5 52 - The ordering of the Orchard. 
kernels being put into thegroundin the Spring or Summer, and if care bee.had of 
them and conuement keeping, will abide, and by grafting the good finite on the crab 
ftocke they may bee in time nurfed vp) I doe not makeany other cfpcciall account of 
them,nor giue you any further relation of their ordering. Now fortheordcrin^of 
thefe trees after they are eyther planted of young fets, or tranfplanted from the Kcdc 
it is thus : Firft for Bayticcs, the moft vfuall way is to let them grow vphi^hto bcc 
trees, and many plant them ontheNorthorEaftfidcoftheirhoufcsthatthey’may hoc 
beefcorched with the Sunne, but the bitter winters which we often haue, doe pinch 
them lhrcwdly, infomuch that it killeth euen well growne trees fometimes downe to 
the roote : but fome doe make a hedge of them being planted in order, and keep them 
low by lopping ofthem continually, w hich will make them bufh and fpread The Cv- 
preffe tree is neuer lopped, but fufferedtogrow with all the branches from a footea- 
bouc theground, if it may be,ftraight vpright 5 for that is his natiue grace and greate ft 
beautic, and therefore the more branches doc dye that they muft bee cut away the 
more you deforme his propertic. The Pine tree may be vfed in the fame manner ’ buc 
yet it wil better endure to fuftairie pruiriing then the Cyprefle, without any fuch defor- 
mme. The Laurocerafus or Cherry Bay may be diuerfly formed, that is, it may be ei- 
ther made to grow into a tall tree by fhreddingftill away the vnder branches ordfe 
by fuffering all the branches to grow to be a low or hedge bulb, & both by the fuckers 
and by laying downe the lower branches into the earth, you may foonc haue much 
mereafe ; but this way will caufe it to bee the longer before it beare anic fruit The 
Rofe Baye will vene hardlie bee encreafed either by fuckers or by layers, but muft bee 
Offered to grow without lopping, topping or cutting. The Pyracantha orPrickly 
Coral tree may bee made togrow into areafonable tall tree by fhreddingaway the 
lower branches, or it may be fuffered to grow loweinto an hedge bulk by fuffering all 
the branches to grow continually, you may alfo propagate it by the fuckers, or by lav- 
ing downe the lower branches. The Myrtle of allfoitsabideth a low bufli fpreading 
his blanches full of fweetclcaues and Bowers, Without anie great encreafe of itfelfe 
yet fometimes it giueth fuckers or fhootes from the rootes : but for the more fpeedie 
propagating ofthem, fome doe put the cuttings ofthem into the earth, and thereby in- 
crcafe them. There arc fome othertrees that arenot ofany great refpedf, asthe Yew 
tree, and the Savine bulh, both which may be encreafed by the cuttings, and therefore 
I need not make any further relation or amplification ofthem, and to fay thus much of 
them all, is ( I thinke) fufncient for this Worke. 
Chap. Xj 
The ordering, curing, and prepagiting Vines of all forts. 
I N moft places ofthiscountric there is fmallcare or paines taken about the orde- 
rs ofVines : it fufficethforthe moft part with them that haue anic, tomakea 
frame for itto fpread vponaboue a mans height, ortotacke it toa wall or win- 
dow, &c. and fo to let it hangdoNme with the branches and fruit, vntill the weight 
thereof, and the force ofwindcs doe tcare it downe oftentimes, and fpoile the grapes : 
and this way doth fomewhat referable that courfe that the Vineyard keepers obferue 
in the hot countries of Syria, Spaine, and Italy, and in the furtheft parts of France as I 
hear likewife : for in moft of thefe hot countries theyvfeto plant an Oliuebetwecne 
two Vines, and let them runne thereupon. But manie of the other parts of France, &c. 
doe not fuffer anic trees to growc among their Vines ; and therefore they plant them 
thicke, and pruinc them much and often ^ and kcepc them lowe in comparifon of the 
other way, fattening them topearchesor poles to hold them vp. And according to 
that falhionmany haueaduenturedto make Vineyards in England, not ondy in thefe 
later daies.but in ancient times, as may wel witnefte the fundrie places in this Land,en- 
titulcd by the name of Vineyards ; and I haue read^hatinanieMonafteriesinrhisKin-r. 
dome hauing Vineyards, had as much wine made therefrom, as fufficed their couents 
yeare by years : but long fince they haue been deftroyed , and the knowledge how to 
order a Vineyard is alfo vtcerly perilhed with them. For although diuers , both No- 
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