conclude, 

 looke what trees have a curled grainc in the wood, as the Maple, Date-tree, and Poplar, 

 E they continue a long timebcfore they decay. Andin one word, fuchas have their roots digged 

 or delved often and laid bare 3bout,arc not long lived,but foone age and dccay,i 



Ghap. XXIX. 

 ^ oftvild trees i 



AS for w/ild trccs,they endure longcft of all others. And generaliy,as carefull tending and 

 looking to trees,maketh them more fertile: fo there is nothing fooner bringcth age upon 

 them, than fruitfulneflc and much bearing. Hereupon it is likewilc, that Inch trees both, 

 bud and alfo bloffome fooner than others,yea,and oidinarily their fruit is ripe before the reft: in 

 F regard whereof, they are more fubjc^k to the injuiie of the time and the weather, which caofetli 

 alio divers and fundrie infirmities. Moreover, as wee have faid alreadie in the chapter of Maft- 

 trees,there be many that bring forth fruits of different forts : among which may be leckoned the 

 LawrelljWith her variable flowers and Berries growing fothickcjand principally the barren of 

 that kind,which beareth nothing elfe,and therefore is cileemed of fome the male J'hc Hazels aK 



