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Lhe ordering ofthe Orchard, manner thereofjitis thus/Hauing'a tree well growne,lbetit high ortow, yerthe lowet the better, wichryoung branches well {pread, they vierofer ftockesiround about} ir onthe onefide asyouplealé' | into whieh ftockes theypingraftthe young branches or the well grownetreeas they are gfowinigtbefore theyout them fromthe tree) by how. ing: downerhebranch they intend to graftyand patting icinto the focke, "having fit cutoff‘the headthereof; and'cutainotch in the midale of the headalitrle flopeon both fides, wherein thebranch muft be fitted slerthebranch be curthinne onthe yp. derfide; only ofthat tenach as thay fuficerefit the notclnin the Nuke, leauing abort haifea yardelengch of the brabch, ‘ro rifeaboue or beyondthe ftocke, whichbeeing bound onsand clayed oueror covered with red or greene loft waxe, theylet foubide thavif! ictakeiinthe ttocke they cur off the branch ‘alice below the grafting placein Nouember following; and Yemouing the ftocke, they-haue thus gained a praftedand grownetree the firft yeare: butitis vfually feene, that whereone branch taketh, three doe miffe : yet thismanner ofgrafting was muchin vfe for May Chérries,when they were firft known to vs, and the way thoughtto be araremannerofgta fting toencréafe them, vatill a better way wasfound out, which nowis fo common and goodalfo, that ghis isnot now {carce thought vpon. 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Anotherkindeof grafting in the ftocke iscalled of fome whipping,’ of fome fplicing, of others incifing, and ofothers packing on: (and as heare, is muchvfed in the Weft parts efpecially,and alfo in the North parts ofthis Land) andis performed in this manner +“Fake and flice the branch ofa tree(fo as the branch benor too bigge) or elfe a young, tree of two,or three,or foure yeares growth at the moft,quite offflope wife,about an inch and a halfe leng or more, and cut adeep notchinthe middlethere- of; -then-fit into ita graftiuft ofthatfize or bignefle, cut on both fides with thoulders, and thinattheend, thatit may ioyne clofe inthe notch, and neyther bigger of léffer, but that the-barkeof the one may beefitted inftto the barke oftheother, the figure wherofis expreffed at the léttéts E.F. which thew the onc to be witha thoulder & the other without ; bindethemgently togetherwith baft,and put clay orwaxeouerthe place,vntill ithe taken: thisis muchvied oflate dayesifor fuch:youngtreesas ateri- fen of ftonesor kernelsafter the fecond ar third yeares growth, and thriuevery well in that it not only faueth muchtime, but diuers checks by remouing:and grafting. 4. Inoculating or grafting in the buddeis another manner of grafting, which is the taking of a buddefrom one treejand puttingit into the barke of anothertree, to the end, thatthereby you may haue of the fame kinde offruit thetreebarefrom whence the budde was taken and althoughit bée fufficiently: knownein manyplaces ofthis Land, yetasT vaderftand, good Gardiners in the North parts, and likewife in fome 0ther/places, can fcarcetell whatit meaneth,orat the leaft how to doc it well. Itisper formedafter a different fathion from the former, alshoughthey all tend yntooneend, whichisthe propagating of trees. You muft for this purpofe obferue; that fortholt trees you would graft, either with, or vpon, ‘you choofe fit time in-Summer, whea the fappe iswell rifen, and yourgraft-wellfhor, that the barke willrife eafily'and cleanly both of ftocke and graft, which time! cannot appoint, becaufe the years doe differin earlineffe , and the feuerall parts or countries Of this Landboth likewife one fromanother, but moft vfually in thefeSoutherne parts from g of Tune vatothe end of it, ortothe middle ofluly, or either fomewhatthebeginnin before orafters Fislt (as I faid) hauing taken the fittefttime of the yeare, you muft take efpeciall care, that yourgrafts be wellgrowne, and ofthe fame yeares fhoote, and.alfothat the buds of Hepes buclingleleaues atthem, 25 neare as youcan ; for I would viterly see 101 buds that haue aboue two leaves as vnprofitable, either in Peaches or any othe! fruit and therefore fee that your grafts or cyonsbeetaken from thechicfett place o! the tree, that is,either from the toppe,or froma funnie fide thereof, and contrariefide if you may otherwife, nor from any vnder-boughes:; for graft isfo fmalla thing,you had neede take the more care thatit be the be not fromtic ¥ cu muftto takeoffthis eye or budde fromthe {prigge, haueafimall fharpe} theendof the haft being made flat and thinne, likea cheflell or wed whereof is fet forth arthe letter B,and a pen or goofe quillcut, to be I round, and ro.be broad atthe end, but not fharpe pointedlike a penn peece of