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Show Or, An Appendix concerning Fruit- Trees, &c. POMONA: ani told)in Hereford-fhire in the Plantations of their @uick-fets, or any other, all men did fo fuper/titioufly place a Crab-ftock at every twentyfoot diftance,as ifthey had been under fome rigorousStatute requiring it; andI am of Opinion, that *twere better to be content with Fruit inthe bordering founds, than to be at all this trouble to raile Taps, or temporary banksin the midft of an Incloferes or Stools, Tables, Chairs, Piftol-Stocks, Inftruttient-Maker, Cabinets, and very many worksof the Joyner, (who can make it eafly to counterf eit Ebony ) and Sculptor, eitherfor flat, or embofs'dWorks, and to Engrave upon, becaufé the Grain intercep ts not the Tool. Andfo is likewife both the Black-Cherry (¢fpecially for the Necks of’ Mufical-Inftruments) aedthe Plum-Tree, if Pears will thrive in the Plain of the Ortyard, as we frequently fee them, (where neither Apple or other Frait could in appearance be expected) then Crabs, which may be raifed on the Aoneds, will kindly mix the Liquor into very good Bewerage. CHAP. VIII. Of Pruning and Ufe ofthe Fruit-Trees. *“V"He Branches are to be lopp'd in proportion to the bruiles of the Roots, whofe fibres elfe fhould only be quickned, not altogether cut off nor intangled: For the Top, let a little of each arm be lopp’d in €ider-fruit only 5 but for the Pears, cut two or three buds deep at the fummities of their afpiring Branches, jult above theeye flanting ; this will keep them from over-hafty mounting, reduce them intoshape, and accelerate their bearing. To this we add again out of Dr. Beals Herefordfbire orchards, pag. 23. Jz a graffed plant every Bough fhould be bopped at the wery tops, en Apples and Pears, as iz Cherries and Plums, it Tran{planted without violation of Kvots, which only indeed rendersit !efs neceflary. In moft kinds of natural Plants the Boughs fhould not at all be lopped , but fome taken offclofe tothe Trunk, that the Root at firft Tranfplantation be not engaged to maintain too many Suckers, this to be underftood, though of fuch as grow naturally from the Kernel, or the Bur-knot 5 efpecially if removed after they are well rooted. And this muft be done with fuch difcretion, that the Top- branches be not too clofe together s for the natural Plant is apt to grow{piry, and therebyfails of fruitfulnefs. Therefore let the re~ Served Branches be divided at a convenient roundue(s. The Branches ofthofe we call natural Plants (for ufually the Graffed generally fail) that are cut off, maybe fet, and wil grow, though flowly, If the Topprove (piry, orthe fruit unkind, thea the due remedy -mujt be in re-grafting. See Chap. xxviij.in Sylva. Befides the Perrys, dri'd and preferv'd Fruit, ufeful is the Pear- Tree (and beft the moft barren, or Pig-taile, as they call it, which isthe Wild Pyralter) for its excellent colour'd Timber, hard and levigable (feldom or not ordinarily worm-eaten ) efpecially for Stools, ANIMAD.- 2g |
