The ordering of the ffitchen (jar den. 
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for the moft part wholly nourfed vp from the feede that is here gathered; andbecau/e 
there is not fo much (lore of them either fowne or fpent, as there isof Onions by the 
twentieth part , we are Hill the more carefull to be prouided from our ownc labours - 
yettherebe diners Gardiners inthis Kingdome, that doc gather fome fmall quantity 
of Onion feede alfo for their owneor their priuate friends fpending. The fowingoF 
them both is much about one timeand manner, yet moft vliially Leeks are fowne later 
then Onions,and both before theend ofMarchat the furtheft; yet fome fowe Onions 
from the end of Iuly to the beginning of September, for their Winter prouifion.Thofe 
that are fowne in the S pring, are to be taken vp and tranfplanted on a freih bed prepa- 
red for the purpofe, or elfe they will hardly abidea Winter ; but hauing taken roots 
before Winter, they will beate good feede in the Summer following : You muft flake 
both your Leekes and your Onion beds, and with poles laid a croffe , binde your lop- 
ple headed ftalkes vnto them, on high as well as belowc , or elfe the windcand theit 
ovvne weight will beare them downe to the ground, and fpoile your feede. You mull 
thinne them; that is, pull vp continually after they are firft fprung vp thofe that growe 
toothickc, as you doe with all the other herbes before fpoken of, that they may haue 
•the more roome to thriue. Of all thefe herbes and rootes before fpoken of, you muft 
take the likelieft and faireft to keepe for your feede; for if you fliould not take the beft 
what hope ofgood feede can you expedt i The time forthe fpending of thefe herbes 
and rootes, not particularly mentioned, is vntill they begin to runnevp for feede, or 
vntill they are to be tranfplanted for feede, or elfe vntill Winter, while they are good, 
as eucry one iliall fee cable. 
Chap. 1 1 1 1. 
Hm to order Artichokes, Melons , Covocstmbers , 
and Pomp tens. 
T Here are certaine other herbes to be fpoken of, which are wholly nourfed vp 
for their fruit fake, ofwhomlfhall not need to fay much, being theyarefo 
frequent in euery place. Artichokes being planted offaire and large flips , ta- 
ken from the roote in September and O&oberlyct not too late) will moft of them 
beare fruit the next yeare,fo thatthey be planted in well dunged ground, and thecarth 
raifed vp like Vnto an Anthill round about each roote, to defend them the better from 
the extrearae frofts in Winter. Others plant flips in March and April!, or fooner,but 
although fome ofthem will beare fruit the fame yeare, yet all will not. And inddldd 
many doe rather choofero plant in the fpring then in the fall, for that oftentimes an 
extreamehard Wintcrfollowingthenewfettingofflips , when they haue not taken 
fufficient heart and roote in the ground, doth vttcrly pierce and perifh them , when as 
they that are fet in the Spring haue the whole Summers growth, to make them ftrong 
before they feele any (harpe frofts , which by that time they are the better able to 
beare. Muske Melons haue beenc begun to bee nourfed vp but of late dayes in this 
Land, wherein although many haue tryed and endeauoured to bring them to perfeiSi- 
on , yet few haue attained vnto it : but thofe rules and orders which the beft and skif- 
fulleft haue vfed, I will here fet downe, that who fo will, may haue as good and ripe 
Melons as any other in this Land. The firft thing you aretolookevnto, istopro- 
uideyou a peece ofground fit for the purpofe , which is either a floping or (heluing 
banke,lyifigopenandoppofiretotheSouthSunae, orfome other fitplace notfliek- 
uing, and this ground alfo you muft fo prepare, that all the art you can vfe about it to 
make it rich is little enough ; and therefore you muft raife it with meereftablefoyle, 
thorough rotten & wel 1 turned y p,that it may be at thcleaft three foote deepe thereof 
which you muft caft alfo into high beds or balkes,with deepe trenches or furrowes be- 
tweene, fo as the ridges may be at the lead a foot and a halfe higher then the furrowes; 
forotherwifeitisnotpoffibletohauegood Melons growe ripe. The choife of your 
feede alio is another thing of efpeciall regard, and the beft is held to be Spanilh , and 
not French, which hauing once gained, befure to haue ftill of the fame while they laft 
good. 
