407 / 1060
C
.fl
A
P.
XXVI.
Of Phze
;
and of tbe
fir.ftMan that made
it
in
Cozco ;
and
of ihe value of
it.
~N
the 21,fl:
0Pfanur.fn1,
1570.
bemg
upon my departure
for
Spain,
I
paffed
~
throu_gh the Plantation of
Peter
Lopez.
de
Cafalla,
a Native of
Llerena,
a
lace
not
far
Giifiant
from
Co~co,
he
had
been
Secretary to the Prefident of
Gafca,
othenvife called
Marcahuaji,
about
nine Leagues from tbe
City,
and
ther~
I
m7c
witb
a
Pwtµgi,il,
alled
Alfonfo
Vitez:,,
.who w..as-a great
Husb'!-lldman,
and
skilfull
m
.Agriculture and
a
very
honeft
Man;
he fuewed me
all
his
Ground and
Planta–
tions
which
were
full
of
mofr
rare
and
excellent Grapes, but would not fuffer
,ine
.c'o gather one bunch of them, which would
have been
very acceptable to
a
Traveller,
a I
was, and to one who loved them
fo
well,
but
he was
not pleafed
to {hew me
fo
much kindnefs; which when he perceived
that
I
took notice of,
he told
me
plainly., that
I
ought to pardon
that
piece ofdifcourtefie,
for
that
his
Mafier had encharged him not to meddle
with
{o
much
as
one Grape, becaufe he
Intended to m.ake Wine of them,
as
he afterwards did, preffmg them in
a
trough,
becaufe he had no other convenience wherewith to tread or prefS them out; "'
and
:f1S
a
School-fellow of
mine
told me afterwatds
in
Spain,
that
this
Peter Lopez
de
Car1tc11//fi:J
refolved to gain the Jewel which
Char!e.r
the
s-th
commanded
co
be
given
co
the
firfr
S;aniard,
who from any of the
Spanijh
Plantations Ihould
pro–
duce,
or
be
able
to
fhew a
certain quantity of
Wheat,
Barley, Wine
or Oil,
the
which this
great Emperour, and ocher Princes of glorious memoi'y, were pleafed
to
hold
forth,
as an encouragement to thofe
who
fhould :well manure their
Land,
that
it
might produce
the Fruits
of
Spain,
which did not originally belong to
that
Countrey.
The quantity
of
Wheat or Barley which
was
required·,
was
about
a
Seame,
and
of
Wine,
and
Oil,
about a hundred
Weight
of each, which is four
ArrobtU
of
Spanifh
Meafure; and the Reward was to be of two pieces of Plate to the value
of
three hundred
ucats a piece ; the gain and lucre of which was not the chief
motiv , that induced
Pedro de
Lope~
de Caf.alla
to be thus indufuious
in
his Plan–
tations, but rather the Glory and Honour he conceived of being renowned
to
po–
fterity, for being the
fir!t
who made Wine from his own Vineyards near
Coi::,co:
and thus much {hall ferve as
to
the
fir!l:
Wines which were made in my Countrey,
for
other Cities of
I'
eru,
fuch as
H11amanca
and
Arequepa,
had them long
before,
but they were a fiveec
fort
of
Ha!oca,
or Mufcatel Wines. Difcourfing once in
Cordova
with
a
Canon or Prebend of
Peru,
concerning thefe matters which
we
now relate, he told me that
he
was acquainted in the Kingdom of
f2.!!_itu,
with
a
certain
Spaniard,
who was a very curious Perfon, and one very skilfull
in
Husban..
dry,
efµecially in the manuring of Vineyards; for he was the firfr that brought
Vines from
Rimac
to
~itu,
and had planted a fpatious Vineyard along the Banks
of the River
Mira,
which being under the Equinoetial Llne,
is
extremely hot;
ThisStor is
and for the greater curiofity he !hewed
me
twelve feveral Apartments, one of
very quellio–
which he pruned every month in the year, and by that means had always frefh and
!Jable, for
it
rip~ Gr~pes
through all the months of the year.
In
all pares of
Peru
they water
!~a;~:d~;
die1r
V
me , becaufe the Countrey is very hot, and the W elthe:r
al
ways of the
che
Equinoc·
fame temperature;
fo
that when they would have their Vines produce their Fruit
tfal the Sap
they afford them Water, and vvhen not, and that they vvould have the Sap
fali
of
r.heVine
to the r?ot, they vvith-hold the Water, and afrervvards having cafr their Leaves,
~::
: a~e;~n·
and agam pruned
t~em,
they open the Water-banks, vvith vvhich the root being
feq~emiy
no
:efrefhed! they
fpnng~
and
~ud,
and produce their Fruit :
In the fame manner
Fruit be
pro-
1t pafies m
fom~
Valltes
vvir~
th.e Mayz vvhere one furrovv is nevvly fovved,
duccd.
vvhen
~mother
1s half a
foot
h1°h m grovvth and another is
in
the ear and ready
to be reaped; all vvhi h is
effected by
the
n~tural
fituation of che
CJ~ace,
vvhich
makes