The feventeemh Eooke of 



the hard woodj arc foHifFc and tough alfo that iinneth a manmay plucketherti oif with his Hn^ G 

 gers.but had need of aknife or hooke to cut them away. 



As for thepitching of props into the ground, fome are of opinion ^ that the beft way is to fee 

 them between two vines : and in deed that were the eafier way to com^ about the vines^ for to lay 

 their roots bare when time fcrveth . Alfo^bcttcr is it farre fo to doe, in a vineyard where the vines 

 run upon one finglc trailc, in cafe the faid trailc be ftrong enough, and the vineyard not rubjed 

 to the daunger of winds : but where a vinei runneth foure waies jit muft be relieved with prop and 

 ftaiesas ncareasmay be, to fupport the burden jyetfo, as they tjfcnohinderancewhenasmen 

 iLould come about the foot to lay the root bare : and therefore they would be a cubit off^ and no 

 more. Moreover, thisisagcnerallrulc,ihatavinc bcdeanfed about the root beneath^ before 

 that it be pruned above. j| 



C4/tf treating generally of all matters concei-ning vines, writeth thus by vway of rule and pre- 

 cept : Let your vine(quoth he)be as high as poffibly you can : faften it to the frame deeently,buc 

 take heed you bind it not too hard. Drefle and order it after this maner : After you have cut away 

 the tips and tops thereof, dig round abotit the rootes, and begin then to care up and plow the 

 Vineyard: draw furrows and ridges too and fro throughout. Whiles vines beyong and tender, 

 couch their branches within the ground for propagation, with all fpcedrasforold vines, gueld 

 them as little asyou canj& keep them with a good head 5 rather if need require,Iay them along 

 on the ground, and two yceres after cut them hard to the root.lf it be a young vine^ attend untill 

 it be of itrcngth fufficient jthen will it be time and not afore to cut and prune it.If haply the vine- 

 yard be bare and naked of vines, and that they grow but thin here and there , make furrowes I 

 and trenches between, and therein plant new quickfets : but rid the weeds well from about thofc 

 trenches,for overiliadovijingthem f be ever alio digging and delving. Then, if it be an old vine- 

 yard, fow drage and pulfe for provender;if it be a leane and light ground, fownothis-igthat 

 bcarcthgrainc or corne.Befure that ye lay about the heads of the faid quickfets,dung,chatfe,re- 

 fufe of grapes prcffed,& fuch like mullocke. When the vine beginneth to put out leaves & looks 

 green, fall to disburgeoning. So long as the vinesbe young and tender, tie them furely in many 

 places, for fearc left the wood or ftalkc therof doe breakc alunder. But when a vine bath gotieri 

 head to perch aloft uporu fingle trailcjgently bind the tender burgeons ^branches there'of,ex- 

 tend and ftretchthemout,&lay them itieighi. Now when they itand onccuprighi& arcableto 

 bearc themfel ves,matke when the grapesbegin to change colour;,bind them well & fure below, 



As for graifing of vines/herc are twofeafons of the year meet therfore : the one in the ip ring, 

 the other when tiie vine doth flower 5 and this is held for the beft . If you purpofe to tranflate aa 

 oldftockcof a vine into another place, and there to replant it, cut on the firft thicke arme only 5 

 leaving behind two buds and no more. In taking of it up, bee carcfull that you doe it with fuch 

 dexteritie,as that you rafe not nor wound the foot. This done, lookc how it grew before, fo fet it 

 nowjcither in trench or furrow: couch it we|l and clo(e,and cover it throughly with good mould. 

 After the fame manner as is bcforefaidjUnder-fetand prop it upjbind it,turne and windic jbut 

 above alLbe every while digging about it. As touching the drage called Ocynium, which C4/# 

 willethto be lowed in a vincyarc^ it is a kind of forage or provender for horles, which the Latins 

 in old time named Pabulum;it commeih up very fpcediiy and gtowcihfaft^and bcfidescan well L 

 away with ihadowie places. 



Chap, xxiii. 



^ of trees raunged in rems^for to fupfort vims, 



1 Trcmaincth now in this difcourft and treaiife of Vines, to write of the manner of trees plan- 

 ted of purpofe for to fef ue their turne. And here I cannot chulc but call to minde , fiift, how 

 this point of husbandry hath been judged naught , and altogether condemned by the two" 

 Sarfennx^ both father and fonne j but contrariwiTe held for good, and highly commended by 

 Scr6f(i : whereas, all three were reputed the moft ancient writers, and skjlfulleft in this kind, next ^ 

 toCata, And yet -S'frf)/^, as great a patron as he is thereof, allowcth not this dcvife in any cli- 

 mate els, but only in Italy . Howbeit, gone this hath for currant many yceres paft, and time out 

 of mindjThat the beft and moft dainty wines came of thofe grapes only which grew upon fuch 

 Haiitins or trees beforefaid.Yea, and it was thought generally that the higher a vine climbed up- 



