Chap. XX
How to make Grapes grow as bigge, full, and as naturally, and to ripen in as due season, and be as long lasting as either in Fraunce or Spaine.
Diuers of our English Gardiners, and those of the best and most approued’st iudgements, haue béene very industrious to bring Grapes, in our kingdome, to their true nature and perfection: and some great persons I know, that with infinit cost, and I hope prosperous successe, hath planted a Vineyard of many Acres, in which the hands of the best experienced french-men hath béene imploied: but for those great workes they are onely for great men, and not for the plaine English Husbandman, neither will such workes by any meanes prosper in many parts of our kingdome, especially in the North parts: and I that write for the generall vse, must treate of vniuersall Maximes: therefore if you desire to haue Grapes in their true and best kinde, most earely and longest lasting, you shall in the most conuenient part of your garden, which is euer the center or middle point thereof, build a round house, in the fashion of a round Doue-coate, but many degrées lower, the ground worke whereof shalbe aboue the ground two or thrée brickes thickenesse, vpon this ground-plot you shall place a groundsell, and thereon, fine, yet strong studs, which may reach to the roofe: these studs shalbe placed better then foure foote one from another, with little square bars of woode, such as you vse in glasse windowes, two betwixt euery two studs, the roofe you may make in what proportion you will, for this house may serue for a delicate banqueting house, and you may either couer it with Leade, Slate or Tile, which you please. Now, from the ground to the top, betwéene the studs, you shall glase it, with very strong glasse, made in an excéeding large square pane, well leaded and cimented. This house thus made, you shall obserue that through the bricke worke there be made, betwéene euery two studs, square holes, cleane through into the house; then on the out-side, opposite against those holes, you shall plant the roote of your Vine, hauing béene very carefull in the election and choise thereof: which done, as your Vine groweth you shall draw it through those holes, and as you vse to plash a Vine against a wall, so you shall plash this against the glasse window, on the in-side, and so soone as it shall beginne to beare Grapes you shall be sure to turne euery bunch, so that it may lye close to the glasse, that the reflection of the Sunne heating the glasse, that heate may hasten on the ripening, & increase the groath of your Grapes: as also the house defending off all manner of euill weather, these Grapes will hang ripe, vnrotted or withered, euen till Christmas. Thus haue I giuen you a tast of some of the first parts of English Husbandry, which if I shall finde thankefully accepted, if it please God to grant mée life, I will in my next Volumne, shew you the choise of all manner of Garden Hearbes and Flowers, both of this and other kingdomes, the seasons of their plantings, their florishings and orderings: I will also shew you the true ordering of Woodes, both high and low, as also the bréeding and féeding of all manner of Cattell, with the cure of all diseases incident vnto them, together with other parts of Husbandry, neuer before published by any Author: this I promise, if God be pleased: to whom be onely ascribed the glory of all our actions, and whose name be praised for euer. Amen.
FINIS
Chap. II.
‘adicted to nouelty and curiouity’ changed to ‘adicted to nouelty and curiousity’ on signature A4r.
Chap. III.
‘Plough houlder when hée cometh to’ scan is unclear on signature B3r.
‘two much earth’ probable misprint for ‘too much earth’ on signature C1r.
Chap. IIII.
‘the of point your share’ changed to ‘the point of your share’ on signature C2r.
Chap. V.
‘of that which you soil’d:’ changed to ‘of that which you foil’d:’ on signature C3v.
Chap. VI.
‘the ridge of you land againe.’ probable misprint for ‘the ridge of your land againe.’ on signature D4v.
‘Tare-Cockle, or such like,’ scan is unclear on signature D4v.
‘After your land is soild,’ changed to ‘After your land is foild,’ on signature E2r.
Chap. VII.
’and if you ffnde any part of it’ changed to ‘and if you finde any part of it’ on signature F2r.
‘Manure of beasts which can be-gotten’ probable misprint for ‘Manure of beasts which can be gotten’ on signature F4r.
‘your fould of Séepe’ changed to ‘your fould of Shéepe’ on signature G1r.
‘frost, winde, and weathe,rmakes’ changed to ‘frost, winde, and weather, makes’ on signature G1v.
‘no wing accoridng’ changed to ‘no wing according’ on signature G2r.
Chap. IX.
‘much barrainnesse, espcially’ changed to ‘much barrainnesse, especially’ on signature H3r.
‘it shall be needlesse’ scan is unclear on signature H3v.
The First Part
Chap. I.
‘you most turne euery furrow’ probable misprint for ‘you must turne euery furrow’ on page 3.
‘hée must sooner stirer’ changed to ‘hée must sooner stirre’. Scan is unclear on page 4.
Chap. II.
‘euery thing with is most apt’ changed to ‘euery thing which is most apt’ on page 8.
Chap. III.
‘their naturall lighnesse’ changed to ‘their naturall lightnesse’ on page 11.
’as hath, béene showed before’ changed to ‘as hath béene showed before’ on page 13.
Chap. IIII.
’it is most, certaine’ changed to ‘it is most certaine’ on page 15.
‘Cornes in their gardens thus, set seeing’ changed to ‘Cornes in their gardens thus set, seeing’ on page 16.
Chap. V.
‘vpon the or fourth field’ changed to ‘vpon the third or fourth field’ on page 20.
’is ninam Barly,’ probable misprint for ‘is niam Barly,’ on page 24.
Chap. VI.
’as we sée in dayly experience,’ changed to ‘as we sée in dayly experience.’ on page 28.
The Second Part of the First Booke
Chap. I.
‘perfect ground-plot, you’ scan is unclear on page 34.
‘twelue or fourtéene foote on of another,’ probable misprint for ‘twelue or fourtéene foote one of another,’ on page 35.
‘thorny and sharpe, trées,’ changed to ‘thorny and sharpe trées,’ on page 38.
Chap. IIII.
‘you shall tak one of your grafts’ changed to ‘you shall take one of your grafts’ on page 49.
Chap. V.
‘Grafting betweene the barke.’ scan of sidenote is unclear on page 53.
‘not aboue trée grafts at the most’ changed to ‘not aboue thrée grafts at the most’ on page 53.
‘Grafting on the toppes of trees.’ scan of sidenote is unclear on page 56.
’and to contincu’ changed to ‘and to continue’ on page 58.
Chap. VI.
‘Of the replanting of Trees, and furnishing the Orchard,’ changed to ‘Of the replanting of Trees, and furnishing the Orchard.’ on page 59.
Chap. VII.
’it is a ready away’ changed to ‘it is a ready way’ on page 63.
‘two much fertillitie’ probable misprint for ‘too much fertillitie’ on page 66.
‘stéepe it Mfor alt’ changed to ‘stéepe it for Malt’ on page 67.
Chap. VIII.
‘for any peculyar pofit’ changed to ‘for any peculyar profit’ on page 67.
Chap. IX.
’and growriuelled’ changed to ‘and grow riuelled’ on page 81.
‘they can by meanes indure,’ changed to ‘they can by no meanes indure,’ on page 85.
Chap. XI.
‘then contiunally labour’ changed to ‘then continually labour’ on page 90.
Chap. XII.
‘Of Poales.’ scan of sidenote is unclear on page 94.
Chap. XIIII.
‘dry more Hoppes then any one man’ scan is unclear on page 103.
Chap. XVII.
‘then betwxit your tiles’ changed to ‘then betwixt your tiles’ on page 126.
Chap. XVIII.
‘Chap: XVIII.’ changed to ‘Chap. XVIII.’ on page 127.
‘single or double trayles,’ scan unclear on page 127.
Chap. XIX.