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affayed it ; and by reafon of fome error and negligence, I obtained not my de- fire : hbwbeit,many of my friends having made diligent trial hereof, found it to be a very true experiment. Likcwifc may
Lentiles be baftcned in their growth^
if they be fmeared over with dry Ox-dung, a little before they are fown ; but they had need lie in that dung four or five daies before they be caft into the ground. So
Me lens may be haftenedin their fruit ;
for if in the Winter-time you lay a parcel of earth in mixens that are made of hoc dung, md in the fame earth fow Melon-feeds, the heat of the dung will caufe them foon to fprout forth : you muft keep them warm with fome covering, from the mow, and the cold of the night; and afterward when the Air is more calm, yon muft plant them in fome other place : for by this means we have haftened the fruit hereof. And by this fame device of preventing their feed 'time, we may caufe
Cucumbers to haft en their fruit.
But Theophrafitte fcittth down another practice. Cucumber-roots, if they be care- fully lookt into, will live long. Therefore if a man cut off a Cucumber clofe by the ground,after it hath brought forthfruit, and then cover the roots over with earth, the very fame roots the year following will bring forth very timely fruit, even be- fore others that were moft feafonably fown. Theophraftut alfo fets down an- other way
Of htftening Cucumber
and that is by macerating the feed before it be fown ; or elfe by fupplytBg it with continual moifture after it is fown. So alfo we may procure
Peafe or Vitches to be timely rife ; If we fow them before their ordinary feafon in Barley time, as Florentine faeweth. But Theophraftus faith this may be done by macerating them in the water before feed-time, but efpeciallyif you macerate themftiales and all : for there is but a lictle of it will turn to putrefaftion ; and the (hale feeds the kernel well at thefirft, howfoevcr afterward it turn to nothing. The fame Theophraftm fhewech alfo
How the ^ape-root may be haftened ingrowth. If the Gardner, faith he, do hide the fame in an heap of earth, it will caufe it to bring forth very timely fruit the year following. There may other fruits alfo be timely ripened ; as-
A Quince may be haftcned in ripening, ■ . ..
if you daily bedew them with continual moifture, as Palladia Giewetb. And Pc mocritm faith, you may have
jirh (3(1 3*4 i- ri *vw»wo . . ' . *. r ,J Rofes growing in the moneth of January ,
if you water the flip twice a day in the Summer-time. We may likewife pro- cure that
gourds (haU bring forth very timely \
by underpropping and holding up their young tender Spues. In like manner we may caufe
The forward Fig»tree to hafien her fruit,
byiCcm!?40r fc^kg thc bo and rug ulue out of it, that when the fuperBuous humor is gone forth, that which is
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leftbehind,may be the more eafily concoded,and fo the fruit will be fooner ripened. To be fhort, we may procure
The timely ripening of all kind of fruit. If we fow or plant them in fomep' ace where they may lie ftill oppofite againft the Sun, or if we put them into certain veflels made for the fame purpofe, and ftill water them with warm water, and let them lie continually in the Suo. And if we wonid have them to haften their fruit very fpeedily, we fhould have an Oven made under thofe veflels, that fo by reafon of a double warmth, 00c from above, and the other from beneath the fruit may more fpeedily be produced. And fufely this is the only caufe* why fruits and flowers are more forward and fooner ripe in the Country Puteoli, and the Ifland Inarime, then in all other places of Campa- nia, bccaufe there they haften theconcoftionand ripening of them, by cherifh- ing the roots thereof with fire and heat within the earth.
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C H A P. IX.
How we may have fruits andfowers at all times of the year,
BY thefc wayes of procuring fruit to be timely ripe, it may be cffc&ed, that we fhali have fruits and flowers at all times of the year, feme very forward that come before their ordinary feafon, and fome late- ward that come after : as for their own time, then, Nature of her felf affords them unto us. Arifiotle in his Pro- blems fheweth ...
