Flying attiGral^n^ 
Of gromidhfi fur jour Hop, 
T He Hoppe delighteth and loveth agoodandreafonablefat 
ground, not very cold, nor yet too moift. for I Have feene 
them prove well in FWerx, in drie (kiidie fields, the Hoppe hils 
being of good fat earth, yernay (as fome faie) for great neede 
mafce your Hoppe grow and beare on any kinde of rockie gi'ouncC 
fovhatyourhils be great and fat earth , but the lower ground 
commonly proveth the beft, fo that it ftand well and hot in the 
fun# • . 
A note of the reft above^faid, 
Y Ee^Orall marke and uiiderlUnd, ail thk order 'above- faid, is 
to have many Hoppes and good, with a few roots, and plants 
placed in a fmall plot of ground. Ye hull underftand, the wilde 
Hoppe that growefh in the hedges, is as good to occupieas the 
other, to fet or plant in any other place, but looke that ye take not 
the barren Hoppe to plant, fome Hoppe will be barren for want of 
good earth, and lacke of dreffing, which ye fhall p reeive ( as I 
have told you ) in the fummer before, that when they Ihould 
beare they will be barren, whichis for want of good fat earth, 
or an unkinde yeare, or lacke of weeding and good ordc’ ing. 
Therefore fuch as are minded to beftow labour on the ground, 
may have as good Hoppe growing in this Country, as is in other 
Countries : butlfye will' not goe to the colt, to make Fdop-yards, 
ye may with a light charge have Hops grow in your hedge- rowes, 
toferve as well as the other, and Ihill be as good for theqiiant^ty 
as the other in all refp:£t;s :ye may ( for lack of ground ) p’ant 
Hop roots in hedge-row^, when ye doe^quick-lef, fee up poles by 
tliem when time Ih ill reqiiii e in the fpring, and to bellow every 
w’nter after the gaiheringyour Hoppe ; on every hill head, a Iho- 
vellfull of dung to comtort the earth, for then will they beare 
the more picntie of Hoppe the next yeare following : to conclude, 
you th It have grounds may well praftife in all things afore men- 
tioned, and fpecially to have Hoppe in this ordering, for your 
felves, and others : alfo ye fhall give encouragement for other to 
follow hen after* I have heard by credible perfon'!, which have 
knowne a hundred hils, ( which is a fmall plat of ground ) to bear 
three htind red pound of Hoppe, fothac the commoditie is much, 
an i the gaines great : and one pound of our Hoppe dried and or- 
dered, will goe as farre as t wo pound of the bell Hoppe that com- 
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