Pimies Naturall Pliftorie, ^ip 



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offnmwes and trenches wherein vim are planted :alfiof pnmwg vines, 



IT fufficcth that the furrow or trench wherein a vine is to be planted^ be a fpade or fhovels bit 

 breadth : but ditches would be three foot long every way . Be it furrow^ trench, or di tch,w!icr- 

 in a vine is to be replanted, it ought to bee three foot dcepe 5 and therefore no plant thereof 

 fliould be remooved fo little, but that it might over and bcfidcs fland above ground, and ihev'j 

 two buds at the leaft in fight, Necdfullit is moreover, that the earth b.e well loofencd and made 

 more tender and gentlejby fmall furrows raunged and trenched in the bottome of the diich jyca 

 B and to be tempered fufficiently with dung; Now if the vineyard lie pendant upon the hanging of 

 the hill, it requireth deeper ditches, andthofc railed up well with earth and hM^Q^ from the 

 brims and edges on the lower ground. Asfor fuch which fliall bee made longer, and able to re- 

 ceive two vine-plants growing contraric one to the other, they fhall bee called in Latine,Alvei; 

 Above alKthc root of the vine ought tolland juft in the midi> of the hole or ditch ; but the head 

 and wood thereof which refleth upon the found and firme ground, as neare as polfible is, muft 

 beare dire(^^ly into the point of the -^Equinodiali Sun-rifing: and withall, the firft props that ic 

 leaneth upon J would be of Reeds and Ganes. 



As touching the bounding and limitation of a vineyard, the ^principall way which runneth *Dcmn!sraii 

 ftraight Eall and Weft, ought to carie eighteene foot in breadth, to the end that two carts may ^'^ 

 Q pafle eafiiy one by another,when they meetjthe other crofleallies,dividing every acre juft in the 



midsjmuft be ten foot broad: but if the plot or modell of the vineyard will beare itjthefe^allies *cardi7^e$. 

 alfo which lie North and South ,would be as large full as the aforefaid principall high way .More- 

 over/.his would bee alwaiescon{idered,That vinesbe planted by the fives 3 chat is to fay, that at 

 every fifth perch or pole that fboreih them up^there be a path dividing every raunge and courfe, 

 and one bed or quarter from another. If the ground bee ftiffe and hard^ it mull of necdlitie be 

 twice digged over, and therein quick- fets onely thathave taken root,iluift be replanted : marie in 

 caleicbe aloofcmould,light,and gentle, you may fet very cuttings and fions fiomthe llocke, 

 cither in furrow or in trcnch,chufe you whether.But fay it be a high ground and upon the hill, 

 better it is tocaft itintofurrowcsoverthwart, than todigitj that by this means the pearchcsor 

 D props may keepe up the ground better, which by occafion of raine water would fetde downe- 

 ward. When the weather is dilpofcd to raine j pr the ground by nature drie, it is good planting 

 vinc-fets or fions at the fallof theleafe, unleffe the confticution of the trad and quaiitieof a 

 countrey require the contrarie: for a drie and ho: foile would be planted in Autumne or the fall 

 of the leafe, whereas a moift and cold coaftmay tarrie, even until! the end of Spring. Let the 

 foile be drie and hard,bootlefic it will be to plant, yea though it were a very quicke-lct, root and 

 all. Neither will it doe well to venter thefettmgof imps cut irom the trec^ in a drie place, unlefl^ 

 it be immediatly upon a good ground ftiowre : but in low grounds, where a man may iiave wa- 

 ter at will, there is no daunger at all to fet vine brauncheSjeven with leaves on the head ; for they 

 will take well enough at any time before the midfommerfunftead , as we may fee by experience 

 E in Spaine. When you will plant a vinCjchufc a f aire day 5 and if poffibly you can> let it be when 

 there is no wind ftirring abroad^ for fuch a calmefeafon is beft: and yet many are of opinion, 

 BbatSouthernwindsbegOodjandthey wifliforthem;whichiscleane contrarie unto C^/^his 

 mindjwho expreflely excepreth and rejedeth them. If the ground be of a middle temperature, 

 there oughttobeeafpaceof five foot diftance betweene every vine rand in cafe it be a rich and 

 fertile foile, there would be foure foot at Icaif from one to another j but in a leane hungrie peccc 

 of light groundjthere fliould be eightfoot at the moft : for whereas the Vmbrians and Marfi- 

 ans leave twcntie foot void betweene every raunge of vines, they do it for to plough and fow in 

 theplacc, and therein they have quarters,beds,and ridges,called Porculera. if the place where 

 you plant a vineyard be fubjetttothickeand darkc miffs, or toarainiedifpofitionof the wea- 

 F thet;, vines ought to be fet the thinner: but in a drie quarter, it is meet they fliould bee planted 

 rhicke. Moreover, the wit and induftric ofmaahath found out meanes to favc charges, and in 

 fetting a nource- garden with vine-fions to goe a nearer way, with fmall expence and no lofTc of 

 ground.'for in replanting a vineyard withquickc-fetsuponalevell plot, onely digged andiaid 

 even, they have with one and the fame labour (as it were by the way) replenillied the ground bc- 



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