c j Che ordering of the Orchard, 
blesand Gentlemen , haue in thefe later times endcauoured to plant and make Vine- 
yards, and to that purpofc haue caufed French men, being skilful! in keeping and dre£ 
fing of Vines, to be brought ouer to performc it , yet either thcirskill failed them , of 
their Vines were not good, or (the moft likely) thefoile was not fitting ; for they could 
neuer make anie wine that was worth the drinking, being (o fmall and heartMe , that 
they foone gaue oucr their praefice. Andindeede the foile isamaine matterro bee 
chiefly considered to feate a Vineyard vpon: for euenin France 'and other hot coun- 
tries, according to the nature ofthe foile, fo is the rellifh, ft length , and durability of 
the wine.Now although I think it a fruitleffe labour for any man to ftriuein thefe daies 
to makca good Vineyard in England, in regard not only of the want of knowledge, to 
make choifc ofthe fitteft ground for fuch Vines asyou would plant therupon,but alfo 
of the true maner of ordering them in our countryjbut moft chiefly fraboueafl others, 
that our years inthefe times do not fal out to be fo kindly and hot, to ripen the grapes* 
to make anie good wine as formerly they haue done 5 yet I thinke it not amifl'e, to giue 
you inftruftions how to order fuch Vines as you may nourfevp for the pleafure of the 
fruit, to eatc the grapes being ripe, or to preferue and keepe them to bee eaten almoft 
all the winter following : And this may be done without any great or extraordinarie 
paines. Some doe make a Iowe wall, and plant their V ines againft it, and keepe them 
much about the height thereof, not fuffering them to rife much higher : but if the 
highbrickeorftonewalsof your Garden or Orchard haue buctreffes thereat orif 
you caufe fuch to bee made, that they bee fomewhar broade forwards, youmaythe 
more conueniently plant Vines of diuers forts at them, and by flicking down a couple 
of good ftakes at euery buttretfc,ofeight or ten foot high aboue ground, tacking a few 
lathes acroffe vpon thofe ftakes, you may therunro ty e y our Vines, & carry them ther- 
on at y our pleafure : but you muft be carefull to cut them euery year, but not too late, 
and fo keepe them downe, and from farre fpreading, that they neuer runne much be- 
yond the frame which you fet at the buttrefles : as alfo in your cutting you neuer leaue 
too many ioynts, nor yet too few, but at the third or fourth ioint at the moft cut them 
off. I doe aduife you to thefe frames made with ftakes and lathes, for the better ripe- 
ning of your grapes : for in the blooming time, if the branches of your vines bee too 
nearethewall,therefle&ionof the Sunne in the day time, andthccolde in the night, 
doe oftentimes fpoile a great deale of fruit, by piercing and withering the tender foot- 
ftalkes of the grapes, before they arc formed, whereas when the bloflomcs are paft,and 
the fruit growing of fome bigne ffc, then all the hcate and reflexion you can giuc them 
is fit, and therefore cut away fome of the branches with the lcaucs, to admit the more 
Sunneto ripen the fruit. Forthediuers forts of grapes I haue fet them downe in the 
Eooke following, with briefe notes vpon euerie of them, whether white or blacke, 
fmall or great, early or late ripejfo that I needenot here make the fame relation again* 
There doth happen fome difeafes toVines fometimes, which that you may helpe, I 
thinke it conuenient to informe you what they are, and howto remedy them when 
you (hall be troubled with any fuch. Thefii ft is a luxurious fpreading of branches and 
but little or no fruit : for remedie whereof, cut the branches fomewhat more neere 
then vfuall, and bare the rootc, but take heed of wounding or hurting it, and in the 
holeput either fome good old rotten ftabledung of Horfes, or clfefome Oxeblood 
new taken from the beafts, and that in the middle of Ianuarie or beginning of Febru- 
arie, which being well tempered and turned in withtheearth,!eritfo abide, which 
no doubt, when the comfort of theblood or dung is well foaked to the bottomeby the 
rainesthat fall thereon, will caufe your Vine tofruiftificagainc. Another faultis, when 
a Vine doth not bring the fruit to ripenefle, but either it withereth before it be growne 
of any bigneffc, or prefently after the blooming : the place or the earth where fuch 
a Vincftandeth,aflurcd!y is toocold, and thcreforeif the fault bee not in theplace, 
which cannot bee helped without remouing to a better, digge out a good quantity of 
that earth, and put into the place thereof fome good frefti ground wellheartned with 
dung, and fome fand mixed therewith (but not fait or fait water, as fome doe aduife, 
nor yet vrine,as others would haue) and this will hearten and ftrengthen your Vine to 
beare out the frut vnto maturitie. Whentheleauesof aVine intheendof Suramef 
or in Autumne, vntimely doe turne either yellow or red, it is a great fignelfte earth is 
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