Kalendarium hortense, or, The gard'ners almanac directing what he is to do monethly throughout the year, and what fruits and flowers are in prime / by John Evelyn.

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Kalendarium hortense, or, The gard'ners almanac directing what he is to do monethly throughout the year, and what fruits and flowers are in prime / by John Evelyn.
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Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.
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London :: Printed by Jo. Martyn and Ja. Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, and are to be sold at their shops ...,
MDCLXVI [1666]
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Gardening -- Early works to 1800.
Gardening -- England.
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"Kalendarium hortense, or, The gard'ners almanac directing what he is to do monethly throughout the year, and what fruits and flowers are in prime / by John Evelyn." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A38792.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2024.

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To be done In the Orchard, and Olitory-Garden.

SOw Lettuce, Radish, &c. to have tender salleting.

Sow later Pease to be ripe six weeks after Michaelmas.

Water young planted Trees, and Layers, &c. and reprune now Abricots, and Peaches, saving as many of the young likeliest shoots as are well placed; for the now Bearers commonly perish, the new ones succeeding: Cut close and even, purging your Wall-fruit of

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superfluous leaves which hinder from the Sun; but do it discreet∣ly.

You may now also begin to In∣oculate.

Let such Olitory-herbs run to seed as you would save.

Towards the later end, visit your Vineyards again, &c. and stop the exuberant shoots at the second joynt above the fruit (if not finish'd before); but not so as to expose it to the Sun.

Remove long-sided Cabages planted in May to head in Au∣tumme; 'tis the best Cabage in the World.

Now begin to streighten the entrance of your Bees a little; and help them to kill their Drones if you observe too many; set∣ting the new invented Cucurbit-Glasses of Beer mingled with Ho∣ney to entice the Wasps, Flies, &c. which waste your store: Also hang Bottles of the same Mixture

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neer your Red-Roman-Nectarines, and other tempting fruits, for their destruction; else they many times invade your best Fruit.

Look now also diligently under the leaves of Mural-Trees for the Snails; they stick commonly somewhat above the fruit: pull not off what is bitten; for then they will certainly begin afresh.

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