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12 totalL'art et maniere de semer/ & faire Pepinieres des Saulvaigeaulx Enter de toutes sortes D'arbres/ & faire Vergiers. Avecques plusieurs aultres nouveaultez. Redigé & mys en escript par frere Dany/ Religieulx de l'Abbaye sainct Vincent/ lez le Mans. Selon ce qu'il en a longuement esprouvé & experimenté en son temps/ a faire dresser les vergiers de ladicte Abbaye.
Rondeau
Cy commence les chapitres contenuz en ce present livre.
Le premier chapitre/ qui est d'affier Pommiers & Poyriers Prunier & Cormiers.
Le second chapitre qui est de faire bastardiere/ de faire petis saulvageaulx quant ilz sont arrachez de la pepiniere.
Le tiers chapitre qui est d'affier arbres de noyaulx.
Le quatriesme chapitre: qui est d'affier autres arbres. Lesquelles viennent de gros cyons: picqués sans avoir racines/ & de proignez les menus cyons.
Le cinquiesme chapitre qui est d'enter en quatre manieres.
Le sixiesme chapitre: qui est de transplanter les arbres.
Le.vii. chapitre qui est de medeciner & entretenir les arbres quant on les affie.
Description
This compact treatise offers a window into the gardening know‑how of a 16th‑century monastic community. Penned by a brother of the Abbey of Saint‑Vincent, the author mixes clear step‑by‑step directions with occasional verses, showing how to prepare beds, spread fruit‑press waste as seed‑bed, and protect young shoots from wandering animals. Readers will hear the rhythm of seasonal timing, from sowing in early autumn to the careful removal of seedlings after their first winter.
The work is organized into seven short chapters, each devoted to a different stage of orchard building. It begins with the basics of establishing nurseries for apples, pears, plums and cherries, then moves on to grafting, transplanting, and the ongoing care required to keep trees healthy. For anyone fascinated by historic agriculture, the guide brings the earthy patience and simple ingenuity of early modern horticulture to life.
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Language
fr
Duration
~1 hours (80K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Laurent Vogel (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr)
Release date
2007-09-08
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
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About the author
David Brossard
Best known for a compact early French guide to sowing, nurseries, and grafting, this little-known writer helped shape practical gardening literature in the 1500s. His work was influential enough to be adapted into English and kept circulating long after its first publication.
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