Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Hoare, Clement
HOARE, CLEMENT (1789–1849), vinegrower, was born in 1789. He cultivated a vineyard at Sidlesham, near Chichester, whence he removed, between 1835 and 1840, to 'Shirley vineyard,' near Southampton. He died at Vauxhall, Surrey, on 18 Aug. 1849, aged 60 (Gent. Mag. new ser. xxxii. 437). He was author of two valuable handbooks: 1. 'A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape Vine on open walls,' 8vo, London, 1835; 2nd edition, 1837; 3rd edition, 1841. 2. 'A Descriptive Account of an improved Method of Planting and Managing the Roots of Grape Vines,' 8vo, London, 1844.
[Hoare's Works.]