THE HUSBAEDIidiLH'S FRUITFULL ORCHARD 
[The Husbandman's fruitfull orchard] The Fruiterer’s 
secrets, containing directions for the due time and man¬ 
ner of gathering all kind of fruit. London, Printed by 
R. B. for Roger Jackson, 1604. (Not—ioca^bed) Lm^^l 
A 
Full title as given above, from Haller, Bib. 
Bot. 1:402, and imprint from Cecil, Hist. Card. 
Eng., 2d ed., p.358, where the work is entered 
under ”N. F." Lady Cecil says it was reprinted 
in 1608 and 1609 with title: "The Husbandman’s 
fruitfull orchard". 
Hogg, The Apple (1859), p.xiii, gives title: 
"The Husbandman’s fruitfull orchard" under date 
1597, saying that this is also the date of Law¬ 
son’s "Hew orchard and garden", 1st ed. Since 
the earliest ed. of Lawson now known is that of 
1618,’17 in the British Museum, and also because 
Hogg gives the "Husbandman’s fruitfiill orchard" 
only Tvith the title that is always used ’’or its 
later reprints with Lawson, it looks as tho he 
had unquestioningly accepted the supposed date 
1597 for both works. V?hile there are in actual 
existance eds. of the "Fruiterer’s secrets" (in- 
cludD.ng some under the later title), published 
prior to any known ed. of Lawson, it is rather 
improbable that either of these works goes back 
as far as 1597. 
Haller, l.c., has a supplementary note: "Cum 
Malorum Cantiani Historia". This might indicate 
that the 1604 ed. was appended to, or boimd with 
some account of Kentish apples; or it might mean 
that Haller found ■special information about them 
in the pamphlet itself. R. P. Brotherston, in an 
article, "The Fruiterer’s secrets". Card. Chron. 
(5) 36:262 (Oct.8,1204), does not mention local¬ 
ities; but finds the work generally applicable 
to English fruit growring. 
