French way of cultivating vine
Date
14 December 1664
Creator
Samuel Tuke (British) , Army officer
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Manuscript page number
p3
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 197mm
width (page): 153mm
width (page): 153mm
Subject
Description
A figure illustrating a French way of cultivating vine. The information was obtained from the chief vinedresser of Colombes, near Paris by Samuel Tuke, and sent to Charles Howard. The letter was read to the meeting of the Royal Society on 14 December 1664.
Transcription
The way of planting these plants is, yt the Ground must be tilled only 5 or 6 dayes before, you must digge a good foot and a half deep, and ye hole must be almost as large below as above, in like manner, as you make ye foundation of a house. This hole in the vine-dressers language is called Rayon, as Sillon is for Corne. At ye bottom of this hole you must put these plants two by tow, one foot above another, so yt they do almost touch; and tis necessary yt ye root be about half a foot couched in the said Rayon, and yt the rest of ye wood be supported on the side of ye rayon upwards; so yt ye end stand out almost ye height of said rayon, as you may see by this figure.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 14 December 1664, ‘There was read an account of the culture of vines sent from Paris by Sir Samuel Tuke to Mr. Howard; which was ordered to be filed up' (Birch 1:504).
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