How we may have Cucumbers all the year long,
both in feafon and out of feafon. When they are ripe, faith he, you muft put them into a waterifh ditch, neer the place where they grew, and cover it over: for by this means the heat of the Sun cannot come at them to dry them, and the water- ifhneffeof the place will keep them topple and moift, fo that they will ftill be frefh and green. And Theophrafitu after him faith the like ; that Gourds and Cucumbers muft be taken when they are fmall, and in their tender growth, and mult be hidden in fome ditch, where the Sun cannot come to wafte and confume their moifture, nor the wind to dry them , which two things would mar and hinder their growth, aswefeeitfallethoutinTrees, that are fo fituate, as both the wince and the Sun have their full fcope upon them. If you would have
Citron trees betrfrmt all the year ; tohaveCitrons ftill growing frefh upon the Tree, you muft obferve that manner and cuflom which was firft peculiar in Affyria, but is now ufual in many place*. When their feafon is to be gathered, you muft cut off fome of the fruit from the Tree, and prune thofe parts well where you have left no fruit; but you muft leave ibmebehinde, upon fome other parts of the Tree : fo (h\\l you find a new fupply of frefh fruit there where you cut eff the former; and when thete be ripe, then cut off thofe which you left upon the Tree before, and fo frefh fruit alfo will come up in their ftead. *Pontanui hath fet down the fame experiment in verfe ; that part of thi fruit is to be gathered, and the reft left hanging upon the Tree; forfo it will come to pafle, that the Tree will bud forth a frefh in thofe parts where it finds it felf deftituteof fruit, srieving as it were that one bough fhould be beauti- fied with fruir, and the other fhould have none at all. We may alfo effe& this by the help of engrafting : for if we defire
7o have tipples all the year, Djdimw in his Georgicks faith , that if we erigraffe an Apple into a Citron- tree, it will bring forth for the moft pait continual fruit. And if we would
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Artichockes crow continually ^ we may learn to do it out of Cajfianwywho following the Authority of Varrd, faith, that Artiehocks always bring forth fruit about the fame feaConthat they ire fet in,and therefore it is eafie to have them all the year long. The ordinary fealon of planting Artiehocks is in November & September,and commonly they bear fruit in July and Auguft: but they will bring forth alfo in March and April, if they be planted ac- cordingly ; for by that time they will have as perfect a foul, as at any time elfe. If you pra&ife it three years together, to plant them in the moneths of November, December, January, February, and March, you fhall have Artichockes of that kind, as will bring forth frcfli fruit almoft all the year long. Likewife, if youdefire to have
Sperage alwaycs growing frejh,
and fit to be eaten , you muft take this courfe : as foon as you have gathered the fruici you muft dig round about the roots as they lie in their own place under the earth, and by this means they will fHoot up into new ftalks. In like manner, if you de- fae to have
Rofes growing all the year longy
you muft plant them in every rrioneth fomc, and by dunging them, and taking good heed unto them , you (hall have frefh Rofes continually. By the like practice, you may alfo have
Lillies aU the year long •
for if you take the roots or cloves of Lillies, and fet them in the ground, fome four- teen, fomc twelve, fome eight ringers deep, you (hall by this means have Lillies ail the year long, and fo many feveral flowers of thena as you have planted feverai roots. And as this may be done by Lillies , fo Anatolim thinks the fame pra- ctice will take like effect in ail other flowers. Theophrajita faith , that we may have
Violets tlwayes growings
if we fet them in well-fenced places, andfach as lie open to the force of the Suns for commonly fruits and flowers will grow there, when they will grow no where elfe : but they muft be very carefully lookt unto, and then they will come on the better. The beft way is, to fet them in earthen veffels, and keep them from vehe- ment cold and hear, bringing them forth ftill when the Air is calm and temperate, and applying them with moifture, and muck, and carefull drefling. So wc may pro- cure alfo that
The Herbe Oenanthe (hall 'flourifo aB the year ;
tot Theophrtftw writes, that if we deal thereby, as in the procuring of Violets, wc (hall have flowers upon it continually.
Chap. X.
How to produce fruits that {halite later and backward.
have already {hewed how to produce forward fruits that will be very timely ripe ; now it rcmaineth that we fet down fuch cunning fleights and devices, as whereby we may procure fruit to grow very later, not to be ripe before the lowed of Winter. And this we may learn to effect by contrary caufes to the former j and whereas we were to heat that which we would have to be timely ripe, we muft here ufe coolers to make things ripen (lowly; andwherea* before we were to engraffe later fruits into forward trees, here wc muft engrafts forward fruits into later: Trees, Likewife we muft fow or plant late, that we may receive later fruit: for as
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beads that are long ere they be perfe&ly bred, are long before they have theit hair and do not change their hair before the fame time of the year come again, in which they were brought forth ; i'o alio in plant* it cometh to pafle^hae if they be fee late,
they will grow late, and bring forth backward fruits. To begin with engraffi wewili fhew how thereby
To produce later Cherries,
