Worlidge, John 1640-1700 (approx)

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Worlidge was reported to be a great lover of gardening and or rural affairs. He wrote Systema Agriculturae - The Mystery of Husbandry Discovered (1699). Likewise this book presented useful and well informed information relative to husbandry. He also was the author of Vinetum Brittannicum or A Treatise on Cider (1676), and Systema Horticulturae or The Art of Gardening (1677). He urged the extensive culture of grapes.