bonc or Iuorie made in that fathion as the quillis, tobee thinne, $45 halferound , the figures of both whichare marked with the letters C/D, with your knife cutthe barke of the bud (hauing firftcut off the leafe, leaning onely the {hort foote: ftalke thereof at the bud) about a ftrawes breadth aboue theeye thereofhalfe round, and then fromthat round or ouerthwart cut , with your knife cut it downe on bothfides of theeye , clofetothe bud flopewife about aninchlong or thereabouts, that itbee broad at the head aboue the cye, and pointing at the endlikea{heild or fcutcheon ; and then cutting away the reft of the barkefromaboutit, with the thinne flat endof the haft of yourknife rife vp both fides of yourbud little, and with your quill or bone put vnderthe barke,raife your budde, and thrutt it quiteoff, beginning atthe roppe or headofyour eye ; but feerhat you thruft it offclofe to the woodofthe branchor {prigge, and that you doe notleaue the eye of the ‘budde behitide ftickitig vpon che branch ;forifthat cye be left or loft, your bud is worth nothing’; you tiult caftitaway, and:cutanother that may haue that eye abiding within the budde’onthe infide : you mayperceiue ifthat eye be wanting, if you fee anemptie hole inthe placé where the cye fhouldbe,to fill it vp on the infide thereof; thas hauing taken off your bud well and cleanly,whichis fer forth vato you'atthe figures z'and 4; profently fetit onthe tree you would graft (for your {mall bud can abide nodelay, left by taking the aytetoolong it becomedry, and nothing worth) inthis manner: Curche barke of your tree you weuld graft in a fmooth place,at what heightyou pleafe sy firkabouesé ouerthwart, and then. downe right in the middle thereof, more then anrinch long, thé figure whereof you fhall haue atthe figure 1.and then raife vpbothfides ofthe batke; firftone, and then another, withthe flac and thinne haft end ofyour kuifeya prettie way inwards(for ifthe barke will notrife eafily , the ftocke is not then fit to Braft Vp on) put in your budde into the cleft with the point downewards, holding the ftalke of the leafethatis with the budde betweene your fingers of the one hand pandiopening the cleft with the flatiend of your knife with the other hand ;' that the head ofyour bud maybe put clofe vnder the ouerthwart cutin the ftocke of ttee(whioh miaft not bé taifed or tirred as the fidesare) Sethe eye ofthe budftand iuftin the middle of the flit that is downeright, and then clofing the barke ofthe ftocke' ortree foftly vnto the bud thus put in with your fingers, let it be bound gently with aftnall long peece of bafte, orother fitch like foft thing, firft aboue the eye,Sethen compaffingit belowe as clofe as you-can, but nortoo hardinany-cafejvntil youtiaue bound itall ouerthe flicyou made; efpecially the lowerend, left anyowinde get intodry and {poileic ; and hauing tyed boch ends thereof faft, leaue it fo fora fornight or fomewhat mote , in which fpaceit willtakeand hold, if it be well done; which you fhallperceive,ifthe bud abide green, and turne not blacke, when you haue vnloofedthe tying ; forifit hold faft to therree; and befrefh and good, tye itvp gentlyagaine, and fo Ieauc it’ for'a fortnight longer; oramoneth ifyou will, and then youmay takeaway your binding cleane : this buddé will Gifno other mifchance happenvnto it) {pting’and fhoote forth thenext-yeare, {and fometimesthe fameycare, but that is feldome}and therefote'in thebeginning of the yeare, cut off the head of the grafted tree aboutan handfiill aboue the grafted place, varill the graft be grownefttong, andthen'cut it off clofe,thatthe head may be couered with the graft, and doenotfutferany budsto fprout befidesthe graft; either aboue or beloweit. Ifyougraft ditrers buds vpon one .ftocke: (whichis the bert way? let that oncly remaineand abide chat (hooteth beft forth, and rubbeoff, or. take re the other : the feueral! parts of this grafting I hauccaufedto be expreffed foryour furs hear 5 . therinformation. eee Eigafion in the fcutchconis accounted another kinde oe a ; ae 7 t 1g fitter veric little fromgrafting in the budde': the difference chiefly con ftead of thedowne right flit, and that aboue ouerthwart, they-cake _ iutt 0 wn n barke ofthe great tree, as your bud is in bigneffe , which ars a Lict le re t = the former, and placing it therein, they binde it as formerly is ee ao - . ; ms ests purpofe a pairc of compalles, to gine the true meaiure aa of u branches 2 too ting is moft vfed vpon greater trees, whole young manner high toreraft vponinthe former maner,and whofe topstheycut off(for themo ? part) a atthe latrer endof the next yeareafterthe budistaken : boththefe a ted to fanethe loife of trees, which are more seca by grafting in' the Soke Es y? 3 \ |