There is a kind of Tree that brings forth a very bitter fruit, fo bitter that it is cal- led Amarendula, that is to fay, a bitterling; a branch of this Tree being en-raff^d into a Cherry-tree, after three or four fcveral engraffings will bring forth atlemnh Cherries that will be very later: and howfoever the fruit of its own kind be very bitter, yet in time it will forget the former re,ifh, andyecld a more pleafant tafte. We may effect this alfo by that kinde of engrafting which we ipoke of in the eighth Chapier • but that will be longer in working. Likewile we may procure that&
A Pear Jb all grow exceeding later,
if we engraffe the fame into a Willow , for we have declared before,that fuch an en- grafting there may be ; and certain it is, that thereby a very latter fruit may be pro- duced. But we muft fee that the Willow grow in fuch a place, as where it may oe nourifhed with continual moifture ; and thi« engrafting mult be done about the lalt dayesof the Moons laft quarter . and it muft be gwffcd betwixt the Tree and the bark. If any man would have
Rofes grow later I
lEloremwui Chews how it may effe&ed. When you have engrafted the Vine-branch into a Cherry-tree, as foon as ever the fruit ccmeth forth, you muft fet the bud of a Rofe into the bark or pill thereof : for growing in another body, look what time the Tree wherein it is fee, will fiu&ifie, and at the fame time will the Role open ic felf, yielding a very excellent favour, and befides will be very pleafant to behold. Tobefhort, all kinds of fruits may be made to grow later, by this kind of engraf- ting. Now there is another way whereby we may procure the backward growth of fruits : and this is by fhaking or plucking off the buds or bloffoms that grow firft upon the Tree ; for while new buds are growing up in the room of the firft, time wears away, • and yet if the Air be feafonable, thefe latter buds will be good fruir, and well ripened, though they be flow. Thus we may produce
Figs that are very backward, as ColameltatUtvtcih. When the green Figs arc very fmall, fhake them eff, and the Tree will i bring forth others that will not be ripe before the latter end of Winter. And Pliny following his authority, faith, that Figs will grow latter, if the fir ft Green ones be fhaken off when they areabout the bigneis of a bean $ for then others will come up in their ftead, which will be long a ripening. And by this means it is, that Tarentinttittievfs how to produce
Latter Grapes,
We muft take away the bunches that grow firft, and then others will grow up in their ftead : but we muft have an efpcciall care ftill to look to the Vine, that other cluftcrs may grow, and at length be ripened. By this means likewile we may caufe
Rofes to open or blow very latter, if We tuck off the buds that grow firft, at fuch time as the flower begins to appear and fhew forth it felf. This praaifc wiU take beft cffe& , if it be uied Ux>a musk-rofes,efpeciallyfuchasarewonttobefulleftof leaves; for thus we have in the Country ftore of Rofes growing all the Winter long, as they ftand in earthen veflTels,and are fet up in Windows. So if you would have
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Clove- gill fiowers blow Uter\ you muft tuck cff the firft ftaiks and flips about that time as they are ready to bud, and fee them in the heat of the ^un all the Summer long ; but you muft water them continually* that they lefe not all their moifture : for by this practice we have pro- cured other Walks, and other flips which have yeelded flowers all the Winter long even to the Spring, fo that we have continual Winter-gilliflowers, both at home and in the Country abroad. There is alfo another device whereby we may caufe frui; to ripen very late; not by fhaking or cutting off the buds, but by planting them late, and keeping away the cold from them. As for example, If we would
Produce later Cucumbers, becaufc we know that this kind of fruit cannot endure any froft,or fliowers,or cold ftorms, therefore we mul|fow the feeds in the Summer-time ; and when the Win- ter draws on, we muft lay heaps of muck round about them, whereby no cold may come at them to dettroy them, and they may be ripened through the heat and fat- nefs thereof. But the beft way to have later Cucumbers , is, as we fhewed before, cither to fet thereof into great Fennel ftalks, orelfetocaft the Cucumbers into a pit for a certain leafon. If wc would have
A %o[e blow in the Winter ; we muft watch the time when the tops of the fets begin to fhoot up, as they grow on their beds ;and then take away the fets, and plant them in another place, where the ioot afterward wil take,& fo yeeld us a w inter- rofe.Like wife if we defire to have
Straw berries in the Winter or Springs as we have in the Summer, we mutt take them whiles they are white, before they are grown to their reddtfh hiew, and put them leaves and all into reeds or canes, flopping up the mouth thereof with fome fat foii,'and burying them in the earth till Winter come ; and then if we would have them to be red of their own natural co- lour, let them lie a while in the Sun, and we (hall obtain our purpofe. By the like device as this is, we may relerve
Lettice for a Winter faUet, When ftie hath brought forth her leaves, that they grow up round together, you mutt bind the tops of them about with a little ft ring, and keep them growing in an earthen veflel, in fuch a place as they may alwayes receive fit nourKhment ; and by this means you (hall have them ftill white and tender. In like manner
Sndtvemay be kept ttll Winter^ to have it ftill frefh for any ule. Others take other courfes that are lefs chargeable; as to cover them only with earth, or with ttraw and leaves. Gardeners with us co- ver them in their Gardens with find or fuch like earth, whereby they keep them very white and tender, and yet enjoy them all the Winter long.